1976 Victorian state election

1976 Victorian state election

← 1973 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 1979 →
All 81 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rupert Hamer Clyde Holding Peter Ross-Edwards Party Liberal Labor National Leader since 23 August 1972 15 May 1967 17 June 1970 Leader's seat Kew Richmond Shepparton Last election 46 seats 18 seats 8 seats Seats won 52 seats 21 seats 7 seats Seat change 6 3 1 Popular vote 939,481 869,021 144,818 Percentage 45.87% 42.43% 7.07% Swing 3.53 0.82 1.13 TPP 55.77% 44.23% TPP swing 0.53 0.53
Results in each electorate.
Premier before election Rupert Hamer Liberal Elected Premier Rupert Hamer Liberal

The 1976 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 20 March 1976, was for the 47th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. Since the previous election, there was an increase in the number of members of the Legislative Assembly by 8 and in the number of Council members by 8, though only 4 were elected at the 1976 election.

Since the last election, the number of Legislative Assembly members was increased from 73 to 81 and the number of seats in the Legislative Council was increased from 36 to 44.

The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer was returned with an increased majority.