This is a list of electoral results for the Western Metropolitan Region in Victorian state elections from the region's creation in 2006 until the present.
Election results
editElections in the 2020s
edit2022
editLabor were defending three seats. The Liberal Party and Derryn Hinch's Justice Party were defending one seat each.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 74,860 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Lizzie Blandthorn (elected 1) 2. Ingrid Stitt (elected 3) 3. Cesar Melhem 4. Cuc Lum 5. Nurul Khan |
166,371 | 37.04 | −9.81 | |
| Liberal | 1. Moira Deeming (elected 2) 2. Trung Luu (elected 5) 3. Golam Haque 4. Manish Patel 5. Luan Walker |
109,895 | 24.47 | +3.65 | |
| Greens | 1. Bernadette Thomas 2. Sarah Bray 3. Isabelle McRae McLeod 4. Lloyd Davies 5. Pierre Vario |
36,239 | 8.07 | −0.04 | |
| Democratic Labour | 1. Bernie Finn 2. Thi Kiem-Lien Lee |
23,422 | 5.21 | +1.54 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | 1. David Ettershank (elected 4) 2. Raffaela Menta |
19,295 | 4.30 | +4.30 | |
| Victorian Socialists | 1. Liz Walsh 2. Aran Mylvaganam |
16,095 | 3.58 | +3.02 | |
| Family First | 1. Darren Buller 2. Mary Filmer |
14,261 | 3.18 | +3.18 | |
| One Nation | 1. Ursula Van Bree 2. Frank Vrionis |
7,691 | 1.71 | +1.71 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Anthony Cursio 2. Liam Roche |
6,546 | 1.46 | −0.26 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Ken Vickers 2. Geoff Ashby |
6,401 | 1.43 | −0.59 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Meg Watkins 2. Nat Kopas |
6,209 | 1.38 | −1.26 | |
| Justice | 1. Peter Sullivan 2. Jean-Marie D'Argent |
5,371 | 1.20 | −5.80 | |
| United Australia | 1. Andrew Cuthbertson 2. Deepak Bansal |
4,737 | 1.06 | +1.06 | |
| Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Samson Palkuri 2. Burkin Yalaz |
3,653 | 0.81 | +0.81 | |
| Reason | 1. David Thirkettle-Watts 2. Harry Millward |
3,617 | 0.81 | −0.24 | |
| Freedom | 1. John McBride 2. Dan McBride |
3,513 | 0.78 | +0.78 | |
| Angry Victorians | 1. Catherine Cumming 2. Adam Robinson 3. Jennifer Zalme |
2,596 | 0.57 | +0.57 | |
| New Democrats | 1. Kaushaliya Virjibhai Vaghela 2. Mohammed Qasim Shaik 3. Arix Maheshkumar Bishnoi 4. Anitha Jyothi Palkuri 5. Yogesh Kumar Malhotra |
2,470 | 0.55 | +0.55 | |
| Health Australia | 1. Isaac Golden 2. Leah Golden |
2,122 | 0.47 | −0.49 | |
| Sustainable Australia | 1. Bert Jessup 2. Dennis Bilic |
2,046 | 0.46 | −0.28 | |
| Independent Liberal | 1. Fred Ackerman 2. Mark Barro |
1,845 | 0.41 | +0.41 | |
| Companions and Pets | 1. Craig Treherne 2. Mary Britton |
1,806 | 0.40 | +0.40 | |
| Independent | 1. Walter Villagonzalo 2. Sam Alcordo |
1,623 | 0.36 | +0.36 | |
| Transport Matters | 1. Daniel Lowinger 2. Greg Collins |
1,204 | 0.27 | −0.41 | |
| Independent | Esther Demian | 144 | 0.03 | +0.03 | |
| Total formal votes | 449,155 | 95.94 | +0.79 | ||
| Informal votes | 19,025 | 4.06 | −0.79 | ||
| Turnout | 468,180 | 87.00 | −2.25 | ||
Elections in the 2010s
edit2018
editLabor were defending two seats. Liberals, Greens and Democratic Labour were defending one each.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 77,210 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Cesar Melhem (elected 1) 2. Ingrid Stitt (elected 2) 3. Kaushaliya Vaghela (elected 4) 4. Kirsten Psaila 5. Louise Persse |
214,279 | 46.25 | +2.27 | |
| Liberal | 1. Bernie Finn (elected 3) 2. Dinesh Gourisetty 3. Moira Deeming 4. David Wood 5. Nathan Di Noia |
98,458 | 21.25 | −2.32 | |
| Greens | 1. Huong Truong 2. Emely Cash 3. Bernadette Thomas 4. Elena Pereyra 5. Annie Chessells-Beeby |
40,417 | 8.72 | −1.61 | |
| Justice | 1. Catherine Cumming (elected 5) 2. Daniel Cumming |
31,615 | 6.82 | +6.82 | |
| Democratic Labour | 1. Walter Villagonzalo 2. Mark Royal |
16,378 | 3.54 | +0.97 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Terri Beech 2. Karina Leung |
12,028 | 2.60 | +1.08 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Wayne Rigg 2. Geoff Ashby |
8,914 | 1.92 | +0.68 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Adam Karlovsky 2. Mark Thompson 3. Christopher Reeves |
7,938 | 1.71 | −3.82 | |
| Reason | 1. Chris Botha 2. Jamie Twidale |
5,337 | 1.15 | −1.55 | |
| Aussie Battler | 1. Stuart O'Neill 2. Ian Kearns |
4,406 | 0.95 | +0.95 | |
| Health Australia | 1. Briony Jenkinson 2. Deanne Glenn |
4,354 | 0.94 | +0.94 | |
| Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Joan Beckwith 2. Nia Sims |
3,752 | 0.81 | +0.81 | |
| Sustainable Australia | 1. Allan Doensen 2. Richard Belcher |
3,513 | 0.76 | +0.76 | |
| Liberty Alliance | 1. Francine Cohen 2. Terri Franklin |
3,294 | 0.71 | +0.71 | |
| Transport Matters | 1. Daniel Lowinger 2. Ramy Abdelnour |
3,067 | 0.66 | +0.66 | |
| Victorian Socialists | 1. Jorge Jorquera 2. Andrew Charles |
2,765 | 0.60 | +0.60 | |
| Country | 1. Benito Caruso 2. Tony Leen |
2,207 | 0.48 | +0.29 | |
| Hudson for Northern Victoria | 1. Hayley Webb 2. Casey Eckel |
573 | 0.12 | +0.12 | |
| Independent | 1. Diana Grima | 199 | 0.04 | +0.04 | |
| Independent | 1. Kathy Majdlik | 165 | 0.04 | +0.04 | |
| Total formal votes | 463,258 | 95.15 | −0.63 | ||
| Informal votes | 23,606 | 4.85 | +0.63 | ||
| Turnout | 486,864 | 89.25 | −3.06 | ||
2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 72,606 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Cesar Melhem (elected 1) 2. Khalil Eideh (elected 3) 3. Stanley Chiang 4. George Seitz 5. Kirsten Psaila |
191,607 | 43.98 | −2.16 | |
| Liberal | 1. Bernie Finn (elected 2) 2. Andrew Elsbury 3. David Tran 4. Gayle Murphy 5. Cassandra Marr |
102,681 | 23.57 | −6.85 | |
| Greens | 1. Colleen Hartland (elected 4) 2. Huong Truong 3. Dinesh Jayasuriya 4. Sam Long 5. Jonathon Marsden |
44,991 | 10.33 | −1.55 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Zeev Vinokurov 2. Joel Spencer |
24,080 | 5.53 | +5.53 | |
| Sex Party | 1. Vicki Nash 2. Adrian Trajstman |
11,774 | 2.70 | −1.85 | |
| Democratic Labour | 1. Rachel Carling-Jenkins (elected 5) 2. Michael Freeman |
11,183 | 2.57 | −0.53 | |
| Palmer United | 1. Trevor Dance 2. Peter Haberecht |
9,629 | 2.21 | +2.21 | |
| Voice for the West | 1. Berhan Ahmed 2. Kylie Georgiou 3. John Turner |
7,757 | 1.78 | +1.78 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Roy Taylor 2. Douglas Leith |
6,620 | 1.52 | +1.52 | |
| Family First | 1. Jaxon Calder 2. Rebecca Filliponi |
6,355 | 1.46 | −2.23 | |
| Christians | 1. Geoff Rogers 2. Kirsten James |
5,973 | 1.37 | +1.37 | |
| Shooters and Fishers | 1. Jake Wilson 2. Trevor Carstein |
5,406 | 1.24 | +1.24 | |
| Cyclists | 1. Frank Reinthaler 2. Nick O'Keefe |
3,346 | 0.77 | +0.77 | |
| Rise Up Australia | 1. Jeff Truscott 2. Charles Rozario |
1,754 | 0.40 | +0.40 | |
| People Power Victoria | 1. Jerry Creaney 2. Chez Caruso |
1,660 | 0.38 | +0.38 | |
| Country Alliance | 1. Ben Caruso 2. Andrew Hepner |
817 | 0.19 | +0.19 | |
| Total formal votes | 435,633 | 95.78 | |||
| Informal votes | 19,197 | 4.22 | |||
| Turnout | 454,830 | 92.31 | |||
2010
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 70,452 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Martin Pakula (elected 1) 2. Khalil Eideh (elected 3) 3. Bob Smith 4. Llewellyn Rees 5. Claudine Spinner |
198,100 | 46.9 | −11.8 | |
| Liberal | 1. Bernie Finn (elected 2) 2. Andrew Elsbury (elected 4) 3. Victoria Fairbairn 4. Jeremy Barth 5. William Kenny |
125,267 | 29.6 | +5.1 | |
| Greens | 1. Colleen Hartland (elected 5) 2. Robert Humphreys 3. Liz Ingham 4. Simon Crawford 5. Owen Gale |
50,715 | 12.0 | +2.6 | |
| Sex Party | 1. Joël Murray 2. Merinda Davis |
20,008 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Family First | 1. Daniel Mumby 2. Lisa Garay |
15,282 | 3.6 | −0.4 | |
| Democratic Labor | 1. Mark Farrell 2. Stephanie Mazzarella 3. Georga Byrne 4. Samuel Notaro 5. Marguerita Kavanagh |
13,336 | 3.2 | +2.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 422,708 | 95.4 | +1.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 20,549 | 4.6 | −1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 443,257 | 92.3 | −0.2 | ||
Elections in the 2000s
edit2006
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 62,402 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Justin Madden (elected 1) 2. Khalil Eideh (elected 3) 3. Martin Pakula (elected 4) 4. Henry Barlow 5. Lisa Zanatta |
219,706 | 58.7 | −3.5 | |
| Liberal | 1. Bernie Finn (elected 2) 2. Stephen Reynolds 3. Wayne Tseng 4. Ann Bitans |
91,604 | 24.5 | −1.2 | |
| Greens | 1. Colleen Hartland (elected 5) 2. Nam Bui 3. Robert Humphreys 4. Liz Ingham 5. Nora Tchekmeyan |
35,201 | 9.4 | −0.2 | |
| Family First | 1. Ashley Alp 2. Anh Nguyen 3. Robert Walker 4. Marie Spataro 5. Roger San Jose |
15,032 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
| People Power | 1. Max Jackson 2. Christine Williams |
5,098 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Democratic Labor | 1. Mark Beshara 2. Shane McCarthy |
4,029 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Democrats | 1. Robert Livesay 2. Danii Coric 3. Roger Howe |
3,741 | 1.0 | −1.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 374,411 | 93.7 | −1.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 25,075 | 6.3 | +1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 399,486 | 92.5 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Western Metropolitan Region results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "State Election 2018: Western Metropolitan Region results summary - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 13 December 2018.