Victorian state election, 1988

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1 October 1988 (1988-10-01)

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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	Pat McNamara
Party	Labor	Liberal	National
Leader since	9 September 1981	26 October 1982	1988
Leader's seat	Bundoora	Burwood	Benalla
Last election	47 seats	31 seats	10 seats
Seats won	46 seats	33 seats	9 seats
Seat change	1	2	1
Percentage	49.49%	40.51%	7.76%
Swing	1.21	1.21	0.47

Premier before election

John Cain
Labor

Elected Premier

John Cain
Labor

The 1988 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 1 October 1988, was for the 51st 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.

The incumbent Labor Party government led by Premier John Cain won a third term in office, despite a swing against it, and only lost the seat of Warrandyte in Melbourne's north-east. This was credited by commentators to a strong campaign targeting Liberal leader Jeff Kennett whose aggressive leadership style was still seen as a liability, as well as continuing instability in the federal Coalition. Its narrow wins in middle class marginal seats saw it win a majority despite achieving less than half of the two party preferred vote.

Victorian state election, 1 October 1988
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