2010 Victorian state election

The 2010 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 27 November 2010, was for the 57th Parliament of Victoria. The election was to elect all 88 members of the Legislative Assembly and all 40 members of the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government, led by John Brumby, was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition, led by Ted Baillieu. The election gave the Coalition a one-seat majority in both houses of parliament.

2010 Victorian state election
27 November 2010
All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
45 seats were needed for a majority
All 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
Information below is for the Assembly election.
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ted Baillieu John Brumby
Party Liberal/National coalition Labor
Leader since 8 May 2006 30 July 2007
Leader's seat Hawthorn Broadmeadows
Last election 32 seats 55 seats
Seats won 45 seats 43 seats
Seat change 13 12
Popular vote 1,417,146 1,147,348
Percentage 44.78% 36.25%
Swing 5.17 6.81
TPP 51.58% 48.42%
TPP swing 5.96 5.96
Results in each electorate.
Premier before election

John Brumby
Labor

 Premier after election

Ted Baillieu
Liberal/National coalition

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 percent of valid votes cast in that region. The election was conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC).

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