Global Information2018 Victorian state election information
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All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly All 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council 45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority Information below is for the Assembly election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Victorian state election was held on Saturday, 24 November 2018 to elect the 59th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly (lower house) and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council (upper house) were up for election. The first-term incumbent Labor government, led by Premier Daniel Andrews, won a second four-year term, defeating the Liberal/National Coalition opposition, led by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy[1] in a landslide victory. Minor party the Greens led by Samantha Ratnam also contested the election.
Labor won 55 seats in the 88-seat Legislative Assembly, an increase of eight seats from the previous election in 2014, and a majority of 22 seats. This was the fifth time that a Labor government was re-elected in Victoria, and it tied Victorian Labor's second-best showing at the state level. The Coalition suffered an 11-seat swing against it, and won 27 seats. The Greens won 3 seats, a net increase of 1 seat since the last election though equal to the share of seats they held when the election was called. The remaining three seats on the crossbench were won by independents.[2] In the Legislative Council, Labor won 18 seats, three short of a majority. The Coalition won 11 seats, and the remaining 11 seats were won by a range of minor parties from across the political spectrum.[2]
Several days after Labor's victory, the Second Andrews Ministry was sworn in by the Governor and was notable for featuring an equal number of men and women.[3] The following week the Liberal Party elected Michael O'Brien leader of the party, who became Opposition Leader in the new parliament, after Guy had announced earlier he would stand down from the position.[4]
For the election, Victoria had compulsory voting and used majoritarian preferential voting in single-member seats for the Legislative Assembly, and Single transferable vote (STV) in multi-member seats for the proportionally represented Legislative Council. The Legislative Council had 40 members serving four-year terms, elected from eight electoral regions each with five members. With each region electing 5 members, the quota in each region for election, after distribution of preferences, was 16.7% (one-sixth) of the valid votes cast in that district. The election was conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC), an independent body answerable to parliament.
- ^ "Victorian election result a Labor landslide with big swings in Melbourne's east". ABC News. 24 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Results: Victorian Election 2018". ABC Elections.
- ^ "Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews unveils reshuffled cabinet with 50 percent women in senior positions". 9 News. 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Michael O'Brien elected Victorian Liberal leader, replacing Matthew Guy after state election loss". ABC News. 6 December 2018.