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The2018 Victorian state election was held on Saturday, 24 November 2018 to elect the 59thParliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in theLegislative Assembly (lower house) and all 40 seats in theLegislative Council (upper house) were up for election. The first-term incumbentLaborgovernment, led byPremierDaniel Andrews, won a second four-year term, defeating theLiberal/NationalCoalitionopposition, led byOpposition LeaderMatthew Guy in alandslide victory. TheGreens, a minor party led bySamantha Ratnam also contested the election.
Labor won 55 seats in the 88-seat Legislative Assembly, an increase of eight seats from theprevious election in 2014, and amajority of 22 seats. This was the fifth time that a Labor government was re-elected in Victoria, and it tied Victorian Labor's second-best showing at the state level. The Coalition suffered an 11-seat swing against it, and won 27 seats. The Greens won three seats, a net increase of one seat since the last election though equal to the share of seats they held when the election was called. The remaining three seats on thecrossbench were won byindependents.[1] In the Legislative Council, Labor won 18 seats, three short of a majority. The Coalition won 11 seats, and the remaining 11 seats were won by a range of minor parties from across thepolitical spectrum.[1]
Several days after Labor's victory, theSecond Andrews Ministry was sworn in by theGovernor and was notable for featuring an equal number of men and women.[2] The following week the Liberal Party electedMichael O'Brien leader of the party, who became Opposition Leader in the new parliament, after Guy had announced earlier he would stand down from the position.[3]
For the election, Victoria hadcompulsory voting and used majoritarianpreferential voting insingle-member seats for the Legislative Assembly, andSingle transferable vote (STV) in multi-member seats for theproportionally represented Legislative Council. The Legislative Council had 40 members serving four-year terms, elected from eight electoral regions each with five members. The Victorian Legislative Council usesGroup Voting Tickets. With each region electing five members, the quota in each region for election, after distribution of preferences, was 16.7% (one-sixth) of the valid votes cast in that district. The election was conducted by theVictorian Electoral Commission (VEC), an independent body answerable to parliament.
Pursuant to theElectoral Act 2002, Victoria has had fixed terms, with all elections since the2006 election held every four years on the last Saturday of November.[4][5] The incumbent government entered intocaretaker mode at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, 30 October 2018, whenwrits were officially issued.[6]
Key dates for the election are:[7][8]
Following the 2014 election,Labor formed majority government with 47 seats. TheCoalition held 38 seats, with theLiberal Party holding 30 and theNational Party holding 8. On the crossbench, theGreens held 2 seats andIndependentSuzanna Sheed held the seat ofShepparton.
Following the 2014 election, Labor held 14 seats; the Coalition held 16 seats (14 Liberal, 2 National); the Greens held 5 seats; theShooters, Fishers and Farmers Party held 2 seats; and the Sex Party (now theReason Party),Democratic Labour Party, andVote 1 Local Jobs party held 1 seat each.
FormerNationals leaderPeter Ryan announced his resignation from parliament on 2 February 2015, triggering aby-election in the seat ofGippsland South for 14 March.[9] The election was won byDanny O'Brien of the National Party.
Denis Napthine andTerry Mulder resigned from parliament on 3 September 2015. Their seats were retained by the Liberal Party in by-elections held inSouth-West Coast andPolwarth on 31 October.
Minister for Women and Minister for the Prevention of Family ViolenceFiona Richardson died on 23 August 2017. Aby-election was held in the seat ofNorthcote on 18 November, in which the Victorian Greens won the seat from the Labor Party.
Don Nardella, the formerDeputy Speaker of theAssembly and member for the seat ofMelton, resigned from theLabor Party on 7 March 2017 to sit as anindependent. Nardella's resignation was demanded byPremierAndrews after Nardella refused to pay back approximately $100,000 of taxpayer funded entitlements in the midst an expenses scandal. The resignation reduced the number of Labor members in the Assembly from 47 to 46, still above the 45 seats needed formajority government to be formed. Nardella had previously announced his intention to quit politics at the 2018 election and following his resignation from the Labor Party stated he intended to serve out his full term as the member for Melton.[10]
Russell Northe, the member forMorwell resigned from theNational Party on 28 August 2017, due to mental health and financial issues, continuing in his position as anindependent.[11]
Greg Barber resigned as Leader of the Greens and from his Northern Metropolitan Region seat on 28 September 2017, and was replaced in both by Moreland councillorSamantha Ratnam.[12]
Colleen Hartland, a Greens member of the Western Metropolitan Region, resigned on 8 February 2018,[13] and was replaced byHuong Truong.
The followingMackerras pendulum lists seats in the Legislative Assembly according to thepercentage point margin on atwo candidate preferred basis based on the 2014 election results.[14] TheAustralian Electoral Commission considers a seat "safe" if it requires a swing of over 10% to change, "fairly safe" seats require a swing of between 6 and 10%, while "marginal" seats require a swing of less than 6%.[15]
At the close of nominations, there were 23 parties registered with theVictorian Electoral Commission (VEC), of which 21 contested the election:[16]
Nominations of candidates opened on 31 October 2018. Nominations for party candidates closed on 8 November, and for independent candidates on 9 November.
A total of 887 candidates nominated for the election, down from 896 at the 2014 election. There were 507 candidates for the Legislative Assembly, the second-highest number on record, down from 545 in 2014. The 380 candidates for the Legislative Council was the highest number of upper house candidates in a Victorian election, up from 351 in 2014.[17]
Members who chose not to renominate are as follows:
On 13 November, Neelam Rai, a Liberal candidate for Northern Metropolitan Region, withdrew her candidacy after theHerald Sun revealed that she was the director of an unregistered charity, No Hunger Australia. The Liberal Party also released a statement saying that Rai's nomination form for preselection had "failed to disclose a number of issues of relevance".[34]
On 15 November, the Liberal Party withdrew its endorsement of Meralyn Klein, their candidate for the marginal seat of Yan Yean, after footage emerged of her speaking in an anti-Muslim video produced by theAustralian Liberty Alliance. Klein denied any association with the ALA, saying she had been interviewed about an incident where she had been assaulted several years earlier, and the footage had been provided to the ALA and edited into an anti-Muslim video.[35]
As ballot papers had already been printed, both Rai and Klein appeared as Liberal candidates. The Labor Party petitioned theSupreme Court to order the VEC to reprint the ballot papers with Klein's affiliation removed,[36] but the case was dismissed.[37]
On 22 November, two days before Election Day, the Greens ordered a then-unnamed candidate to withdraw from the campaign after an allegation of "serious sexual misconduct" was made.[38] The following day the party revealed the candidate in question was Dominic Phillips, candidate for the seat ofSandringham; he was stood down by the party.[39] As the ballot papers had already been printed, Phillips stood as the Greens candidate and won over 8% of the vote.
A year before the election Opposition leader Matthew Guy was slammed for a dinner with alleged Mafia member Tony Maddefei at Lobster Cave restaurant at Beaumaris Victoria.https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-mafia-the-mountains-and-the-art-of-holding-your-tongue-20170807-gxr15s.htmlhttps://www.9news.com.au/national/lobster-cave-closes-doors-after-38-years/e83d5980-c43e-474a-a4ee-3474aa577984https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-12/matthew-guy-survives-his-worst-week-as-opposition-leader/8799494On 28 October bothLabor and theCoalition launched their campaigns, with Labor making health, paramedics and improved ambulance response times a priority, while the Coalition focused on cutting taxes, better managing population growth and cracking down on crime.[40] Labor and the Coalition pledged $23.3 billion and $24.8 billion respectively, more than double pledged during the 2010 and 2014 elections, excluding the proposedSuburban Rail Loop and high speed rail for regional services which would require future governments to fund.[41] Labor pledged to invest substantially more money than the Coalition in health, with $1.3bn in promises to boost nursing numbers and $395.8m to provide every state school student with free dental check-ups and procedures and $232m to build seven new early parenting centres; in contrast to the Coalition whose signature health policy was constructing a new hospital inWarragul, the biggest city in the rapidly expandingWest Gippsland region.[42]
The Coalition's leading message of the campaign was to "get back in control" of the state's allegedly burgeoning crime problem. The party promised tougherbail conditions than Labor, saying that anyone who breaches bail will be jailed. In additionmandatory sentencing would become more commonplace, with minimum sentences for repeat violent offenders and people deemed possible terror threats could be forced to wearelectronic monitoring devices, a proposal made after thestabbing attack in the city which occurred during the campaign.[42] The Liberal-Nationals and newspapers which supported them made frequent reference to an alleged"African gang problem" in Melbourne, as an attack line on the Labour incumbents, which meant overt and covert discussion of race and ethnicity with relation to crime were a strong element of the Coalition campaign.[43]
The divisions between the parties oversocial issues were pronounced, as the Coalition promised to axe thesafe injecting room inRichmond, theSafe Schools program forLGBTI children in state secondary schools and theprocess for a formalised treaty for Indigenous Victorians.[44] The Coalition also promised to reinstate religious instruction classes in state schools, something removed from classes and made an opt-in process by Labor.[42]
Arguably the most pressing issue of the campaign waspublic transport andinfrastructure.Melbourne's record population growth of more than 125,000 people a year made both party leaders focus on big transport initiatives. Labor unveiled a $50 billionunderground rail loop of the suburbs surrounding the city, though admitted the project would not be completed before 2050 and actually pledged $300 million for a business study.[42] The Coalition instead proposed a $19 billion "European-style" regional rail network that would rebuild the entire network and includehigh-speed rail on four lines, travelling up to 200 km an hour.[42] Both parties agreed on theWest Gate Tunnel,North East Link andMetro Rail projects, though the Coalition pledged to bring back the defunctEast West Link project which was scrapped at a cost of $1 billion by the Labor Government.[42]
Minor party theGreens sought to expand their numbers in parliament and make further gains in inner-city/suburban seats held by Labor such asAlbert Park,Brunswick andRichmond. The party proposed a dedicated bike "superlane" stretching 17 kilometres fromElsternwick railway station toCoburg, as well as further cycling routes connectingBox Hill andRichmond,Ringwood andCroydon and a connection from theBurwood Highway through toKnox andDeakin University.[45] Overall, most Greens policies were more closely aligned with Labor policies than the Coalition,[42] a fact acknowledged by Greens leaderSamantha Ratnam who said she would seek to negotiate with Labor to form government in the event of ahung parliament.[46] Labor leaderDaniel Andrews reacted negatively to this possibility saying "no deal will be offered" and criticising the Greens for allegedly "refusing to call out denigration of women", in reference to past sexist comments made by the Greens candidate for the seat ofFootscray, Angus McAlpine.[47]
The total number of people whovoted early in the last two weeks of the campaign was 1,639,202, which made up 40% of the eligible voting population.[48]
In the lead-up to the election, Poll aggregation site Poll Bludger placed the two-party-preferred vote for Labor at 53.5%, coupled with primary vote shares at 41.0% for Labor, 39.8% for the Liberal/National Coalition, and 11.1% for the Greens.[49] Election Analyst Antony Green stated on the ABC's election coverage that the result was "four to five percent better (for Labor) than all the opinion polls, which is the most out I've seen opinion polls in a long time in this country".[50]
The Liberal Party wrote in their campaign review that their data gathered in their internal research in marginal seats was "fundamentally wrong", which lead to resources and campaigners being diverted from marginal Liberal-held seats to "target "Labor" seats on the false assumption that [the Liberal Party] had already won [Liberal held] seats".[51]
| Date | Firm | Primary vote | TPP vote | |||||
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| LIB | NAT | ALP | GRN | OTH | ALP | L/NP | ||
| 24 November 2018 election | 30.4% | 4.8% | 42.9% | 10.7% | 11.2% | 57.3% | 42.7% | |
| 24 November 2018 | YouGov-Galaxy (Exit Poll)[52] | 38%* | 41% | 12% | 9% | 55% | 45% | |
| 23 November 2018 | Roy Morgan[53] | 33%* | 39% | 13% | 15% | 54% | 46% | |
| 23 November 2018 | Newspoll[54] | 40%* | 41% | 11% | 8% | 53.5% | 46.5% | |
| 21 November 2018 | uComms/ReachTEL[55] | 35.9%* | 38.7% | 10.4% | 9.9% | 54% | 46% | |
| 21 November 2018 | YouGov[56] | 40%* | 40% | 11% | 9% | 53% | 47% | |
| 14 November 2018 | ReachTEL[57] | 36.8%* | 40.4% | 10.3% | 12.5% | 56% | 44% | |
| 24–28 Oct 2018 | Newspoll[58] | 39%* | 41% | 11% | 9% | 54% | 46% | |
| 22–24 Oct 2018 | YouGov[59] | 39%* | 40% | 12% | 9% | 53% | 47% | |
| 3 October 2018 | ReachTEL[60] | 38.8%* | 35.9% | 10.9% | 14.4% | 52% | 48% | |
| 11–13 Sep 2018 | YouGov[61] | 40%* | 42% | – | – | 53% | 47% | |
| 9 August 2018 | YouGov[62] | 42%* | 38% | 10% | 10% | 51% | 49% | |
| 5 July 2018 | ReachTEL[63] | 39.4%* | 35.4% | 10.5% | 14.7% | 51% | 49% | |
| 13–16 Apr 2018 | Newspoll[64] | 41%* | 38% | 11% | 10% | 51% | 49% | |
| Feb–Mar 2018 | Newspoll[65] | 39%* | 37% | 11% | 13% | 52% | 48% | |
| Oct–Dec 2017 | Essential[66] | 43%* | 38% | 10% | 9% | 51% | 49% | |
| 6 December 2017 | Galaxy[67] | 41%* | 36% | 10% | 12% | 50% | 50% | |
| Jul–Sep 2017 | Essential[68] | 42%* | 39% | 10% | 9% | 52% | 48% | |
| 17–18 Jun 2017 | Galaxy[69] | 44%* | 33% | 8% | 14% | 47% | 53% | |
| 7 March 2017 | ReachTEL[70] | 39.8%* | 30.3% | 8% | 15.7% | 46% | 54% | |
| 15–16 Feb 2017 | Galaxy[71] | 41%* | 37% | 10% | 12% | 51% | 49% | |
| Oct 2016 | Roy Morgan[72] | 36%* | 39% | 13% | 12% | 56.5% | 43.5% | |
| 1 September 2016 | ReachTEL[73] | 40.1%* | 34.6% | 10.7% | – | 51% | 49% | |
| Aug 2016 | Roy Morgan[74] | 36%* | 37.5% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 55.5% | 44.5% | |
| Aug 2016 | ReachTEL[75] | 42.7%* | 35.0% | 13.0% | 9.3% | 52% | 48% | |
| Aug 2016 | Roy Morgan[76] | 38%* | 13% | 40.5% | 8.5% | 56% | 44% | |
| Mar 2016 | Roy Morgan[77] | 39%* | 40.5% | 12% | 8.5% | 55% | 45% | |
| Nov–Dec 2015 | Roy Morgan[78] | 38%* | 40.5% | 13% | 8.5% | 56% | 44% | |
| Nov–Dec 2015 | Newspoll[79] | 38% | 5% | 39% | 12% | 6% | 52% | 48% |
| 16 October 2015 | Roy Morgan[80] | 39%* | 40% | 14.5% | 6.5% | 55.5% | 44.5% | |
| 28–31 Aug 2015 | Roy Morgan[81] | 35.5%* | 39% | 16.5% | 9% | 57% | 43% | |
| 31 Jul-3 Aug 2015 | Roy Morgan[82] | 38%* | 41% | 14% | 7% | 56.5% | 43.5% | |
| May–Jun 2015 | Newspoll[79] | 32% | 3% | 41% | 14% | 10% | 58% | 42% |
| 27 May 2015 | Roy Morgan[83] | 38.5%* | 43.5% | 12.5% | 5.5% | 56.5% | 43.5% | |
| 10–13 Apr 2015 | Roy Morgan[84] | 40%* | 41% | 11.5% | 7.5% | 54% | 46% | |
| 13–15 Mar 2015 | Roy Morgan[85] | 38%* | 43% | 11.5% | 7.5% | 56% | 44% | |
| 14–16 Feb 2015 | Roy Morgan[86] | 39.5%* | 41.5% | 11.5% | 7.5% | 54.5% | 45.5% | |
| 16–18 Jan 2015 | Roy Morgan[87] | 35%* | 45% | 11.5% | 8.5% | 59% | 41% | |
| 4 December 2014 Matthew Guy becomes Liberal leader and leader of the opposition | ||||||||
| 29 November 2014 election | 36.5% | 5.5% | 38.1% | 11.5% | 8.4% | 52.0% | 48.0% | |
| 25–28 Nov 2014 | Ipsos[88] | 42%* | 35% | 15% | 8% | 52% | 48% | |
| 24–27 Nov 2014 | Newspoll | 36% | 4% | 39% | 12% | 9% | 52% | 48% |
| 27 November 2014 | ReachTEL[89] | 34.5% | 5.2% | 38.3% | 13.5% | 8.5% | 52% | 48% |
| 26–27 Nov 2014 | Roy Morgan[90] | 44%* | 36% | 13.5% | 6.5% | 50% | 50% | |
| 25–26 Nov 2014 | Galaxy[91] | 40%* | 39% | 13% | 8% | 52% | 48% | |
| 7–24 Nov 2014 | Essential[92] | 40%* | 39% | 13% | 8% | 52% | 48% | |
| * Indicates a combined Liberal/National primary vote. | ||||||||
| Newspoll polling is published inThe Australian.[93] | ||||||||
| Date | Firm | Better Premier | Andrews | Guy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews | Guy | Satisfied | Dissatisfied | Satisfied | Dissatisfied | |||
| 24–28 Oct 2018 | Newspoll[94] | 45% | 29% | 45% | 40% | 31% | 46% | |
| 22–24 Oct 2018 | YouGov[59] | not asked | 44% | 35% | 24% | 42% | ||
| 7 October 2018 | ReachTEL[95] | 51.3% | 48.7% | not asked | ||||
| 11–13 Sep 2018 | YouGov[96] | not asked | 40% | 42% | 25% | 44% | ||
| 9 August 2018 | YouGov[97] | 40% | 33% | not asked | ||||
| 5 July 2018 | ReachTEL[63] | 50.6% | 49.4% | not asked | ||||
| 13–16 Apr 2018 | Newspoll[64] | 41% | 34% | 43% | 47% | 32% | 45% | |
| Feb–Mar 2018 | Newspoll[65] | 41% | 30% | 46% | 41% | 36% | 37% | |
| 6 December 2017 | Galaxy[98] | 41% | 25% | not asked | ||||
| 17–18 Jun 2017 | Galaxy[69] | 41% | 29% | not asked | ||||
| 7 March 2017 | ReachTEL[70] | 29.6% | 34.7% | not asked | ||||
| Oct 2016 | Roy Morgan[72] | 59% | 41% | not asked | ||||
| 1 September 2016 | ReachTEL[73] | 49% | 51% | not asked | ||||
| May 2016 | Roy Morgan[78] | 63.5% | 36.5% | not asked | ||||
| Nov–Dec 2015 | Newspoll[79] | 43% | 26% | 43% | 39% | 27% | 40% | |
| 16 October 2015 | Roy Morgan | 63.5% | 36.5% | not asked | ||||
| 31 Jul-3 Aug 2015 | Roy Morgan[82] | 64% | 36% | not asked | ||||
| 25–28 Nov 2014 | Newspoll[79] | 48% | 24% | 51% | 32% | 35% | 29% | |
| 10–13 Apr 2015 | Roy Morgan[83] | 63% | 37% | not asked | ||||
| 10–13 Apr 2015 | Roy Morgan[84] | 59.5% | 40.5% | not asked | ||||
| 13–15 Mar 2015 | Roy Morgan[85] | 62.5% | 37.5% | not asked | ||||
| 14–16 Feb 2015 | Roy Morgan[86] | 62.5% | 37.5% | not asked | ||||
| 16–18 Jan 2015 | Roy Morgan[87] | 66.5% | 33.5% | not asked | ||||
| 4 December 2014 Guy replaces Napthine | Andrews | Napthine | Andrews | Napthine | ||||
| 29 November 2014 election | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 25–28 Nov 2014 | Ipsos[88] | 42% | 44% | 42% | 43% | 49% | 40% | |
| 24–27 Nov 2014 | Newspoll | 37% | 41% | 38% | 43% | 41% | 45% | |
| 26–27 Nov 2014 | Roy Morgan[90] | 49.5% | 50.5% | not asked | ||||
| 25–26 Nov 2014 | Galaxy[91] | 38% | 41% | not asked | ||||
| * Remainder were "uncommitted" or "other/neither". † Participants were forced to choose. | ||||||||
| Newspoll polling is published inThe Australian.[93] | ||||||||
| Daily newspapers | Sunday newspapers | Alternative newspapers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newspaper | Endorsement | Newspaper | Endorsement | Newspaper | Endorsement | |||||
| The Age | Labor[99] | The Sunday Age | Labor[100] | Green Left Weekly | Socialists[101] | |||||
| The Australian | Liberal[102] | |||||||||
| The Australian Financial Review | Labor[103] | |||||||||
| Herald Sun | Liberal[104] | Sunday Herald Sun | Liberal[105] | |||||||
| 55 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| ALP | GRN | IND | NAT | LIB |
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| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
| Labor | 1,506,460 | 42.86 |  +4.77 | 55 | 8 | ||
| Liberal | 1,069,287 | 30.43 |  −6.04 | 21 | 9 | ||
| National | 167,625 | 4.77 | −0.76 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Coalition total | 1,236,912 | 35.19 | −6.80 | 27 | 11 | ||
| Greens | 376,470 | 10.71 | −0.77 | 3 | 1* | ||
| Animal Justice | 63,970 | 1.82 | +1.59 | 0 |  | ||
| Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | 24,257 | 0.69 | +0.61 | 0 | | ||
| Democratic Labour | 24,097 | 0.69 | +0.60 | 0 | | ||
| Victorian Socialists | 15,442 | 0.44 | New | 0 | | ||
| Reason | 12,695 | 0.36 | +0.10 | 0 | | ||
| Transport Matters | 10,313 | 0.29 | New | 0 | | ||
| Justice | 9,277 | 0.26 | New | 0 | | ||
| Sustainable Australia | 8,183 | 0.23 | New | 0 | | ||
| Country | 6,566 | 0.19 | −1.10 | 0 | | ||
| Liberal Democratic | 4,030 | 0.12 | New | 0 | | ||
| Aussie Battler | 1,281 | 0.04 | New | 0 | | ||
| Liberty Alliance | 1,232 | 0.04 | New | 0 | | ||
| Independents | 213,289 | 6.07 | +3.47 | 3 | 2** | ||
| Total valid votes | 3,514,474 | 94.17 | – | – | – | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 217,592 | 5.83 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 3,732,066 | 100 | – | 88 | | ||
| Registered voters / Turnout | 4,139,326 | 90.16 | – | – | – | ||
| Two-party-preferred vote*** | |||||||
| Labor | 1,988,434 | 57.30 | +5.31 | 55 | 8 | ||
| Coalition | 1,481,975 | 42.70 | −5.31 | 27 | 11 | ||
* Compared with results at 2014 election. The Greens went into the 2018 election with 3 seats following theNorthcote by-election, 2017
** Compared with results at 2014 election. There were 3 independent members at the dissolution of parliament following resignations byRussell Northe andDon Nardella.
*** Based on the 87 districts for which the Liberal/National Coalition fielded a candidate. The Liberal Party did not field a candidate in Richmond. Labor received 73.07% of the two-party-preferred vote in that district at the 2014 election.
| Labor | 42.86% | |||
| Liberal | 30.43% | |||
| Greens | 10.71% | |||
| National | 4.77% | |||
| Independents | 6.07% | |||
| Other | 5.16% | |||
| Labor | 57.30% | |||
| Coalition | 42.70% | |||
| Labor | 62.50% | |||
| Coalition | 30.68% | |||
| Greens | 3.41% | |||
| Independents | 3.41% | |||
| Seat | 2014 election | Swing | 2018 election | ||||||||||
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||||||
| Bass | Liberal | Brian Paynter | 4.6 | +6.9 | 2.4 | Jordan Crugnale | Labor | ||||||
| Bayswater | Liberal | Heidi Victoria | 4.6 | +5.0 | 0.4 | Jackson Taylor | Labor | ||||||
| Box Hill | Liberal | Robert Clark | 5.7 | +7.8 | 2.1 | Paul Hamer | Labor | ||||||
| Brunswick | Labor | Jane Garrett | 2.2 | +2.8 | 0.6 | Tim Read | Greens | ||||||
| Burwood | Liberal | Graham Watt | 3.2 | +6.5 | 3.3 | Will Fowles | Labor | ||||||
| Hawthorn | Liberal | John Pesutto | 8.6 | +9.0 | 0.4 | John Kennedy | Labor | ||||||
| Mildura | National | Peter Crisp | 8.0 | +8.4 | 0.3 | Ali Cupper | Independent | ||||||
| Morwell | National | Russell Northe* | 1.8 | +3.6 | 1.8 | Russell Northe | Independent | ||||||
| Mount Waverley | Liberal | Michael Gidley | 4.6 | +6.4 | 1.8 | Matt Fregon | Labor | ||||||
| Nepean | Liberal | Martin Dixon | 7.6 | +8.5 | 0.9 | Chris Brayne | Labor | ||||||
| Northcote | Greens | Lidia Thorpe** | −6.0 | −4.3 | 1.7 | Kat Theophanous | Labor | ||||||
| Ringwood | Liberal | Dee Ryall | 5.1 | +7.9 | 2.8 | Dustin Halse | Labor | ||||||
| South Barwon | Liberal | Andrew Katos | 2.9 | +7.5 | 4.6 | Darren Cheeseman | Labor | ||||||
| * Russell Northe was elected as a Nationals MP but resigned from the party in 2017. The margin given is his margin as a Nationals candidate in 2014. ** Lidia Thorpe won Northcote from Labor for the Greens ata by-election in November 2017. The margin here is the Greens margin at the 2014 election. | |||||||||||||
Labor's victory came primarily on the strength of a larger-than-expected swing in eastern Melbourne, which has historically decided elections in Victoria. According to theABC's election analystAntony Green, the swing, which exceeded both the statewide swing and the most optimistic projections, resulted in the eastern suburbs being swept up in a "band of red".[108] They also took a number of seats in areas considered Liberal heartland.Hawthorn, for instance, fell to Labor for only the second time ever and for the first time in 63 years.Bass elected a Labor member for the first time ever; the seat and its predecessors,Gippsland West andWesternport, had been in conservative hands for all but two terms since 1909.
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| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
| Labor | 1,406,122 | 39.22 | 5.76 | 18 | 4 | ||
| Liberal(metropolitan) | 615,050 | 17.15 | 3.67 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Liberal/National joint ticket | 439,930 | 12.27 | 3.04 | ||||
| Liberal(regional) | 3 | 1 | |||||
| National | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Coalition total | 1,054,980 | 29.42 | 6.71 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Greens | 331,479 | 9.25 | 1.50 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Justice | 134,266 | 3.75 | New | 3 | 3 | ||
| Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | 108,280 | 3.02 | 1.37 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | 89,428 | 2.50 | 0.56 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Animal Justice | 88,520 | 2.47 | 0.77 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Democratic Labour | 75,221 | 2.10 | 0.22 | 0 | 1* | ||
| Reason | 49,013 | 1.37 | 1.26 | 1 | | ||
| Voluntary Euthanasia | 42,611 | 1.19 | 0.70 | 0 | | ||
| Aussie Battler | 33,172 | 0.93 | New | 0 | | ||
| Victorian Socialists | 32,603 | 0.91 | New | 0 | | ||
| Sustainable Australia | 29,831 | 0.83 | New | 1 | 1 | ||
| Health Australia | 28,132 | 0.79 | New | 0 | | ||
| Country | 24,295 | 0.68 | +0.00 | 0 | | ||
| Transport Matters | 22,051 | 0.62 | New | 1 | 1 | ||
| Liberty Alliance | 20,065 | 0.56 | New | 0 | | ||
| Hudson for Northern Victoria | 6,363 | 0.18 | New | 0 | | ||
| Vote 1 Local Jobs | 5,338 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Independents and ungrouped | 2,556 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0 | ** | ||
| Total valid votes | 3,583,478 | 96.04 | – | – | – | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 147,713 | 3.96 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 3,731,191 | 100 | – | 40 | | ||
| Registered voters / Turnout | 4,139,326 | 90.14 | – | – | – | ||
* - Compared with results at 2014 election. The DLP went into the 2018 election with no Legislative Council seats afterRachel Carling-Jenkins initially defected to theConservatives and eventually sat as anindependent.
** - Compared with results at 2014 election. There was oneindependent at the dissolution of parliament afterRachel Carling-Jenkin's defections from the DLP and then the Conservatives.
| Region | Seats held | ||||
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| Eastern Metropolitan | |||||
| Eastern Victoria | |||||
| Northern Metropolitan | |||||
| Northern Victoria | |||||
| South-Eastern Metropolitan | |||||
| Southern Metropolitan | |||||
| Western Metropolitan | |||||
| Western Victoria | |||||
Party key:
Labor benefited from an enormous swing toward it and consequently picked up at least one seat in most regions, winning 18 seats. The swing against the Coalition in the lower house was replicated in the Council and they lost five seats to finish with only 11. Most of the minor parties were the beneficiaries of above-the-line voting, thoughReason Party MPFiona Patten was re-elected on the back of a strong below-the-line vote in Northern Metropolitan.[110] The Greens were the biggest losers of the system, losing four of their five upper house members and only re-electing party leaderSamantha Ratnam.[111]Derryn Hinch's Justice Party was the biggest winner on the crossbench, picking up three seats, however the party's member for Western Metropolitan (Catherine Cumming) defected to sit as anindependent prior to being sworn in.[112] TheLiberal Democrats won two seats.
Richard Willingham, theABC News state political correspondent, described the result as proof of Labor's continued "dominance" of state politics, noting that "enough progressive parties [won] spots on thecrossbench to potentially provide an avenue for any controversial legislation."[113]
Michael O'Brien replaced Matthew Guy as Leader of the Opposition following Guy's resignation.[citation needed] Victorian state Liberal President Michael Kroger resigned following the election result and the Liberals defeat.[114]
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