Victorian state election, 1976

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20 March 1976 (1976-03-20)

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All 81 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
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	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
Percentage	45.87%	42.43%	7.07%
Swing	3.53	0.82	1.13

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.

The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer was returned with an increased majority.

Victorian state election, 20 March 1976
Legislative Assembly
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Victorian state election, 20 March 1976
Legislative Council
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