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1952 Victorian state election

1952 Victorian state election
← 1950 6 December 1952 (1952-12-06) 1955 →
All 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
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Leader John Cain John McDonald
Party Labor Country
Leader since 18 October 1937 22 November 1945
Leader's seat Northcote Shepparton
Last election 24 seats 13 seats
Seats won 37 seats 12 seats
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 1
Popular vote 504,773 85,843
Percentage 49.07% 8.34%
Swing Increase 3.78 Decrease 2.30
TPP 56.72%
  Third party Fourth party
 
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Leader Les Norman Thomas Hollway
Party Liberal and Country Electoral Reform League
Leader since 4 December 1951 31 October 1952
Leader's seat Glen Iris (lost seat) Glen Iris (won seat)
Last election 27 seats New party
Seats won 11 seats 4 seats
Seat change Decrease 16 Increase 4
Popular vote 255,685 98,641
Percentage 24.85% 9.59%
Swing Decrease 15.84 Increase 9.59
TPP 43.28%
Results in each electorate
Premier before election

John McDonald
Country

Elected Premier

John Cain
Labor

The 1952 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 6 December 1952 to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.


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