1999 Victorian state election

1999 Victorian state election
18 September 1999 (1999-09-18)
All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
45 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jeff Kennett Steve Bracks
Party Liberal/National coalition Labor
Leader since 23 April 1991 22 March 1999
Leader's seat Burwood Williamstown
Last election 58 seats 29 seats
Seats won 43 42
Seat change 15 13
Popular vote 1,330,928 1,289,696
Percentage 47.02% 45.57%
Swing 3.46 2.44
TPP 49.80% 50.20%
TPP swing 3.66 3.66
Results in each electorate.
Premier before election

Jeff Kennett
Liberal/National coalition

Elected Premier

Steve Bracks
Labor

The 1999 Victorian state election was held on Saturday 18 September 1999 to elect the 54th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council were up for election. The Liberal–National Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara, which had held majority government since the 1992 election, lost 15 seats and its majority due mainly to a swing against it in rural and regional Victoria.

The Labor Party, led by Steve Bracks, although also not having majority of the seats, took government due to support from three rural independents. They decided to back the Labor Party, which gave a working majority in the chamber to a Labor minority government. Bracks was sworn in as Premier of Victoria on 20 October 1999.

Future Premier Jacinta Allan entered parliament at this election.


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