| Election Name: | 1976 Victorian state election |
| Country: | Victoria |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1973 Victorian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1973 |
| Next Election: | 1979 Victorian state election |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
| Seats For Election: | All 81 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council 41 seats needed for a majority |
| Leader1: | Rupert Hamer |
| Party1: | Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Kew |
| Popular Vote1: | 939,481 |
| Percentage1: | 45.87% |
| Swing1: | 3.53 |
| Last Election1: | 46 seats |
| Seats1: | 52 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Leader Since2: | 15 May 1967 |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Richmond |
| Popular Vote2: | 869,021 |
| Percentage2: | 42.43% |
| Swing2: | 0.82 |
| Last Election2: | 18 seats |
| Seats2: | 21 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Leader Since3: | 17 June 1970 |
| Party3: | National Party of Australia – Victoria |
| Leaders Seat3: | Shepparton |
| Popular Vote3: | 144,818 |
| Percentage3: | 7.07% |
| Swing3: | 1.13 |
| Last Election3: | 8 seats |
| Seats3: | 7 seats |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 55.77% |
| 2Data1: | 0.53 |
| 1Data2: | 44.23% |
| 2Data2: | 0.53 |
| 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 1976 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 20 March 1976, was for the 47th 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. Since the previous election, there was an increase in the number of members of the Legislative Assembly by 8 and in the number of Council members by 8, though only 4 were elected at the 1976 election.
Since the last election, the number of Legislative Assembly members was increased from 73 to 81 and the number of seats in the Legislative Council was increased from 36 to 44.
The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer was returned with an increased majority.
See also: Results of the 1976 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly).
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See also: Results of the 1976 Victorian state election (Legislative Council).
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| Seat | Pre-1976 | Swing | Post-1976 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||||
| Benambra | National | Tom Mitchell | 19.9 | -21.7 | 1.8 | Lou Lieberman | Liberal | ||||
| Knox | Liberal | notional - new seat | 0.8 | -2.1 | 1.3 | Steve Crabb | Labor | ||||
| Ripon | Labor | notional - new seat | 0.4 | -10.3 | 9.9 | Tom Austin | Liberal | ||||
| Werribee | Labor | notional - new seat | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.05 | Neville Hudson | Liberal | ||||