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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Scullin in Victoria (Australia) on 8 February 1986. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor Party MP and Speaker Harry Jenkins to become Australian Ambassador to Spain.
Scullin had always been a very safe Labor seat, and the election was won easily by Labor candidate Harry Jenkins (the former member's son), despite a swing to the Liberal Party.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Harry Jenkins | 34,021 | 66.3 | -5.2 | |
| Liberal | Domenic Cichello | 11,741 | 22.9 | +4.3 | |
| Democrats | Joseph Privitelli | 3,727 | 7.3 | +0.6 | |
| Socialist Workers | Maurice Sibelle | 930 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Democratic Labor | John Mulholland | 924 | 1.8 | -1.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 51,343 | 93.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 3,318 | 6.1 | |||
| Turnout | 54,661 | 87.5 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Harry Jenkins | 37,562 | 73.2 | -4.4 | |
| Liberal | Dominic Cichello | 13,770 | 26.8 | +4.4 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
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