Victorian state election, 1958

31 May 1958 (1958-05-31)

All 66 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Henry Bolte	Ernie Shepherd	Herbert Hyland
Party	Liberal and Country	Labor	Country
Leader since	3 May 1953	9 August 1957	1955
Leader's seat	Hampden	Footscray	Gippsland South
Last election	33 seats	20 seats	11 seats
Seats won	39 seats	18 seats	9 seats
Seat change	6	2	2
Percentage	37.18%	37.69%	9.30%
Swing	0.60	5.12	0.24

Premier before election

Henry Bolte
Liberal and Country

Elected Premier

Henry Bolte
Liberal and Country

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 31 May 1958 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This was the last time Assembly elections were held separately from those for the Legislative Council.

Results

Victorian state election, 31 May 1958^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1955 — 1961 >>
Enrolled voters		1,478,065
Votes cast		1,392,813		Turnout	94.23	+0.21
Informal votes		24,760		Informal	1.78	-0.42
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	515,638	37.69	+5.12	18	−2
	Liberal and Country	508,678	37.18	-0.60	39	+6
	Democratic Labor	197,380	14.43	+1.82	0	−1
	Country	127,228	9.30	-0.24	9	−2
	Independent	17,770	1.30	-2.23	0	−1
	Other	1,359	0.10	-0.40	0	±0
Total		1,368,053			66
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal and Country	790,149	57.8	–0.1
	Labor	577,904	42.2	+0.1

↑ Election held on 31 May 1958, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).

Elections and referendums in Victoria

General elections	1856 1859 1861 1864 1866 1868 1871 1874 1877 1880 (Feb) 1880 (Jul) 1883 1886 1889 1892 1894 1897 1900 1902 1904 1907 1908 1911 1914 1917 1920 1921 1924 1927 1929 1932 1935 1937 1940 1943 1945 1947 1950 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1992 1996 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 by-elections

Upper house elections	1851 1856 1858 1860 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1889 1890 1892 1894 1895 1896 1898 1900 1901 1902 1904 1907 1910 1913 1916 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958

Referendums	1898 1899

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