Victorian state election, 1970

Victorian state election, 1970

1967 ←
30 May 1970 (1970-05-30)
→ 1973

All 73 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
and 18 (of the 36) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Clyde Holding Henry Bolte
Party Labor Liberal
Leader since 15 May 1967 3 May 1953
Leader's seat Richmond Hampden
Last election 16 seats 44 seats
Seats won 22 seats 42 seats
Seat change 6 2
Percentage 41.42% 36.70%
Swing 3.52 0.79

Premier before election

Henry Bolte
Liberal

Elected Premier

Henry Bolte
Liberal

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 30 May 1970 to elect the 73 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Legislative Council.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 30 May 1970[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19671973 >>

Enrolled Voters 1,827,595
Votes Cast 1,728,363 Turnout 94.57 +0.3
Informal Votes 55,141 Informal 3.19 +0.03
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 693,105 41.42 +3.52 22 +6
  Liberal 614,094 36.70 -0.79 42 -2
  Democratic Labor 222,591 13.30 -0.99 0 ±0
  Country 107,011 6.40 -2.25 8 -4
  Independent 28,758 1.72 +0.14 1 ±0
  Other 7,663 0.46 +0.37 0 ±0
Total 1,673,222     73  

References

  1. ^ Election held on 30 May 1970, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).