Victorian state election, 1964

Victorian state election, 1964
All 66 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly; and 17 (of the 34) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
Premier before election; Henry Bolte; Liberal and Country	Premier after election; Henry Bolte; Liberal and Country

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]

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

Members 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.

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