Results and maps of the Victorian state election, 2006

Main article: Victorian state election, 2006

Total Result for Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 2006^[1] Legislative Assembly << 2002 — 2010 >>
Enrolled voters		3,353,845
Votes cast		3,109,907		Turnout	92.73	–0.43
Informal votes		141,914		Informal	4.56	+1.14
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	1,278,046	43.06	–4.89	55	–7
	Liberal	1,022,110	34.44	+0.53	23	+6
	Greens	297,931	10.04	+0.31	0	±0
	National	153,299	5.17	+0.87	9	+2
	Family First	127,266	4.29	+4.29	0	±0
	People Power	15,226	0.51	+0.51	0	±0
	CEC	5,187	0.17	–0.16	0	±0
	Socialist Alliance	1,102	0.04	–0.07	0	±0
	Other	67,826	2.29	–1.11	1	–1
Total		2,967,993			88
Two-party-preferred
	Labor	1,611,866	54.38	–3.38
	Liberal	1,352,258	45.62	+3.38

Maps

Total Result for Legislative Council

Votes Cast		3,110,172	Turnout	92.73%
Informal Votes		133,243	Informal %	4.28%
Party		Primary Votes	%	Seats
	Australian Labor Party	1,234,082	41.45%	19
	Liberal Party of Australia	1,028,421	34.55%	15
	Australian Greens	314,847	10.58%	3
	National Party of Australia	131,946	4.43%	2
	Family First	114,739	3.85%	0
	Democratic Labor Party	58,722	1.97%	1
	Other Candidates	94,172	3.17%	0
Total		2,976,929		40

Parties represented under the category "Other Candidates" include:

People Power Party - 1.02%
Australian Democrats - 0.83%
Country Alliance - 0.45%
Christian Democratic Party - 0.2%
Socialist Alliance - 0.04%
Independent candidates - 0.63%

Electoral Districts and Regions

This map shows the lower house districts covering metropolitan Melbourne. The districts are grouped to form five upper house regions.

This map shows the lower house districts covering regional Victoria. The districts are each grouped to form three upper house regions.

Legislative Assembly Results by District

Composition of the Legislative Assembly of the 55th Parliament of Victoria						2006 result
District		Sitting Member	Political Party	Margin	Status	Retain/Gain	Swing	Person Elected
	Albert Park	John Thwaites	ALP	4.80%	Fairly Safe	retain	-2.8%	John Thwaites

	Altona	Lynne Kosky	ALP	24.70%	Very Safe	retain	-4.5%	Lynne Kosky

	Ballarat East	Geoff Howard	ALP	7.62%	Safe	retain	-0.9%	Geoff Howard

	Ballarat West	Karen Overington	ALP	9.01%	Safe	retain	-1.0%	Karen Overington

	Bass	Ken Smith)	Liberal	0.65%	Marginal	retain	+4.9%	Ken Smith

	Bayswater	Peter Lockwood	ALP	2.75%	Marginal	gain	-5.6%	Heidi Victoria

	Bellarine	Lisa Neville	ALP	8.26%	Safe	retain	-0.3%	Lisa Neville

	Benalla	Bill Sykes	National	1.98%	Marginal	retain	+15.5%	Bill Sykes

	Benambra	Tony Plowman	Liberal	4.04%	Fairly Safe	retain	+3.7%	Bill Tilley

	Bendigo East	Jacinta Allan	ALP	12.97%	Safe	retain	-7.7%	Jacinta Allan

	Bendigo West	Bob Cameron	ALP	15.95%	Safe	retain	-5.3%	Bob Cameron

	Bentleigh	Rob Hudson	ALP	4.75%	Fairly Safe	retain	+1.6%	Rob Hudson

	Box Hill	Robert Clark	Liberal	1.10%	Marginal	retain	+4.1%	Robert Clark

	Brighton	Louise Asher	Liberal	7.42%	Safe	retain	+3.5%	Louise Asher

	Broadmeadows	John Brumby	ALP	30.79%	Very Safe	retain	+1.4%	John Brumby

	Brunswick	Carlo Carli	ALP	9.30%	Safe	retain	-4.7%	Carlo Carli

	Bulleen	Nicholas Kotsiras	Liberal	2.65%	Marginal	retain	+5.8%	Nicholas Kotsiras

	Bundoora	Sheryl Garbutt	ALP	17.58%	Safe	retain	-2.5%	Colin Brooks

	Burwood	Bob Stensholt	ALP	5.10%	Fairly Safe	retain	-1.4%	Bob Stensholt

	Carrum	Jenny Lindell	ALP	12.17%	Safe	retain	-5.5%	Jenny Lindell

	Caulfield	Helen Shardey	Liberal	2.26%	Marginal	retain	+5.3%	Helen Shardey

	Clayton	Hong Lim	ALP	23.85%	Very Safe	retain	-3.5%	Hong Lim

	Cranbourne	Jude Perera	ALP	10.80%	Safe	retain	+0.5%	Jude Perera

	Dandenong	John Pandazopoulos	ALP	20.32%	Very Safe	retain	-1.6%	John Pandazopoulos

	Derrimut	Telmo Languiller	ALP	27.31%	Very Safe	retain	-3.0%	Telmo Languiller

	Doncaster	Victor Perton	Liberal	0.78%	Marginal	retain	+7.3%	Mary Wooldridge

	Eltham	Steve Herbert	ALP	4.80%	Fairly Safe	retain	+1.7%	Steve Herbert

	Essendon	Judy Maddigan	ALP	15.92%	Safe	retain	-4.2%	Judy Maddigan

	Evelyn	Heather McTaggart	ALP	0.34%	Very Marginal	gain	-3.1%	Christine Fyffe

	Ferntree Gully	Anne Eckstein	ALP	2.29%	Marginal	gain	-2.3%	Nick Wakeling

	Footscray	Bruce Mildenhall	ALP	24.91%	Very Safe	retain	-0.3%	Marsha Thompson

	Forest Hill	Kirstie Marshall	ALP	5.79%	Fairly Safe	retain	-5.0%	Kirstie Marshall

	Frankston	Alistair Harkness	ALP	5.78%	Fairly Safe	retain	-2.6%	Alistair Harkness

	Geelong	Ian Trezise	ALP	8.11%	Safe	retain	+0.2%	Ian Trezise

	Gembrook	Tammy Lobato	ALP	1.59%	Marginal	retain	-0.9%	Tammy Lobato

	Gippsland East	Craig Ingram	Independent	11.75%	Safe	retain	-2.6%	Craig Ingram

	Gippsland South	Peter Ryan	National	10.86%	Safe	retain	+5.0%	Peter Ryan

	Hastings	Rosy Buchanan	ALP	0.86%	Marginal	gain	-1.8%	Neale Burgess

	Hawthorn	Ted Baillieu	Liberal	5.89%	Fairly Safe	retain	+6.4%	Ted Baillieu

	Ivanhoe	Craig Langdon	ALP	12.50%	Safe	retain	-2.0%	Craig Langdon

	Keilor	George Seitz	ALP	18.05%	Safe	retain	+1.4%	George Seitz

	Kew	Andrew McIntosh	Liberal	5.99%	Fairly Safe	retain	+3.6%	Andrew McIntosh

	Kilsyth	Dympna Beard	ALP	2.10%	Marginal	gain	-2.4%	David Hodgett

	Kororoit	Andre Haermeyer	ALP	27.06%	Very Safe	retain	-1.4%	Andre Haermeyer

	Lara	Peter Loney	ALP	22.35%	Very Safe	retain	-4.4%	John Eren

	Lowan	Hugh Delahunty	National	17.09%	Safe	retain	+5.0%	Hugh Delahunty

	Lyndhurst	Tim Holding	ALP	25.09%	Very Safe	retain	-3.6%	Tim Holding

	Macedon	Joanne Duncan	ALP	9.26%	Safe	retain	-1.0%	Joanne Duncan

	Malvern	Robert Doyle	Liberal	10.19%	Safe	retain	+2.1%	Michael O’Brien

	Melbourne	Bronwyn Pike	ALP	1.93%	Marginal	retain	+0.1%	Bronwyn Pike

	Melton	Don Nardella	ALP	15.33%	Safe	retain	-1.8%	Don Nardella

	Mildura	Russell Savage	Independent	18.46%	Safe	gain	-24.6%	Peter Crisp

	Mill Park	Lily D'Ambrosio	ALP	26.79%	Safe	retain	-6.0%	Lily D'Ambrosio

	Mitcham	Tony Robinson	ALP	7.69%	Fairly Safe	retain	-5.7%	Tony Robinson
	Monbulk	James Merlino	ALP	8.27%	Safe	retain	-1.6%	James Merlino

	Mordialloc	Janice Munt	ALP	4.54%	Fairly Safe	retain	-1.0%	Janice Munt

	Mornington	Robin Cooper	Liberal	1.83%	Marginal	retain	+10.1%	David Morris

	Morwell	Brendan Jenkins	ALP	4.87%	Fairly Safe	gain	-7.0%	Russell Northe

	Mount Waverley	Maxine Morand	ALP	2.30%	Marginal	retain	-2.0%	Maxine Morand

	Mulgrave	Daniel Andrews	ALP	16.23%	Safe	retain	-0.4%	Daniel Andrews

	Murray Valley	Ken Jasper	National	13.90%	Safe	retain	+7.9%	Ken Jasper

	Narracan	Ian Maxfield	ALP	6.83%	Fairly Safe	gain	-9.5%	Gary Blackwood

	Narre Warren North	Luke Donnellan	ALP	9.71%	Safe	retain	-0.5%	Luke Donnellan

	Narre Warren South	Dale Wilson	ALP	12.61%	Safe	retain	-1.7%	Judith Graley

	Nepean	Martin Dixon	Liberal	0.18%	Very Marginal	retain	+9.2%	Martin Dixon

	Niddrie	Rob Hulls	ALP	16.61%	Safe	retain	-5.4%	Rob Hulls

	Northcote	Mary Delahunty	ALP	7.91%	Fairly Safe	retain	+0.6%	Fiona Richardson

	Oakleigh	Ann Barker	ALP	15.22%	Safe	retain	-2.8%	Ann Barker

	Pascoe Vale	Christine Campbell	ALP	24.21%	Very Safe	retain	-1.4%	Christine Campbell

	Polwarth	Terry Mulder	Liberal	9.54%	Safe	retain	+1.2%	Terry Mulder

	Prahran	Tony Lupton	ALP	4.43%	Fairly Safe	retain	-0.8%	Tony Lupton

	Preston	Michael Leighton	ALP	25.76%	Very Safe	retain	-0.5%	Robin Scott

	Richmond	Richard Wynne	ALP	3.10%	Marginal	retain	+0.5	Richard Wynne

	Ripon	Joe Helper	ALP	7.44%	Safe	retain	-3.1%	Joe Helper

	Rodney	Noel Maughan	National	9.96%	Safe	retain	-5.6%	Paul Weller

	Sandringham	Murray Thompson	Liberal	3.04%	Marginal	retain	+5.7%	Murray Thompson

	Scoresby	Kim Wells	Liberal	3.33%	Marginal	retain	+7.9%	Kim Wells

	Seymour	Ben Hardman	ALP	9.50%	Safe	retain	-2.8%	Ben Hardman

	Shepparton	Jeanette Powell	National	4.28%	Marginal	retain	+12.4%	Jeanette Powell

	South Barwon	Michael Crutchfield	ALP	5.02%	Fairly Safe	retain	-2.7%	Michael Crutchfield

	South-West Coast	Denis Napthine	Liberal	0.75%	Very Marginal	retain	-3.3%	Denis Napthine

	Swan Hill	Peter Walsh	National	14.16%	Safe	retain	+12.5%	Peter Walsh

	Tarneit	Mary Gillett	ALP	17.41%	Safe	retain	-4.9%	Tim Pallas

	Thomastown	Peter Batchelor	ALP	31.75%	Very Safe	retain	-0.6%	Peter Batchelor

	Warrandyte	Phil Honeywood	Liberal	6.36%	Fairly Safe	retain	+2.6%	Ryan Smith

	Williamstown	Steve Bracks	ALP	25.72%	Very Safe	retain	-1.4%	Steve Bracks

	Yan Yean	Danielle Green	ALP	9.54%	Safe	retain	-1.6%	Danielle Green

	Yuroke	Liz Beattie	ALP	22.89%	Very Safe	retain	-2.7%	Liz Beattie
Source: Victorian Electoral Commission^[2]

Legislative Council Results by Region

Upper house seat outcome of the 2006 Victorian state election

Eastern Metropolitan Region

Votes Cast		388,126		Turnout	93.99%
Informal Votes		12,179		Informal %	3.14%
Party		Primary Votes	%	Quotas	Seats
	Australian Labor Party	135,264	35.98%	2.1619	2
	Liberal Party of Australia	168,583	44.84%	2.6905	3
	Australian Greens	39,587	10.53%	0.6318	0
	Family First Party	16,670	4.43%	0.2660	0
	Australian Democrats	5,225	1.39%	0.834	0
	Other	10,618	2.82%	0.169	-
Total		375,947			5

Elected MPs:

1st elected: Richard Dalla-Riva (Liberal)
2nd elected: Shaun Leane (Labor)
3rd elected: Bruce Atkinson (Liberal)
4th elected: Brian Tee (Labor)
5th elected: Jan Kronberg (Liberal)

Candidates from the Democratic Labor Party and the People Power Party also ran for the Eastern Metropolitan Region.

Eastern Victoria Region

Votes Cast		391,826		Turnout	93.81%
Informal Votes		12,625		Informal %	3.22%
Party		Primary Votes	%	Quotas	Seats
	Australian Labor Party	132,334	34.90%	2.094	2
	Liberal Party of Australia	148,734	39.22%	2.353	2
	National Party of Australia	32,623	8.60%	0.516	1
	Australian Greens	34,745	9.16%	0.550	0
	Family First Party	16,895	4.46%	0.267	0
	Other	13,870	3.66%	0.220	0
Total		379,201			5

Elected MPs:

1st elected: Philip Davis (Liberal)
2nd elected: Matt Viney (Labor)
3rd elected: Edward O'Donohue (Liberal)
4th elected: Johan Scheffer (Labor)
5th elected: Peter Hall (Nationals)

Candidates from: the Democratic Labor Party, the People Power Party, the Country Alliance and the Christian Democratic Party also ran for the Eastern Victoria Region, as did independent candidates.

Northern Metropolitan Region

Votes Cast		381,879		Turnout	91.12%
Informal Votes		21,730		Informal %	5.69%
Party		Primary Votes	%	Quotas	Seats
	Australian Labor Party	176,303	48.95%	2.937	3
	Liberal Party of Australia	83,634	23.22%	1.393	1
	Australian Greens	61,465	17.07%	1.024	1
	Family First Party	10,117	2.81%	0.169	0
	Australian Democrats	4,521	1.26%	0.075	0
	Other	24,109	6.69%	0.402	0
Total		360,149			5

Elected MPs:

1st elected: Theo Theophanous (Labor)
2nd elected: Matthew Guy (Liberal)
3rd elected: Jenny Mikakos (Labor)
4th elected: Greg Barber (Greens)
5th elected: Nazih Elasmar (Labor)

Candidates from the Democratic Labor Party and the People Power Party also ran for the Northern Metropolitan Region, as did independent candidates.

Northern Victoria Region

Votes Cast		380,817		Turnout	93.33%
Informal Votes		15,426		Informal %	4.05%
Party		Primary Votes	%	Quotas	Seats
	Australian Labor Party	110,015	30.11%	1.807	2
	Liberal Party of Australia	106,483	29.15%	1.749	2
	National Party of Australia	77,421	21.19%	1.271	1
	Australian Greens	26,603	7.28%	0.437	0
	Family First Party	13,381	3.66%	0.220	0
	Other	31,440	8.61%	0.516	0
Total		365,343			5

Elected MPs:

1st elected: Candy Broad (Labor)
2nd elected: Wendy Lovell (Liberal)
3rd elected: Damian Drum (Nationals)
4th elected: Donna Petrovich (Liberal)
5th elected: Kaye Darveniza (Labor)

Candidates from: the Democratic Labor Party, the Country Alliance, the People Power Party and the Christian Democratic Party also ran for the Northern Victoria Region, as did independent candidates.

Southern Metropolitan Region

Votes Cast		373,225		Turnout	90.24%
Informal Votes		11,420		Informal %	3.06%
Party		Primary Votes	%	Quotas	Seats
	Australian Labor Party	112,762	31.17%	1.870	2
	Liberal Party of Australia	167,202	46.21%	2.773	2
	Australian Greens	56,816	15.70%	0.942	1
	Family First Party	7,894	2.18%	0.131	0
	Australian Democrats	6,219	1.72%	0.103	0
	Other	10,912	3.02%	0.181	0
Total		361,805			5

Elected MPs:

1st elected: David Davis (Liberal)
2nd elected: John Lenders (Labor)
3rd elected: Andrea Coote (Liberal)
4th elected: Sue Pennicuik (Greens)
5th elected: Evan Thornley (Labor)

Candidates from the People Power Party and the Democratic Labor Party also ran for the Southern Metropolitan Region, as did independent candidates.

South Eastern Metropolitan Region

Votes Cast		385,747		Turnout	93.41%
Informal Votes		20,200		Informal %	5.24%
Party		Primary Votes	%	Quotas	Seats
	Australian Labor Party	181,986	49.78%	2.987	3
	Liberal Party of Australia	123,067	33.67%	2.020	2
	Australian Greens	26,408	7.22%	0.434	0
	Family First Party	19,238	5.26%	0.316	0
	Australian Democrats	4,967	1.36%	0.812	0
	Other	9,881	2.70%	0.162	0
Total		365,547			5

Elected MPs:

1st elected: Gavin Jennings (Labor)
2nd elected: Gordon Rich-Phillips (Liberal)
3rd elected: Adem Somyürek (Labor)
4th elected: Inga Peulich (Liberal)
5th elected: Bob Smith (Labor)

Candidates from: the Democratic Labor Party, the People Power Party and the Christian Democratic Party also ran for the South Eastern Metropolitan Region, as did independent candidates.

Western Metropolitan Region

Votes Cast		399,486		Turnout	92.51%
Informal Votes		25,075		Informal %	6.28
Party		Primary Votes	%	Quotas	Seats
	Australian Labor Party	219,706	58.68%	3.521	3
	Liberal Party of Australia	91,604	24.47%	1.468	1
	Australian Greens	35,201	9.40%	0.564	1
	Family First Party	15,032	4.01%	0.241	0
	Australian Democrats	3,741	1.00%	0.060	0
	Other	9,127	2.44%	0.146	0
Total		374,411			5

Elected MPs:

1st elected: Justin Madden (Labor)
2nd elected: Bernie Finn (Liberal)
3rd elected: Khalil Eideh (Labor)
4th elected: Martin Pakula (Labor)
5th elected: Colleen Hartland (Greens)

Candidates from the Democratic Labor Party and the People Power Party also ran for the Western Metropolitan Region.

Western Victoria Region

Votes Cast		409,066		Turnout	93.46%
Informal Votes		14,588		Informal %	3.57%
Party		Primary Votes	%	Quotas	Seats
	Australian Labor Party	165,712	42.01%	2.520	2
	Liberal Party of Australia	139,114	35.27%	2.116	2
	National Party of Australia	21,902	5.55%	0.333	0
	Australian Greens	34,022	8.62%	0.518	0
	Democratic Labor Party	10,485	2.66%	0.160	1
	Other	23,243	5.90%	0.354	0
Total		394,478			5

Elected MPs

1st elected: Jaala Pulford (Labor)
2nd elected: John Vogels (Liberal)
3rd elected: Gayle Tierney (Labor)
4th elected: David Koch (Liberal)
5th elected: Peter Kavanagh (DLP)

Candidates from the Family First Party, the Country Alliance, the People Power Party and the Socialist Alliance also ran for the Western Victoria Region, as did independent candidates.

References

↑ 2006 Victorian state election results
↑ State Election 2006 results, Victorian Electoral Commission, 2006

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