Electoral results for the Western Metropolitan Region
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[edit]
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
2022[edit]
Labor 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[edit]
2018[edit]
Labor 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[edit]
2006[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.