All 81 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Rupert Hamer
Clyde Holding
Peter Ross-Edwards
Party
Liberal
Labor
National
Leader since
23 August 1972
15 May 1967
17 June 1970
Leader's seat
Kew
Richmond
Shepparton
Last election
46 seats
18 seats
8 seats
Seats won
52 seats
21 seats
7 seats
Seat change
6
3
1
Popular vote
939,481
869,021
144,818
Percentage
45.87%
42.43%
7.07%
Swing
3.53
0.82
1.13
TPP
55.77%
44.23%
TPP swing
0.53
0.53
Results in each electorate.
Premier before election
Rupert Hamer
Liberal
Elected Premier
Rupert Hamer
Liberal
The 1976 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 20 March 1976, was for the 47th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. Since the previous election, there was an increase in the number of members of the Legislative Assembly by 8 and in the number of Council members by 8, though only 4 were elected at the 1976 election.
Since the last election, the number of Legislative Assembly members was increased from 73 to 81 and the number of seats in the Legislative Council was increased from 36 to 44.
The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer was returned with an increased majority.
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