| Election Name: | 1985 Victorian state election |
| Country: | Victoria |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1982 Victorian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1982 |
| Next Election: | 1988 Victorian state election |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
| Seats For Election: | All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council |
| Leader1: | John Cain Jr. |
| Leader Since1: | 9 September 1981 |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Bundoora |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,198,262 |
| Percentage1: | 50.01% |
| Swing1: | 0.00 |
| Last Election1: | 49 seats |
| Seats1: | 47 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Leader2: | Jeff Kennett |
| Leader Since2: | 26 October 1982 |
| Party2: | Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Burwood |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,003,003 |
| Percentage2: | 41.86% |
| Swing2: | 3.53 |
| Last Election2: | 24 seats |
| Seats2: | 31 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Leader Since3: | 17 June 1970 |
| Party3: | National Party of Australia – Victoria |
| Leaders Seat3: | Shepparton |
| Popular Vote3: | 174,727 |
| Percentage3: | 7.29% |
| Swing3: | 2.32 |
| Last Election3: | 8 seats |
| Seats3: | 10 seats |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 50.70% |
| 2Data1: | 3.08 |
| 1Data2: | 49.30% |
| 2Data2: | 3.08 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | John Cain Jr. |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
| After Election: | John Cain Jr. |
| After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
The 1985 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 2 March 1985, was for the 50th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. Since the previous election, the number of members of the Legislative Assembly was increased by 7 to 88.
Lindsay Thompson, who led the Liberal Party to a defeat at the 1982 election with a 17-seat swing against it, resigned the leadership of the party on 5 November 1982. He was succeeded by Jeff Kennett. At the election, the incumbent Labor Party government led by John Cain Jr. maintained its electoral support, though the Liberal Party did increase the number of seats. It was the first time since Federation that a Labor government had been reelected in Victoria. Although the Labor Party lost seats in the lower house it gained a majority in the upper house picking up 4 seats to hold 23 up from 19 at the last election meaning the Liberal/National Coalition no longer had sway on government policy.
See also: Results of the 1985 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly).
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See also: Results of the 1985 Victorian state election (Legislative Council).
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| Seat | Pre-1985 | Swing | Post-1985 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||||
| Bennettswood | Labor | Doug Newton | 1.2 | -2.0 | 0.8 | Roger Pescott | Liberal | ||||
| Dromana | Labor | David Hassett | 1.4 | -3.8 | 2.4 | Ron Wells | Liberal | ||||
| Evelyn | Labor | Max McDonald | 1.3 | -4.1 | 2.8 | Jim Plowman | Liberal | ||||
| Ivanhoe | Labor | Tony Sheehan | 1.3 | -2.7 | 1.6 | Vin Heffernan | Liberal | ||||
| Mornington | Labor | notional - new seat | 1.4 | -3.4 | 2.0 | Robin Cooper | Liberal | ||||
| Syndal | Labor | David Gray | 0.1 | -1.5 | 1.4 | Geoff Coleman | Liberal | ||||
| Warrnambool | Liberal | Adam Kempton | 11.3 | -17.8 | 6.5 | John McGrath | National | ||||
| Seat | 1982 election | 1984 redistribution | Swing | 1985 election | ||||||||||||
| Party | Member | Margin | Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||||||
| Mentone | Liberal | Bill Templeton | 1.2 | Labor | Notional | 3.7 | -1.7 | 2.0 | Peter Spyker | Labor | ||||||
| Narracan | Liberal | John Delzoppo | 1.7 | Labor | Notional | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | John Delzoppo | Liberal | ||||||
| Prahran | Labor | Bob Miller | 3.7 | Liberal | Notional | 1.7 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Don Hayward | Liberal | ||||||
| Sandringham | Labor | Graham Ihlein | 1.5 | Liberal | Notional | 2.6 | 2.3 | 4.9 | David Lea | Liberal | ||||||