Legislative elections for the Victorian Legislative Assembly and for half the seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were held on Saturday November 30, 2002. The incumbent Labor Government of Premier Steve Bracks was returned with a large majority in the Legislative Assembly winning 62 of the 88 seats. Labor also won a majority of seats in the Legislative Council for the first time in its history. The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of Victoria in Australia. ... The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Premiers of the Australian states are the heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Steve Bracks (born October 15, 1954), Australian politician, has been Premier of Victoria since 1999. ... The Victorian Legislative Assembly is elected from 88 single-member electorates called districts. ...

The main opposition party, the Liberals led by Robert Doyle were reduced to just 17 seats, their worst result since 1952. While the Peter Ryan led Nationals (who after breaking off their Coalition with the Liberals renamed themselves the 'VicNats') retained the 7 seats they held from the 1999 election. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... Robert Doyle Robert Doyle (born May 20, 1953) is an Australian politician. ... Peter Ryan (born 30 October 1950) is an Australian politician and leader of the National Party of Australia in Victoria. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ... The Coalition in Australian politics refers to the grouping of two political parties that has existed in the form of a coalition agreement since 1922, with only brief breaks (e. ... Legislative elections for the Victorian Legislative Assembly and for half the seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were held on Saturday September 18, 1999. ...

Labor was assisted by a strong economy and by the popularity of Steve Bracks, while the Liberal Party was badly divided between the Kroger and the Kennett factions. The Liberal campaign was also devastated by the revelation that the Shadow Treasurer Robert Dean was ineligible to vote and therefore was not able to stand as a candidate. Michael Norman Kroger is a businessman and a powerbroker within the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... In many governments, a treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury. ... Look up Candidate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

This was the last Victorian election where the Legislative Council was elected using Instant Runoff Voting in single-member districts (while each province has two members, they were elected at alternate elections). From 2006 onwards the Legislative Council will be elected from 8 multi-member electorates using proportional representation, with all seats in the Council being up for election. Emblems: Pink heath (floral)Weedy Seadragon (Aquatic) helmeted honeyeater (bird) Leadbeaters possum (faunal) Motto: Peace and Prosperity Slogan or Nickname: Garden State, The Place To Be, On The Move Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... When the single transferable vote voting system is applied to a single-winner election it is sometimes called instant-runoff voting (IRV), as it is much like holding a series of runoff elections in which the lowest polling candidate is eliminated in each round until someone receives majority vote. ... An example of a plurality. ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is an electoral system delivering a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ...

Results

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Electoral Pendulum

LABOR SEATS (62)
Seat	Party	Margin	Swing
Marginal
Evelyn	ALP	0.3%	+12.7%
Hastings	ALP	0.8%	+8.1%
Gembrook	ALP	1.6%	+8.6%
Melbourne	ALP	1.9% v GRN	*
Kilsyth	ALP	2.1%	+10.1%
Ferntree Gully	ALP	2.3%	+9.9%
Mount Waverley	ALP	2.3%	+11.4%
Bayswater	ALP	2.8%	+9.2%
Richmond	ALP	3.1% v GRN	*
Fairly safe
Prahan	ALP	4.4%	+9.2%
Mordialloc	ALP	4.5%	+7.1%
Bentleigh	ALP	4.8%	+6.8%
Eltham	ALP	4.8%	+8.6%
Morwell	ALP	4.9%	-4.2%
South Barwon	ALP	5.0%	+9.8%
Burwood	ALP	5.1%	+11.9%
Frankston	ALP	5.8%	+9.1%
Forest Hill	ALP	5.8%	+12.2%
Narracan	ALP	6.8%	+7.3%
Safe
Ripon	ALP	7.4%	+5.5%
Ballarat East	ALP	7.6%	+4.2%
Mitcham	ALP	7.7%	+7.7%
Northcote	ALP	7.9% v GRN	*
Geelong	ALP	8.1%	+8.6%
Bellarine	ALP	8.3%	+9.8%
Monbulk	ALP	8.3%	+10.8%
Ballarat West	ALP	9.0%	+7.4%
Macedon	ALP	9.3%	+9.7%
Brunswick	ALP	9.3%	*
Seymour	ALP	9.5%	+9.5%
Yan Yean	ALP	9.5%	+10.2%
Narre Warren North	ALP	9.7%	+14.9%
Cranbourne	ALP	10.8%	+9.2%
Carrum	ALP	12.2%	+10.8%
Ivanhoe	ALP	12.5%	+7.6%
Albert Park	ALP	12.5%	+5.8%
Narre Warren South	ALP	12.6%	+14.1%
Bendigo East	ALP	13.0%	+10.0%
Oakleigh	ALP	15.2%	+12.2%
Melton	ALP	15.3%	+8.6%
Yuroke	ALP	15.9%	+7.6%
Bendigo West	ALP	16.0%	+4.9%
Mulgrave	ALP	16.2%	+11.8%
Niddrie	ALP	16.6%	+10.1%
Tarneit	ALP	17.4%	+6.6%
Bundoora	ALP	17.6%	+10.3%
Keilor	ALP	18.1%	+11.4%
Very safe
Dandenong	ALP	20.3%	+8.7
Lara	ALP	22.4%	+9.7
Yuroke	ALP	22.9%	+13.8
Clayton	ALP	23.9%	+11.8
Pascoe Vale	ALP	24.2%	+7.3
Altona	ALP	24.7%%	+9.1
Footscray	ALP	24.9%	+7.0
Lyndhurst	ALP	25.1%	+14.2
Williamstown	ALP	25.7%	+7.5
Preston	ALP	25.8%	+6.9
Mill Park	ALP	26.8%	+12.9
Kororoit	ALP	27.1%	+6.2
Derrimut	ALP	27.3%	+7.0
Broadmeadows	ALP	30.8%	+5.8
Thomastown	ALP	31.8%	+7.6

LIBERAL-NATIONAL SEATS (26)
Seat	Party	Margin	Swing
Marginal
Nepean	LIB	0.2%	+6.1%
Bass	LIB	0.6%	*
South-West Coast	LIB	0.7%	+3.9%
Doncaster	LIB	0.8%	+11.7%
Box Hill	LIB	1.1%	+6.9%
Mornington	LIB	1.8%	+10.1%
Benalla	NAT	2.0%	+5.4%
Caulfield	LIB	2.3%	+6.0%
Bulleen	LIB	2.6%	+10.1%
Sandringham	LIB	3.0%	+9.2%
Scoresby	LIB	3.3%	+11.5%
Fairly safe
Benambra	LIB	4.0%	+3.6%
Shepperaton	NAT	4.3%	*
Hawthorn	LIB	5.9%	+8.3%
Kew	LIB	6.0%	+7.9%
Warrandyte	LIB	6.4%	+7.5%
Safe
Brighton	LIB	7.4%	+7.4%
Polwarth	LIB	9.5%	+3.7%%
Rodney	NAT	10.0% v LIB	*
Malvern	LIB	10.2%	+6.0%
Gippsland South	NAT	10.9%	-2.8%
Gippsland East	IND	11.8% v NAT	*
Murray Valley	NAT	13.9%	+1.9%
Swan Hill	NAT	14.2%	*
Lowan	NAT	17.1%	*
Mildura	IND	18.5% v NAT	*

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The Electoral district of Ballarat East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Mitcham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Northcote is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Bellarine is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Monbulk is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Ballarat West is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Brunswick is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Seymour is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Yan Yean is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Narre Warren North is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and includes the suburbs of Narre Warren, Harkaway, Narre Warren North and Endeavour Hills. ... The Electoral District of Cranbourne is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Carrum is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Ivanhoe is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Albert Park is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Narre Warren South is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and is based around the suburbs of Narre Warren South, Cranbourne North and Hallam. ... The Electoral district of Melton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Tarneit is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Dandenong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Lara is an seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Clayton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Altona is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Lyndhurst is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and is located in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. ... Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. ... The Electoral district of Preston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Kororoit is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering Albanvale, Caroline Springs as well as some parts of Deer Park and St Albans in the western suburbs of Melbourne. ... The Electoral district of Derrimut is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Thomastown is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... Image File history File links Lnpcoalition_logo. ... The Electoral district of Nepean is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the southern most part of the Mornington Peninsula. ... The Electoral district of Bass is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of South-West Coast is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Doncaster is a metropolitan electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, located approximately 13 kilometres north-east of Melbourne. ... 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The Electoral district of Rodney is a Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate in Northern Victoria. ... The Electoral district of Malvern is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly including the Malvern area. ... The Electoral district of Gippsland East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Murray Valley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Mildura is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ...

Seats which changed hands are shown in bold.

A '+' sign indicates a swing to Labor, a '-' sign a swing to Liberal National.

See also

• Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 2002-2006

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References

• Victorian Electoral Commission, [1]
• Costar, B.J & Campbell J.. "Realigning Victoria: The State Election of 30 November 2002". Australian Journal of Political Science 38 : 2: 313-323.