Victorian state election, 1961

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15 July 1961

1964 →

All 66 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
and 17 (of the 34) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Henry Bolte	Clive Stoneham	Herbert Hyland
Party	Liberal and Country	Labor	Country
Leader since	3 May 1953	1958	1955
Leader's seat	Hampden	Midlands	Gippsland South
Last election	39 seats	18 seats	9 seats
Seats won	39 seats	17 seats	9 seats
Seat change	0	1	0
Percentage	36.44%	38.55%	7.14%
Swing	0.74	0.86	2.16

Premier before election

Henry Bolte
Liberal and Country

Premier after election

Henry Bolte
Liberal and Country

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 15 July 1961 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 17 members of the 34-member Legislative Council. The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Henry Bolte won a third term in office. It was the first Victorian election at which all seats in both houses were contested by at least two candidates, and the first at which both houses were contested on the same day.

The election produced almost no change in the electoral balance.

Victorian state election, 15 July 1961
Legislative Assembly
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Victorian state election, 15 July 1961
Legislative Council
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