1979 Victorian state election

The 1979 Victoria state election, held on Saturday, 5 May 1979, was for the 48th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council.
The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer was returned with a significantly reduced majority.

Seats changing hands

Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
In addition, Labor retained the seat of Greensborough, which it had won from the Liberals in a by-election.

Post-election pendulum

Liberal seats	-	-	-
Marginal	-	-	-
St Kilda	Brian Dixon	LIB	0.2%
Ballarat South	Joan Chambers	LIB	0.4%
Mitcham	George Cox	LIB	0.7%
Syndal	Geoff Coleman	LIB	0.7%
Geelong West	Hayden Birrell	LIB	0.8%
Noble Park	Peter Collins	LIB	1.0%
Bendigo	Daryl McClure	LIB	1.2%
Sandringham	Max Crellin	LIB	1.6%
Gisborne	Tom Reynolds	LIB	2.0%
Monbulk	Bill Borthwick	LIB	2.2%
Ivanhoe	Bruce Skeggs	LIB	3.4%
Box Hill	Donald Mackinnon	LIB	3.6%
Caulfield	Ted Tanner	LIB	3.8%
Evelyn	Jim Plowman	LIB	3.8%
Ringwood	Peter McArthur	LIB	4.1%
Forest Hill	John Richardson	LIB	5.0%
Midlands	Bill Ebery	LIB	5.0%
Narracan	Jim Balfour	LIB	5.1%
Ripon	Tom Austin	LIB	5.2%
Fairly safe	-	-	-
Bennettswood	Keith McCance	LIB	6.1%
Warrandyte	Norman Lacy	LIB	6.1%
Ballarat North	Tom Evans	LIB	6.3%
Mentone	Bill Templeton	LIB	6.5%
South Barwon	Aurel Smith	LIB	6.6%
Dromana	Roberts Dunstan	LIB	6.7%
Frankston	Graeme Weideman	LIB	7.2%
Wantirna	Geoff Hayes	LIB	7.6%
Portland	Don McKellar	LIB	8.0%
Berwick	Rob Maclellan	LIB	8.2%
Burwood	Jeff Kennett	LIB	9.1%
Hawthorn	Walter Jona	LIB	9.8%
Westernport	Alan Brown	LIB	9.9%
Safe	-	-	-
Doncaster	Morris Williams	LIB	10.9%
Kew	Rupert Hamer	LIB	11.2%
Warrnambool	Ian Smith	LIB	12.4%
Brighton	Jeannette Patrick	LIB	12.7%
Malvern	Lindsay Thompson	LIB	15.0%
Balwyn	Jim Ramsay	LIB	16.0%
Polwarth	Cec Burgin	LIB	18.7%
Benambra	Lou Lieberman	LIB	19.1%
Swan Hill	Alan Wood	LIB	24.8%