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Victorian state election, 15 July 1961[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled voters | 1,554,856 | |||||
| Votes cast | 1,467,482 | Turnout | 94.3 | +8.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 46,697 | Informal | 3.2 | +1.5 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
| Labor | 552,075 | 38.9 | –0.3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Liberal and Country | 538,013 | 37.9 | +2.1 | 9 | 17 | |
| Democratic Labor | 237,464 | 16.7 | +1.8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Country | 88,416 | 6.2 | +0.7 | 4 | 8 | |
| Independent | 4,817 | 0.3 | +0.3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,420,785 | 17 | 34 | |||
This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1961 state election. 17 of the 34 seats were contested.