# 1964 Victorian state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 27 June 1964 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 17 members of the 34-member Legislative Council. The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Henry Bolte won a fourth term in office.

## Key dates

| Date | Event |
| 6 May 1964 | The Parliament was prorogued. |
| 14 May 1964 | Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election. |
| 5 June 1964 | Close of nominations. |
| 27 June 1964 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
| 8 July 1964 | The Bolte Ministry was reconstituted, with two new ministers sworn in. |
| 14 July 1964 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
| 14 July 1964 | Parliament resumed for business. |

## Results
### Legislative Assembly

The election produced almost no change in the electoral balance.
Victorian state election, 27 June 1964 Legislative Assembly
<< 1961–1967 >> :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 1,635,311 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 1,543,778 | | Turnout | 94.40 | –0.01 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 35,631 | | Informal | 2.31 | –0.14 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Liberal and Country | 597,748 | 39.63 | +3.20 | 38 | – 1 |
| | Labor | 546,279 | 36.22 | –2.33 | 18 | + 1 |
| | Democratic Labor | 225,779 | 14.97 | –1.98 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Country | 132,067 | 8.76 | +1.62 | 10 | + 1 |
| | Other | 3,741 | 0.25 | –0.01 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Independent | 2,533 | 0.17 | –0.49 | 0 | – 1 |
| Total | Total | 1,508,147 | | | 66 | |
| Two-party-preferred |||||||
| | Liberal and Country | 890,164 | 59.0 | +1.1 | | |
| | Labor | 617,873 | 41.0 | –1.1 | | |

### Legislative Council

Victorian state election, 27 June 1964 Legislative Council
<< 1961–1967 >> :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 1,635,311 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 1,543,586 | | Turnout | 94.4 | –0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 45,627 | | Informal | 3.0 | –0.2 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held |
| | Liberal and Country | 600,600 | 40.1 | +2.1 | 9 | 18 |
| | Labor | 531,510 | 35.5 | –3.4 | 4 | 8 |
| | Democratic Labor | 232,445 | 15.5 | –1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| | Country | 133,403 | 8.9 | +2.7 | 4 | 8 |
| Total | Total | 1,497,958 | | | 17 | 34 |

## Seats changing hands

| Seat | Pre-1964 | Pre-1964 | Pre-1964 | Pre-1964 | Swing | Post-1964 | Post-1964 | Post-1964 | Post-1964 |
| Seat | Party | Party | Member | Margin | Swing | Margin | Member | Party | Party |
| Bendigo | | Labor | Bill Galvin | 4.5 | -6.3 | 1.8 | Robert Trethewey | Liberal and Country | |
| Geelong West | | Liberal and Country | Max Gillett | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.1 | Neil Trezise | Labor | |
| Kara Kara | | Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 13.8 | -15.1 | 1.3 | Bill Phelan | Country | |
| Moorabbin | | Independent Liberal | Bob Suggett | 8.7 | N/A | 11.0 | Bob Suggett | Liberal and Country | |
* Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
* In addition, Labor retained the seat of Broadmeadows which it had won from the LCP at the 1962 by-election.