Victorian state election, 1973

19 May 1973 (1973-05-19)

All 73 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 18 (of the 36) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Rupert Hamer	Clyde Holding	Peter Ross-Edwards
Party	Liberal	Labor	Country
Leader since	23 August 1972	15 May 1967	1970
Leader's seat	Kew	Richmond	Shepparton
Last election	42 seats	22 seats	8 seats
Seats won	46 seats	18 seats	8 seats
Seat change	4	4	0
Percentage	42.34%	41.61%	5.96%
Swing	5.64	0.19	0.44

Premier before election

Rupert Hamer
Liberal

Elected Premier

Rupert Hamer
Liberal

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 19 May 1973 to elect the 73 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Legislative Council.

Results

Victorian state election, 19 May 1973^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1970 — 1976 >>
Enrolled voters		2,088,984
Votes cast		1,954,005		Turnout	93.54	-1.03
Informal votes		56,691		Informal	2.90	-0.29
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	803,382	42.34	+5.64	46	+4
	Labor	789,561	41.61	+0.19	18	-4
	Democratic Labor	147,890	7.79	-5.51	0	±0
	Country	144,818	5.96	-0.44	8	±0
	Independent	10,349	0.55	-1.17	1	±0
	Other	33,103	1.74	+1.29	0	±0
Total		1,897,314			73
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal	1,048,100	55.2	+1.0
	Labor	849,214	44.8	–1.0

The result for Greensborough was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was called.

↑ Election held on 19 May 1973, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).

Elections and referendums in Victoria

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