Elections for the Victorian Legislative Assembly and for half the seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were held on Saturday 30 November 2002. The incumbent Labor Government of Premier Steve Bracks was returned with a large majority in the Legislative Assembly winning 62 of the 88 seats. Labor also won a majority of seats in the Legislative Council for the first time in its history.
The main opposition party, the Liberals led by Robert Doyle were reduced to just 17 seats, their worst result since 1952. While the Peter Ryan led Nationals (who after breaking off their Coalition with the Liberals renamed themselves the 'VicNats') retained the 7 seats they held from the 1999 election.
Labor was assisted by a strong economy and by the popularity of Steve Bracks, while the Liberal Party was badly divided between the Kroger and the Kennett factions. The Liberal campaign was also devastated by the revelation that the Shadow Treasurer Robert Dean was ineligible to vote and therefore was not able to stand as a candidate.
This was the last Victorian election where the Legislative Council was elected using Instant Runoff Voting in single-member districts (while each province has two members, they were elected at alternate elections). From 2006 onwards the Legislative Council will be elected from 8 multi-member electorates using proportional representation, with all seats in the Council being up for election.
Results
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Victorian state election, 2002
Legislative Assembly Results
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| Enrolled Voters |
3,228,466 |
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|
| Votes Cast |
2,904,551 |
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Turnout |
93.15 |
+0.77 |
| Informal Votes |
102,791 |
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Informal % |
3.41 |
+0.39 |
| Party |
Primary Votes |
% |
Swing |
Seats |
Change |
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Australian Labor Party |
1,392,704 |
47.95 |
+2.36 |
62 |
+20 |
| |
Liberal Party of Australia |
985,011 |
33.91 |
-8.29 |
17 |
-19 |
| |
Victorian Greens |
282,585 |
9.73 |
+8.58 |
0 |
0 |
| |
National Party Of Australia |
125,003 |
4.31 |
-0.49 |
7 |
0 |
| |
Other |
119,248 |
4.10 |
-2.46 |
2 |
-1 |
| Total |
2,904,551 |
|
|
88 |
|
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Two-Party Preferred
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Australian Labor Party |
1,617,184 |
58.26 |
+8.06 |
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|
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Liberal / National Party Of Australia |
1,158,439 |
41.74 |
-8.06 |
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Victorian state election, 2002
Legislative Council Results
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| Enrolled Voters |
3,228,466 |
|
|
| Votes Cast |
3,006,200 |
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Turnout |
93.11 |
+0.73 |
| Informal Votes |
110,422 |
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Informal % |
3.67 |
-0.30 |
| Party |
Primary Votes |
% |
Swing |
Seats Won |
Seats Held |
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Australian Labor Party |
1,375,245 |
47.49 |
+5.30 |
17 |
25 |
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Liberal Party of Australia |
999,392 |
34.51 |
-5.24 |
3 |
15 |
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Victorian Greens |
314,697 |
10.87 |
+8.64 |
0 |
0 |
| |
VicNats |
126,419 |
4.37 |
-2.88 |
2 |
4 |
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Australian Democrats |
51,718 |
1.79 |
-5.02 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Other |
28,307 |
0.98 |
-0.78 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
2,895,778 |
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22 |
44 |
Electoral Maps
Metropolitan Melbourne: ALP held seats are marked in red. Liberal seats are coloured blue.
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Country Victoria: ALP seats are coloured in red, Liberal in blue, Nationals in green and independents in yellow.
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Electoral Pendulum
Seats which changed hands are shown in bold.
A '+' sign indicates a swing to Labor, a '-' sign a swing to Liberal National.
See also
References
- Victorian Electoral Commission, [1]
- Costar, B.J & Campbell J.. "Realigning Victoria: The State Election of 30 November 2002". Australian Journal of Political Science 38 : 2: 313–323.
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