Victoria confounds Liberal hopes of election revival, swinging even further to Labor

Fears of a Labor bloodbath in Victoria in the federal election were utterly confounded, with the Liberals recording a statewide swing against them and the party all but certain to lose several seats. Labor was expected to hold Chisholm, Dunkley and Aston, as well as winning the seats of Deakin and Menzies from the Liberals. Bandt remained ahead on primary votes, but Liberal preferences were expected to flow to Labor. “From the numbers we have tonight, we have had at least a 10% swing towards us,” Ratnam told the Greens election party in Melbourne. “The great problem for the Liberal party as a whole is to rebuild such a broken institution,” Barry said.