2014 Victorian state election

2014 Victorian state election

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All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly All 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council 45 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Daniel Andrews Denis Napthine Greg Barber Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Greens Leader since 3 December 2010 6 March 2013 25 November 2006 Leader's seat Mulgrave South-West Coast MLC for Northern Metropolitan Region Last election 36.25%, 43 seats 44.78%, 45 seats 11.21%, 0 seats Seats won 47 seats 38 seats 2 seats Seat change 4 7 2 Popular vote 1,278,436 1,409,282 385,190 Percentage 38.10% 42.00% 11.48% Swing 1.84% 2.78% 0.27% TPP 51.99% 48.01% TPP swing 3.57% 3.57%
Results in each electorate.
Premier before election Denis Napthine Liberal/National coalition Premier after election Daniel Andrews Labor

The 2014 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 29 November 2014, was for the 58th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Coalition minority government, led by Liberal Party leader and Premier Denis Napthine and National Party leader and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan, was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party opposition, led by Daniel Andrews. The Greens won two lower house seats, their first Legislative Assembly seats in a Victorian state election, whilst increasing their share of upper house seats. The new Andrews Ministry was sworn in on 4 December 2014.

Voting is compulsory in Victoria. Elections for the Legislative Assembly use instant-runoff voting (called preferential voting in Australia) in single-member electorates (called districts). Elections for the Legislative Council use partial proportional representation, using single transferable vote (also called preferential voting) in multi-member electorates (called regions). Members of the Legislative Council are elected from eight electoral regions each returning five members, making the quota for election in each region 16.67%. The election was conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC).

The election marked the first time since 1955 that a Victorian state government had been defeated after only one parliamentary term. Furthermore, the Nationals were reduced to a total of ten seats in the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, one short of official status in the legislature.^[1] Following the election, both Napthine and Ryan resigned as leaders of the Liberal and National parties, respectively.