Victorian state election, 15 July 1961[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,554,856 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,554,856 | Turnout | 94.41 | +0.18 | ||
Informal votes | 35,937 | Informal | 2.45 | +0.67 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 552,015 | 38.55 | +0.86 | 17 | – 1 | |
Liberal and Country | 521,777 | 36.44 | –0.74 | 39 | ± 0 | |
Democratic Labor | 242,753 | 16.95 | +2.53 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Country | 102,184 | 7.14 | –2.16 | 9 | ± 0 | |
Other | 3,722 | 0.26 | +0.16 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 9,474 | 0.66 | –0.64 | 1 | + 1 | |
Total | 1,431,925 | 66 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal and Country | 829,977 | 57.9 | +0.1 | |||
Labor | 602,493 | 42.1 | –0.1 |
This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1961 election.