All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 45 seats needed for a majority and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
John Cain Jr.
Jeff Kennett
Peter Ross-Edwards
Party
Labor
Liberal
National
Leader since
9 September 1981
26 October 1982
17 June 1970
Leader's seat
Bundoora
Burwood
Shepparton
Last election
49 seats
24 seats
8 seats
Seats won
47 seats
31 seats
10 seats
Seat change
2
7
2
Popular vote
1,198,262
1,003,003
174,727
Percentage
50.01%
41.86%
7.29%
Swing
0.00
3.53
2.32
TPP
50.70%
49.30%
TPP swing
3.08
3.08
Results in each electorate.
Premier before election
John Cain Jr.
Labor
Elected Premier
John Cain Jr.
Labor
The 1985 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 2 March 1985, was for the 50th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. Since the previous election, the number of members of the Legislative Assembly was increased by 7 to 88.
Lindsay Thompson, who led the Liberal Party to a defeat at the 1982 election with a 17-seat swing against it, resigned the leadership of the party on 5 November 1982. He was succeeded by Jeff Kennett. At the election, the incumbent Labor Party government led by John Cain Jr. maintained its electoral support, though the Liberal Party did increase the number of seats. It was the first time since Federation that a Labor government had been reelected in Victoria. Although the Labor Party lost seats in the lower house it gained a majority in the upper house picking up 4 seats to hold 23 up from 19 at the last election meaning the Liberal/National Coalition no longer had sway on government policy.
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