title: Electoral results for the North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
text: # Electoral results for the North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the North-Eastern Metropolitan Region (formerly the Eastern Metropolitan Region until 2022) in Victorian state elections from the region's creation in 2006 until the present.
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2020s
  
  **2022**
  
  Labor and the Liberal Party were defending two seats each. The Transport Matters Party were defending one seat.
  
  2022 Victorian state election: North-Eastern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 80,147 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Shaun Leane (elected 1) 2. Sonja Terpstra (elected 3) 3. Nildhara Gadani 4. Rana Shahid Javed 5. Kieran Simpson | 162,183 | 33.73 | -3.24 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Matthew Bach (elected 2) 2. Nick McGowan (elected 4) 3. Kirsten Langford 4. Irene Ling 5. Sally Houguet | 145,788 | 30.32 | −5.81 |
  | | Greens | 1. Aiv Puglielli (elected 5) 2. Sophia Sun 3. Liz Chase 4. Asher Cookson 5. Sarah Newman | 49,934 | 10.38 | +1.39 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Hugh Dolan 2. Brenton van der Ende 3. George Tsingopoulos 4. James Tra | 25,055 | 5.21 | +3.51 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Maya Tesa 2. Josh Lay | 20,379 | 4.24 | +0.07 |
  | | Legalise Cannabis | 1. Nicholas Wallis 2. Anna Negri | 15,357 | 3.19 | +3.19 |
  | | Family First | 1. Alister Cameron 2. Nina van Strijp | 10,063 | 2.09 | +2.09 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Chris Delforce 2. Angel Aleksov | 6,799 | 1.41 | -0.99 |
  | | Justice | 1. Judith Thompson 2. Annette Philpott | 6,759 | 1.41 | -1.12 |
  | | One Nation | 1. Peter Richardson 2. William Turner | 6,086 | 1.27 | +1.27 |
  | | Reason | 1. Nina Springle 2. Francis Cairns | 4,774 | 0.99 | −0.20 |
  | | Freedom | 1. Greg Cheesman 2. Daniella Heatherich | 4,684 | 0.97 | +0.97 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Chris Banhidy 2. Hugh Hanson | 4,401 | 0.92 | -0.33 |
  | | Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Serife Cobankara 2. Husyin Cobankara | 3,236 | 0.67 | +0.67 |
  | | Health Australia | 1. Leesa Michelle Munro 2. Andrew Hicks | 3,171 | 0.66 | +0.08 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | 1. Lucas Moore 2. Lillian Kopschewa | 2,585 | 0.54 | +0.09 |
  | | United Australia | 1. Nathan Scaglione 2. Irene Zivkovic | 2,436 | 0.51 | +0.51 |
  | | Sustainable Australia | 1. Jack Corcoran 2. William Clow | 1,875 | 0.39 | -0.42 |
  | | Companions and Pets | 1. Craig Reid 2. Julia Jones | 1,738 | 0.36 | +0.36 |
  | | Angry Victorians | 1. Wally Edwards 2. Joe Gianfriddo | 1,673 | 0.35 | +0.35 |
  | | Transport Matters | 1. Rod Barton 2. Kim Guest | 1,023 | 0.21 | -0.41 |
  | | New Democrats | 1. Darshan Lal Jaisinghani 2. Rajat Garg 3. Pushpdeep Narang | 879 | 0.18 | +0.18 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 480,878 | 97.21 | +0.33 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 13,484 | 2.79 | -0.33 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 494,672 | 91.68 | −2.04 |
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  **2018**
  
  The Liberal Party were defending three seats while the Greens and Labor were defending one each.
  
  2018 Victorian state election: Eastern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 69,756 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Shaun Leane (elected 1) 2. Sonja Terpstra (elected 3) 3. Nildhara Gadani 4. Abhimanyu Kumar 5. Barry Terzic | 154,716 | 36.97 | +8.30 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Mary Wooldridge (elected 2) 2. Bruce Atkinson (elected 4) 3. Emanuele Cicchiello 4. Grace Roy 5. Shilpa Hegde | 151,216 | 36.13 | −9.59 |
  | | Greens | 1. Samantha Dunn 2. Helen Harris 3. Liezl Shnookal 4. Monique Edwards 5. Daniela Tymms | 37,650 | 8.99 | −1.49 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Brenton Ford 2. Marcos Fernandes | 17,452 | 4.17 | +2.83 |
  | | Justice | 1. Linda De Rango 2. Kathryn Lavell | 10,583 | 2.53 | +2.53 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Rosemary Lavin 2. Theresa Weymouth | 10,031 | 2.40 | +0.69 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Jeremy Orchard 2. Benjamin Cronshaw | 7,097 | 1.70 | −0.59 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Monique Ruyter 2. Grant Poulton | 5,245 | 1.25 | +0.42 |
  | | Reason | 1. Douglas Leitch 2. Glenn Lynch | 4,996 | 1.19 | −0.86 |
  | | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Dermot Ryan 2. Tara Nipe | 3,722 | 0.89 | −0.19 |
  | | Sustainable Australia | 1. Lynnette Saloumi 2. Perrin Wilkins | 3,400 | 0.81 | +0.81 |
  | | Transport Matters | 1. Rod Barton (elected 5) 2. Toni Peters | 2,590 | 0.62 | +0.62 |
  | | Health Australia | 1. Andrew Hicks 2. Gabrielle Brodie | 2,426 | 0.58 | +0.58 |
  | | Aussie Battler | 1. Bryce Larson 2. Clyde Sterry | 2,231 | 0.53 | +0.53 |
  | | Liberty Alliance | 1. Indhira Bivieca Aquino 2. Royston Wilding | 1,930 | 0.46 | +0.46 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | 1. Norrian Rundle 2. Liam Ward | 1,887 | 0.45 | +0.45 |
  | | Country | 1. Mil Erikozu 2. Russel Proud | 1184 | 0.28 | −0.14 |
  | | Hudson for Northern Victoria | 1. Shelley van Luenen 2. Deidre Bailey | 176 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 418,532 | 96.88 | −0.31 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 13,484 | 3.12 | +0.31 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 432,016 | 91.68 | −2.04 |
  
  **2014**
  
  2014 Victorian state election: Eastern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 70,578 | | |
  | | Liberal | 1. Mary Wooldridge (elected 1) 2. Bruce Atkinson (elected 3) 3. Richard Dalla-Riva (elected 4) 4. Grace Roy 5. Shilpa Hegde | 193,615 | 45.72 | −4.21 |
  | | Labor | 1. Shaun Leane (elected 2) 2. Brian Tee 3. Dimity Paul 4. Lauren Johnson | 121,429 | 28.67 | −2.36 |
  | | Greens | 1. Samantha Dunn (elected 5) 2. Helen Harris 3. Anthony Aulsebrook 4. Linda Laos 5. Christopher Kearney | 44,357 | 10.48 | −1.81 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Pat Shea 2. Paul Jakubik | 9,716 | 2.29 | −0.22 |
  | | Sex Party | 1. Stephen Barber 2. Nelson Barber | 8,689 | 2.05 | +2.05 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Brenton Edgecombe 2. Rosemary Lavin | 7,239 | 1.71 | +1.71 |
  | | Christians | 1. Vickie Janson 2. Jeff Reaney | 6,814 | 1.61 | +1.61 |
  | | Family First | 1. Martin Myszka 2. Andrew Conlon | 5,736 | 1.35 | −1.51 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Abe Salt 2. Joel Moore | 5,660 | 1.34 | +1.34 |
  | | Palmer United | 1. Milton Wilde 2. Brooke Brenner | 5,560 | 1.31 | +1.31 |
  | | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. David Scanlon 2. Monte Bonwick | 4,576 | 1.08 | +1.08 |
  | | Shooters and Fishers | 1. Kostandinos Giannikos 2. Sean Anderson | 3,510 | 0.83 | +0.83 |
  | | Cyclists | 1. Neil Cameron 2. Shane Bebe | 2,059 | 0.49 | +0.49 |
  | | Country Alliance | 1. Michael Barclay 2. Trevor Kloprogge | 1,784 | 0.42 | +0.42 |
  | | Rise Up Australia | 1. Barry Fitzsimons 2. Paul Barbieri | 1,419 | 0.34 | +0.34 |
  | | People Power Victoria | 1. Lou Coppola 2. Alexander Buth | 1,300 | 0.31 | +0.31 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 423,463 | 97.19 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12,222 | 2.81 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 435,685 | 93.72 | |
  
  **2010**
  
  2010 Victorian state election: Eastern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 64,936 | | |
  | | Liberal | 1. Richard Dalla-Riva (elected 1) 2. Bruce Atkinson (elected 3) 3. Jan Kronberg (elected 4) 4. Grace Tse 5. Miriam Rawson | 201,337 | 51.7 | +6.9 |
  | | Labor | 1. Shaun Leane (elected 2) 2. Brian Tee (elected 5) 3. Anne Paul 4. Hayley Clarke 5. Paul Vout | 118,679 | 30.5 | -5.5 |
  | | Greens | 1. Damian Magner 2. Linda Laos 3. David Howell 4. Nell Potter 5. Howard Tankey | 44,621 | 11.5 | +1.0 |
  | | Family First | 1. Peter Lake 2. Gillian Schwab 3. Phil Goodman 4. Yuli Goh | 12,153 | 3.1 | -1.3 |
  | | Democratic Labor | 1. Pat La Manna 2. Stefan Kos 3. Beverley Price 4. Simon Costa 5. Gregory Byrne | 10,161 | 2.6 | +1.0 |
  | | Group G | 1. Elizabeth Hartmann 2. Leane Leggo | 1,581 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
  | | Group C | 1. Anthony Osborne 2. Laurinda Osborne | 1,079 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 389,611 | 97.1 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 11,465 | 2.9 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 401,076 | 94.1 | +0.1 |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  **2006**
  
  2006 Victorian state election: Eastern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 62,658 | | |
  | | Liberal | 1. Richard Dalla-Riva (elected 1) 2. Bruce Atkinson (elected 3) 3. Jan Kronberg (elected 5) 4. Gladys Liu 5. Matthew Koce | 168,583 | 44.8 | +0.5 |
  | | Labor | 1. Shaun Leane (elected 2) 2. Brian Tee (elected 4) 3. Andrew McKenzie 4. Coral Delarue 5. Mike Symon | 135,264 | 36.0 | -7.4 |
  | | Greens | 1. Bill Pemberton 2. Kiera Perrott 3. Nina Scott 4. Howard Tankey 5. Janet Powell | 39,587 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
  | | Family First | 1. Chris Willis 2. May Ng 3. Fiona Bronte 4. John Bridge 5. Pat Murray | 16,670 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | 1. Greg Byrne 2. Ken Wells | 5,837 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
  | | Democrats | 1. Craig Beale 2. Mary Dettman 3. Rachel Aza | 5,225 | 1.4 | +0.8 |
  | | People Power | 1. Karin Open 2. John Giles | 4,781 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 375,947 | 96.9 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12,179 | 3.1 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 388,126 | 94.0 | |
  