Results of the 1988 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

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Victorian state election, 1 October 1988
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters2,739,614
Votes cast2,529,569 Turnout 92.33–0.86
Informal votes109,578Informal4.33+1.32
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won		Seats
held
  Labor 1,164,79648.13+0.85919
  Liberal 1,052,59143.50+2.351019
  National 181,0747.48+0.8136
  Call to Australia 5,3630.22–0.4900
  Independent 16,1670.67+0.4500
Total2,419,991  2244

This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1988 state election. 22 of the 44 seats were contested.

Results by province

Ballarat

1988 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rob Knowles 59,96349.2+0.2
Labor Glendon Ludbrook53,80744.1+0.1
National Anne Scott8,1706.7+6.7
Total formal votes121,94097.5−0.5
Informal votes3,1432.5+0.5
Turnout 125,08394.2−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rob Knowles 66,50854.5+3.6
Labor Glendon Ludbrook55,42945.5−3.6
Liberal hold Swing +3.6

Boronia

1988 Victorian state election: Boronia Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gerald Ashman 56,75451.2+3.2
Labor Judith Dixon 54,13348.8+3.2
Total formal votes110,88796.1−1.4
Informal votes4,5143.9+1.4
Turnout 115,40194.2−0.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.7

Central Highlands

1988 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Andre Haermeyer 54,23345.2+2.6
Liberal Geoff Craige 49,44241.2−5.5
National Ted Drane16,31913.6+13.6
Total formal votes119,99496.9−0.8
Informal votes3,8763.1+0.8
Turnout 123,87093.2−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Craige 62,15351.8−1.5
Labor Andre Haermeyer 50,95848.2+1.5
Liberal hold Swing -1.5

Chelsea

1988 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Burwyn Davidson 54,95950.5−1.7
Liberal Michael O'Brien49,70745.7−2.1
Independent Ken Glyde4,0743.8+3.8
Total formal votes108,74096.0−1.0
Informal votes4,5624.0+1.0
Turnout 113,30292.4−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Burwyn Davidson 57,09252.5+0.3
Liberal Michael O'Brien51,17147.8−0.3
Labor hold Swing +0.3

Doutta Galla

1988 Victorian state election: Doutta Galla Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Landeryou 66,70058.9−5.0
Liberal Graeme Cameron46,62941.1+5.0
Total formal votes113,32992.3−2.9
Informal votes9,4637.7+2.9
Turnout 122,79292.7−1.5
Labor hold Swing -5.0

East Yarra

1988 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Haddon Storey 62,52260.3+2.3
Labor Terry Monagle41,21739.7+5.4
Total formal votes103,73996.6−1.1
Informal votes3,6043.4+1.1
Turnout 107,34390.8−1.2
Liberal hold Swing -1.5

Eumemmerring

1988 Victorian state election: Eumemmerring Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Ives 62,60256.5−3.3
Liberal Janice Bateman48,16643.5+3.3
Total formal votes110,76892.9−2.5
Informal votes8,4497.1+2.5
Turnout 119,21792.2−1.3
Labor hold Swing -3.3

Geelong

1988 Victorian state election: Geelong Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor David Henshaw 54,29148.4−4.7
Liberal John Lucas47,83842.7+0.9
Call to Australia Dirk Terpstra5,3634.8+4.8
Independent James Jordan4,6234.1+4.1
Total formal votes112,11596.5−1.0
Informal votes4,1083.5+1.0
Turnout 116,22393.1−1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Henshaw 57,21851.1−4.6
Liberal John Lucas54,85748.9+4.6
Labor hold Swing -4.6

Gippsland

1988 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alan Hollway42,20937.5+0.5
National Peter Hall 33,10829.4+3.7
Liberal James Taylor 32,11028.5−0.2
Independent Glen Mann3,1782.8+2.8
Independent Bruce Ingle1,9471.7+1.7
Total formal votes112,55297.1−0.6
Informal votes3,3672.9+0.6
Turnout 115,91993.6+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Peter Hall 65,20458.0+58.0
Labor Alan Hollway47,22342.0−0.9
National gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Higinbotham

1988 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoffrey Connard 58,90557.1+4.7
Labor Kevin McCosh44,28342.9+1.7
Total formal votes103,18896.3−0.9
Informal votes4,0113.7+0.9
Turnout 107,19991.6−0.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.5

Jika Jika

1988 Victorian state election: Jika Jika Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Theo Theophanous 67,05265.4−2.5
Liberal John Badham35,46734.6+2.5
Total formal votes102,51993.1−2.4
Informal votes7,5596.9+2.4
Turnout 110,07891.5−1.0
Labor hold Swing -2.5

Melbourne

1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Barry Pullen 63,14066.0+2.8
Liberal Katherine Edgar32,56234.0+3.5
Total formal votes95,70293.4−2.0
Informal votes6,7596.6+2.0
Turnout 102,46187.0−1.6
Labor hold Swing -0.4

Melbourne North

1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Caroline Hogg 66,35065.4−2.2
Liberal Simon St John35,18234.6+2.2
Total formal votes101,53293.0−2.2
Informal votes7,6527.0+2.2
Turnout 109,18491.7−2.0
Labor hold Swing -2.2

Melbourne West

1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Licia Kokocinski 69,48263.4+0.5
Liberal Darren Olney40,12336.6+7.6
Total formal votes109,60592.9−2.8
Informal votes8,3997.1+2.8
Turnout 118,00491.6−0.9
Labor hold Swing -3.5

Monash

1988 Victorian state election: Monash Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Guest 48,37850.8+2.0
Labor Perce White46,91949.2+3.7
Total formal votes95,29795.5−1.4
Informal votes4,4654.5+1.4
Turnout 99,76287.2−1.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.2

North Eastern

1988 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National David Evans 55,46747.8−3.2
Labor Ewan Paterson31,79327.4+2.7
Liberal Ian Cumming28,79924.8+3.4
Total formal votes116,05997.6−0.1
Informal votes2,8542.4+0.1
Turnout 118,91393.0−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
National David Evans 82,49271.1+2.3
Labor Ewan Paterson33,55928.9−2.3
National hold Swing +2.3

North Western

1988 Victorian state election: North Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Ron Best 42,72137.60.0
Labor Linda Freedman39,25234.5+1.4
Liberal Derek Bowman31,70527.9−1.4
Total formal votes113,67897.7−0.5
Informal votes2,6402.3+0.5
Turnout 116,31893.3−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Ron Best 71,16462.60.0
Labor Linda Freedman42,51437.40.0
National hold Swing 0.0

Nunawading

1988 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Cox 56,76451.1+5.0
Labor Laurie McArthur 54,30848.9+3.1
Total formal votes111,07296.7−1.0
Informal votes3,7823.3+1.0
Turnout 114,85493.4−0.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.1

South Eastern

1988 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ken Smith 70,53654.8+1.6
Labor Denise Hassett58,24545.2+4.7
Total formal votes128,78196.7−1.1
Informal votes4,3753.3+1.1
Turnout 133,15693.1−0.6
Liberal hold Swing -1.5

Templestowe

1988 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bruce Skeggs 59,28852.5+2.8
Labor Mike Arnold 53,66447.5+5.5
Total formal votes112,95296.1−1.4
Informal votes4,5863.9+1.4
Turnout 117,53893.3−0.6
Liberal hold Swing -0.3

Waverley

1988 Victorian state election: Waverley Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Brian Mier 56,16953.7+4.8
Liberal Savvas Grigoropoulos48,38146.3+5.0
Total formal votes104,55095.3−1.6
Informal votes5,1574.7+1.6
Turnout 109,70792.7−1.1
Labor hold Swing -0.9

Western

1988 Victorian state election: Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bruce Chamberlain 53,37048.1+6.8
Labor Kevin Watt29,98827.0−0.6
National James Saunders25,28922.8−8.3
Independent Julie Jennings2,3452.1+2.1
Total formal votes110,99298.0−0.4
Informal votes2,2532.0+0.4
Turnout 113,24594.7−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce Chamberlain 77,11169.5+24.2
Labor Kevin Watt33,87030.5+30.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. ↑ Statistics for the General Election Held on Saturday, 1 October 1988. Victoria: Government Printer. 1988.
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