Electoral results for the district of Eltham

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Eltham in Victorian state elections.

Members for Eltham

Member		Party	Term
	Wayne Phillips	Liberal	1992–2002
	Steve Herbert	Labor	2002–2014
	Vicki Ward	Labor	2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Eltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vicki Ward	19,509	44.5	−5.3
	Liberal	Jason McClintock	15,615	35.6	−1.2
	Greens	Alex Grimes	5,897	13.5	+3.0
	Family First	Hugh Stubley	1,118	2.5	+2.5
	Animal Justice	Catriona Marshall	995	2.3	+2.3
	Democratic Labour	Leila Karimi	710	1.6	−0.2
Total formal votes			43,844	96.7	+1.2
Informal votes			1,507	3.3	−1.2
Turnout			45,351	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vicki Ward	25,870	59.0	−1.5
	Liberal	Jason McClintock	17,974	41.0	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.5

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Eltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vicki Ward	19,831	49.22	+8.63
	Liberal	Nick McGowan	15,639	38.81	−5.13
	Greens	Matthew Goodman	4,208	10.44	−0.96
	Democratic Labour	Peter O'Brien	614	1.52	+1.52
Total formal votes			40,292	96.16	+0.45
Informal votes			1,610	3.84	−0.45
Turnout			41,902	93.49	−1.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vicki Ward	23,802	59.07	+6.38
	Liberal	Nick McGowan	16,490	40.93	−6.38
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.38

2014 Victorian state election: Eltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steven Briffa	17,727	43.9	−0.9
	Labor	Vicki Ward	16,374	40.6	+1.9
	Greens	Liezl Shnookal	4,600	11.4	−1.5
	Independent	Chris Byrne	555	1.4	+1.4
	Family First	Janna Fenn	490	1.2	−0.7
	Christians	Michael Janson	345	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Ryan Ebert	251	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			40,342	95.7	−0.2
Informal votes			1,808	4.3	+0.2
Turnout			42,150	94.9	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vicki Ward	21,258	52.7	+1.9
	Liberal	Steven Briffa	19,084	47.3	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

2010 Victorian state election: Eltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Hart	16,047	44.87	+5.68
	Labor	Steve Herbert	13,792	38.57	−5.85
	Greens	James Searle	4,747	13.27	−0.13
	Family First	Shane Porter	619	1.73	−1.27
	Democratic Labor	Trudi Aiashi	557	1.56	+1.56
Total formal votes			35,762	95.99	−0.72
Informal votes			1,494	4.01	+0.72
Turnout			37,256	94.58	−0.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Herbert	18,184	50.80	−5.68
	Liberal	Andrew Hart	17,612	49.20	+5.68
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.68

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Eltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve Herbert	15,541	44.42	−0.24
	Liberal	Craig Ondarchie	13,712	39.19	−2.83
	Greens	Damian Magner	4,689	13.40	+0.08
	Family First	Shane Porter	1,048	3.00	+3.00
Total formal votes			34,990	96.71	−1.27
Informal votes			1,189	3.29	+1.27
Turnout			36,179	94.61	−0.36
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Herbert	19,788	56.41	+1.71
	Liberal	Craig Ondarchie	15,289	43.59	−1.71
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.71

2002 Victorian state election: Eltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve Herbert	15,739	44.7	+6.0
	Liberal	Wayne Phillips	14,810	42.0	−8.4
	Greens	Merinda Gray	4,695	13.3	+10.3
Total formal votes			35,244	98.0	+0.4
Informal votes			728	2.0	−0.4
Turnout			35,972	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Herbert	19,309	54.8	+8.5
	Liberal	Wayne Phillips	15,935	45.2	−8.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.5

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Eltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Phillips	18,696	50.3	−4.4
	Labor	Pam Hanney	14,325	38.5	+0.2
	Independent	Margaret Jennings	1,310	3.5	+3.5
	Greens	Jeremy Whitehead	1,237	3.3	+3.3
	Democrats	Sean Carter	966	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	June English	546	1.5	+1.5
	Natural Law	Wendy Rosenfeldt	98	0.3	−0.8
Total formal votes			37,178	97.6	−0.9
Informal votes			907	2.4	+0.9
Turnout			38,085	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wayne Phillips	19,960	53.5	−3.3
	Labor	Pam Hanney	17,315	46.5	+3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.3

1996 Victorian state election: Eltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Phillips	19,624	54.7	−2.3
	Labor	Sigmund Jorgensen	13,744	38.3	+3.4
	Independent	Gavin Gray	2,136	6.0	+6.0
	Natural Law	Peter Jackson	389	1.1	−2.5
Total formal votes			35,893	98.6	+1.3
Informal votes			522	1.4	−1.3
Turnout			36,415	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wayne Phillips	20,328	56.8	−3.2
	Labor	Sigmund Jorgensen	15,467	43.2	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

1992 Victorian state election: Eltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Phillips	18,823	57.0	+11.9
	Labor	Alan Baker	11,514	34.9	−19.0
	Independent	Bob West	1,504	4.6	+4.6
	Natural Law	Steve Davies	1,185	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			33,026	97.3	+0.2
Informal votes			915	2.7	−0.2
Turnout			33,941	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wayne Phillips	19,794	60.0	+14.6
	Labor	Alan Baker	13,175	40.0	−14.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+14.6

References

• "Eltham District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.