| Election Name: | 1973 Victorian state election |
| Country: | Victoria |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1970 Victorian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1970 |
| Next Election: | 1976 Victorian state election |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
| Seats For Election: | All 73 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 18 (of the 36) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council 37 seats needed for a majority |
| Leader1: | Rupert Hamer |
| Party1: | Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Kew |
| Popular Vote1: | 803,382 |
| Percentage1: | 42.34% |
| Swing1: | 5.64 |
| Last Election1: | 42 seats |
| Seats1: | 46 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Leader Since2: | 15 May 1967 |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Richmond |
| Popular Vote2: | 789,561 |
| Percentage2: | 41.61% |
| Swing2: | 0.19 |
| Last Election2: | 22 seats |
| Seats2: | 18 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Leader Since3: | 17 June 1970 |
| Party3: | Country Party (Victoria) |
| Leaders Seat3: | Shepparton |
| Popular Vote3: | 144,818 |
| Percentage3: | 5.96% |
| Swing3: | 0.44 |
| Last Election3: | 8 seats |
| Seats3: | 8 seats |
| Seat Change3: | 0 |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 55.24% |
| 2Data1: | 1.09 |
| 1Data2: | 44.76% |
| 2Data2: | 1.09 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Rupert Hamer |
| Before Party: | Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) |
| After Election: | Rupert Hamer |
| After Party: | Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) |
The 1973 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 19 May 1973, was for the 46th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect the 73 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Legislative Council.
Rupert Hamer succeeded Henry Bolte as Premier of Victoria on 23 August 1972. In 1972 a federal Labor government was elected, the first Labor government in 23 years. The incumbent Liberal government in Victoria led by Hamer was returned at the election with an increased vote of about 5%, largely at the expense of the Democratic Labor Party.
See also: Results of the 1973 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly).
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See also: Results of the 1973 Victorian state election (Legislative Council). |}
| Seat | Pre-1973 | Swing | Post-1973 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||||
| Dundas | Labor | Edward Lewis | 3.8 | -7.4 | 3.6 | Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | ||||
| Gippsland South | Liberal | James Taylor | 6.4 | -6.4 | 0.03 | Neil McInnes | Country | ||||
| Greensborough | Labor | Bob Fell | 2.0 | -2.0 | 0.01* | Monte Vale | Liberal | ||||
| Midlands | Labor | Leslie Shilton | 2.8 | -6.2 | 3.4 | Bill Ebery | Liberal | ||||
| Portland | Labor | Bill Lewis | 2.8 | -7.4 | 4.6 | Don McKellar | Liberal | ||||
| Swan Hill | Country | Henry Broad | 20.3 | -21.6 | 1.3 | Alan Wood | Liberal | ||||