John Brumby Labor Ted Baillieu Liberal/National coalition The 2010 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 27 November 2010, was for the 57th Parliament of Victoria.

[1] The Liberal and National Parties contested the election as a Coalition, which they had not done since the previous agreement lapsed in 2000.

Labor launched their campaign on 16 November 2010 in the electoral district of Bendigo East, using the slogan: "For the times ahead."

The Coalition campaigned heavily against the Brumby Government's new Myki ticketing system, which had been delivered at triple the projected cost and years behind schedule, as well as its construction of an expensive desalination plant that many claimed was unnecessary.

Ted Baillieu promised to restore the budget to surplus, employ more nurses and police, make Victorian teachers the highest paid in the country, and abolish suspended sentences which were seen as out of touch with community standards.

As a result, the Coalition only just managed the 13-seat swing it needed to make Baillieu premier, netting it a bare majority of two seats.

Elections occur in line with the fixed term provisions laid out in the Electoral Act 2002.

[11] Key dates for the election were:[12] Polling conducted by Newspoll and published in The Australian is performed via random telephone number selection in city and country areas.

Sky News exit polls in marginal seats recorded a Coalition 54-46 Labor result.