title: Electoral results for the Koonung Province
text: # Electoral results for the Koonung Province
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Koonung Province in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Koonung Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bruce Atkinson | Liberal | 1992 | Member 2 | Member 2 | Party |
  | Bruce Atkinson | Liberal | 1996 | | Gerald Ashman | Liberal |
  | Bruce Atkinson | Liberal | 1999 | | Gerald Ashman | Liberal |
  | Bruce Atkinson | Liberal | 2002 | | Helen Buckingham | Labor |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  2002 Victorian state election: Koonung Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Helen Buckingham | 64,757 | 47.2 | +9.7 |
  | | Liberal | Gerald Ashman | 58,338 | 42.5 | -11.4 |
  | | Greens | Mick Kir | 12,598 | 9.2 | +6.2 |
  | | Hope | Jenny Manassa | 1,583 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 137,276 | 96.9 | -0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,421 | 3.1 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 141,697 | 94.2 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Helen Buckingham | 74,853 | 54.5 | +11.7 |
  | | Liberal | Gerald Ashman | 62,423 | 45.5 | -11.7 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.7 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  1999 Victorian state election: Koonung Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Bruce Atkinson | 71,158 | 53.3 | -3.2 |
  | | Labor | Kelvin Legg | 51,052 | 38.2 | +2.7 |
  | | Democrats | Simone Alesich | 6,908 | 5.2 | -0.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 133,598 | 97.2 | -0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,915 | 2.8 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,513 | 93.7 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bruce Atkinson | 75,248 | 56.4 | -3.2 |
  | | Labor | Kelvin Legg | 58,137 | 43.6 | +3.2 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -3.2 | |
  
  1996 Victorian state election: Koonung Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Gerald Ashman | 72,025 | 56.5 | -1.4 |
  | | Labor | Chrys Abraham | 45,323 | 35.5 | -1.3 |
  | | Democrats | Damian Wise | 7,066 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Paul Cahill | 1,810 | 1.4 | -3.9 |
  | | Independent | Jill Bannan | 1,336 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 127,560 | 97.8 | +1.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,865 | 2.2 | -1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,425 | 94.3 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Gerald Ashman | 75,800 | 59.6 | -0.3 |
  | | Labor | Chrys Abraham | 51,431 | 40.4 | +0.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -0.3 | |
  
  1992 Victorian state election: Koonung Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Bruce Atkinson | 69,900 | 57.8 | +7.4 |
  | | Labor | Sharon Ellis | 44,525 | 36.8 | -12.8 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Peter Ferwerda | 6,429 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 120,854 | 96.2 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,830 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 125,684 | 95.7 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bruce Atkinson | 72,374 | 59.9 | +9.5 |
  | | Labor | Sharon Ellis | 48,361 | 40.1 | -9.5 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.5 | |
  