Victorian state election, 1985

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2 March 1985 (1985-03-02)

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All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	John Cain	Jeff Kennett	Peter Ross-Edwards
Party	Labor	Liberal	National
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
Percentage	50.01%	41.86%	7.29%
Swing	0	3.53	2.32

Premier before election

John Cain
Labor

Elected Premier

John Cain
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.

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 maintained its electoral support, though the Liberal Party did increase the number of seats.

Victorian state election, 2 March 1985
Legislative Assembly
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