title: Electoral results for the district of Doveton
text: # Electoral results for the district of Doveton
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Doveton in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Rob Jolly | Labor | 1985–1992 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1988 Victorian state election: Doveton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Rob Jolly | 20,697 | 58.28 | -6.60 |
  | | Liberal | Rodney Lavin | 14,816 | 41.72 | +6.60 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 35,513 | 94.41 | -2.40 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,101 | 5.59 | +2.40 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,614 | 93.56 | -0.39 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -6.60 | |
  
  1985 Victorian state election: Doveton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Rob Jolly | 17,116 | 64.9 | +1.6 |
  | | Liberal | Matthew Starr | 9,264 | 35.1 | -0.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 26,380 | 96.8 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 870 | 3.2 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,250 | 94.0 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.4 | |
  