1964 Victorian state election
1964 Victorian state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 27 June 1964 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 fourth term in office.
Key dates
Date
Event
6 May 1964
The Parliament was prorogued.[1]
14 May 1964
Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election.[2]
5 June 1964
Close of nominations.
27 June 1964
Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
8 July 1964
The Bolte Ministry was reconstituted, with two new ministers sworn in.[3]
14 July 1964
The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
14 July 1964
Parliament resumed for business.[4]
Results
Legislative Assembly
The election produced almost no change in the electoral balance.
Victorian state election, 27 June 1964[5] Legislative Assembly
<< 1961 –1967 >>
Enrolled voters
1,635,311
Votes cast
1,543,778
Turnout
94.40
–0.01
Informal votes
35,631
Informal
2.31
–0.14
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
Liberal and Country
597,748
39.63
+3.20
38
– 1
Labor
546,279
36.22
–2.33
18
+ 1
Democratic Labor
225,779
14.97
–1.98
0
± 0
Country
132,067
8.76
+1.62
10
+ 1
Other
3,741
0.25
–0.01
0
± 0
Independent
2,533
0.17
–0.49
0
– 1
Total
1,508,147
66
Two-party-preferred
Liberal and Country
890,164
59.0
+1.1
Labor
617,873
41.0
–1.1
Legislative Council
Victorian state election, 27 June 1964[6] Legislative Council
<< 1961 –1967 >>
Enrolled voters
1,635,311
Votes cast
1,543,586
Turnout
94.4
–0.1
Informal votes
45,627
Informal
3.0
–0.2
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats won
Seats held
Liberal and Country
600,600
40.1
+2.1
9
18
Labor
531,510
35.5
–3.4
4
8
Democratic Labor
232,445
15.5
–1.2
0
0
Country
133,403
8.9
+2.7
4
8
Total
1,497,958
17
34
Seats changing hands
Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
In addition, Labor retained the seat of Broadmeadows which it had won from the LCP at the 1962 by-election .
Post-election pendulum
See also
References