title: Electoral results for the Southern Metropolitan Region
text: # Electoral results for the Southern Metropolitan Region
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Southern Metropolitan Region 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. Sustainable Australia was defending one seat.
  
  2022 Victorian state election: Southern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 78,309 | | |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. David Davis (elected 1) 2. Georgie Crozier (elected 3) 3. Nick Stavrou 4. Andrew Litwinow 5. Monica Clark | 169,681 | 36.11 | -1.78 |
  | | Labor | 1. John Berger (elected 2) 2. Ryan Batchelor (elected 5) 3. Clive Crosby 4. Lynn Psaila 5. Muhammad Shahbaz | 139,722 | 29.74 | -5.45 |
  | | Greens | 1. Katherine Copsey (elected 4) 2. John Friend-Pereira 3. Anna Parker 4. Kylie Rocha 5. Shanae Rowick | 72,410 | 15.41 | +2.31 |
  | | Legalise Cannabis | 1. Marc Selan 2. Ben Howman | 13,681 | 2.91 | +2.91 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Matthew Ford 2. David Segal | 11,696 | 2.49 | +0.96 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Theodore Tsoingas 2. Dean Chambers | 10,385 | 2.21 | +0.02 |
  | | Reason | 1. Andrew Johnson 2. Stephen Jasper | 9,511 | 2.02 | +0.07 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Ben Schultz 2. Michelle McGoldrick | 6,698 | 1.43 | -0.72 |
  | | Sustainable Australia | 1. Clifford Hayes 2. Allan Doensen | 5,170 | 1.10 | -0.19 |
  | | Family First | 1. Vickie Janson 2. Alex Van Der End | 4,734 | 1.01 | +1.01 |
  | | Justice | 1. Ellie Jean Sullivan 2. Michaele Dale | 3,807 | 0.81 | -0.67 |
  | | Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Nursin Akdogan 2. Reyhan Adonir | 3,542 | 0.75 | +0.75 |
  | | One Nation | 1. Chris Bradbury 2. Craig Pickering | 3,072 | 0.65 | +0.65 |
  | | Freedom | 1. Natasha Kons 2. Madeleine Kons | 2,810 | 0.60 | +0.60 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | 1. Jack Todaro 2. Liam Kruger | 2,516 | 0.54 | +0.07 |
  | | United Australia | 1. Leon Kofmansky 2. Julie McCamish | 2,177 | 0.46 | +0.46 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Nicole Bourman 2. Michelle Collyer | 1,966 | 0.42 | -0.22 |
  | | Health Australia | 1. Kellie Thomas 2. Mark Lambrick | 1,935 | 0.41 | -0.07 |
  | | Transport Matters | 1. Paul Tammesild 2. Marc Peters | 1,480 | 0.31 | -0.04 |
  | | Companions and Pets | 1. Joan Molyneux 2. Max Winch | 1,257 | 0.27 | +0.27 |
  | | Angry Victorians | 1. Dean Hurlston 2. Robert John Kamp | 915 | 0.19 | +0.19 |
  | | New Democrats | 1. Krishna Dharmeshkumar Brahmbhatt 2. Jigarkumar Ahbaysinh Chaudhary 3. Ravinder Singh Marwaha | 688 | 0.15 | +0.15 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 469,853 | 97.98 | +0.45 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9,702 | 2.02 | -0.45 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 479,555 | 88.45 | −0.88 |
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  **2018**
  
  The Liberals were defending three seats, and Labor and the Greens were defending one each.
  
  2018 Victorian state election: Southern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 71,610 | | |
  | | Liberal | 1. David Davis (elected 1) 2. Georgie Crozier (elected 3) 3. Margaret Fitzherbert 4. Gavan MacRides 5. Miaosheng Yang | 164,607 | 38.29 | −4.43 |
  | | Labor | 1. Philip Dalidakis (elected 2) 2. Nina Taylor (elected 4) 3. Judith Armstrong 4. Graeme Kendall 5. Danny Bellote | 148,656 | 34.58 | +9.38 |
  | | Greens | 1. Sue Pennicuik 2. Earl James 3. Rose Read 4. Duncan Forster 5. James Bennett | 57,849 | 13.46 | −2.08 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Ben Schultz 2. Fiona McRostie | 9,315 | 2.17 | +0.52 |
  | | Reason | 1. Jill Mellon-Robertson 2. Edmund Munday | 8,587 | 2.00 | −0.43 |
  | | Justice | 1. Nikki Nicholls 2. Julie Doidge | 6,178 | 1.44 | +1.44 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Robert Kennedy 2. Kirsty O'Sullivan | 5,940 | 1.38 | −3.23 |
  | | Sustainable Australia | 1. Clifford Hayes (elected 5) 2. Cathryn Houghton | 5,695 | 1.32 | +1.32 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Joel van der Horst 2. Lucia De Summa | 5,684 | 1.32 | −0.85 |
  | | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Jane Morris 2. Imelda Ryan | 4,364 | 1.02 | +0.23 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Nicole Bourman 2. Ryan Lindfors-Beswick | 2,726 | 0.63 | +0.16 |
  | | Liberty Alliance | 1. Avi Yemini 2. Kaylah Jones | 2,096 | 0.49 | +0.49 |
  | | Health Australia | 1. Ben Moore 2. Cindy Cerecer | 2,055 | 0.48 | +0.48 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | 1. Catheryn Lewis 2. Ivan Mitchell | 2,046 | 0.48 | +0.48 |
  | | Aussie Battler | 1. Mark Hillard 2. Stacey Wain | 1,700 | 0.40 | +0.40 |
  | | Transport Matters | 1. Kim Guest 2. Saeed Muhammad | 1,375 | 0.32 | +0.32 |
  | | Country | 1. Nicola Clow 2. Michele Armstrong | 711 | 0.17 | +0.08 |
  | | Hudson for Northern Victoria | 1. Matthew Perriam 2. Grace Perriam | 342 | 0.08 | +0.08 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 429,657 | 97.33 | −0.10 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 11,801 | 2.67 | +0.10 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 441458 | 89.31 | −2.56 |
  
  **2014**
  
  2014 Victorian state election: Southern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 69,033 | | |
  | | Liberal | 1. David Davis (elected 1) 2. Georgie Crozier (elected 3) 3. Margaret Fitzherbert (elected 5) 4. Ken Ong 5. Nellie Khoroshina | 176,945 | 42.72 | −8.86 |
  | | Labor | 1. Philip Dalidakis (elected 2) 2. Erik Locke 3. Raff Ciccone 4. Cassandra Devine 5. Will Fowles | 104,365 | 25.20 | −0.14 |
  | | Greens | 1. Sue Pennicuik (elected 4) 2. James Searle 3. Rose Read 4. Lorna Wyatt 5. James Harrison | 64,364 | 15.54 | −0.78 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Craig Bonsor 2. Michelle Hamilton | 19,075 | 4.61 | +4.61 |
  | | Sex Party | 1. Francesca Collins 2. Darren Austin | 10,062 | 2.43 | −0.69 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Vince Stefano 2. Brendan Prendergast | 8,971 | 2.17 | +0.36 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Nyree Walshe 2. Fiona McRostie | 6,829 | 1.65 | +1.65 |
  | | Cyclists | 1. Richard Bowen 2. Kathryn Siddle 3. Marcus Barber | 4,749 | 1.15 | +1.15 |
  | | Palmer United | 1. Dwayne Singleton 2. Anthony Cresswell 3. Scott Rankin | 3,753 | 0.91 | +0.91 |
  | | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Penny McCasker 2. Fiona Stewart | 3,271 | 0.79 | +0.79 |
  | | Christians | 1. Faliana Lee 2. Ian Dobby | 2,854 | 0.69 | +0.69 |
  | | Family First | 1. Shane Clark 2. Gary Coombes | 2,708 | 0.65 | −0.33 |
  | | Shooters and Fishers | 1. Paul William 2. Steven Zoumis | 1,933 | 0.47 | +0.47 |
  | | People Power Victoria | 1. Kenneth Miller 2. Linda Jones | 1,138 | 0.27 | +0.27 |
  | | Rise Up Australia | 1. Peter Vassiliou 2. Glenda Powell | 1,045 | 0.25 | +0.25 |
  | | Democrats | 1. Clive Jackson 2. Richard Grummet | 801 | 0.19 | +0.19 |
  | | Group R | 1. Luzio Grossi 2. Crystal James | 797 | 0.19 | +0.19 |
  | | Country Alliance | 1. Christopher Morris 2. Andrew Driscoll | 361 | 0.09 | +0.09 |
  | | Independent | George Neophytou | 175 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 414,196 | 97.43 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 10,912 | 2.57 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 425,108 | 91.87 | |
  
  **2010**
  
  2010 Victorian state election: Southern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 63,562 | | |
  | | Liberal | 1. David Davis (elected 1) 2. Andrea Coote (elected 3) 3. Georgie Crozier (elected 4) 4. Jane Hume 5. Adam Held | 196,676 | 51.6 | +5.4 |
  | | Labor | 1. John Lenders (elected 2) 2. Jennifer Huppert 3. Zoe Edwards 4. Pablo Salina 5. Michael Suss | 96,404 | 25.3 | -5.9 |
  | | Greens | 1. Sue Pennicuik (elected 5) 2. Neil Pilling 3. Clare Pilcher 4. Bruce McPhate 5. Des Benson | 62,285 | 16.3 | +0.6 |
  | | Sex Party | 1. Ken Hill 2. Danyel Payne | 12,364 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
  | | Democratic Labor | 1. Michael Murphy 2. Brendan Prendergast | 6,849 | 1.8 | +0.6 |
  | | Family First | 1. Ashley Trüter 2. Joyce Khoo | 3,620 | 0.9 | -1.3 |
  | | Christian Democrats | 1. Mansel Rogerson 2. Ray Levick | 1,726 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
  | | Group E | 1. Vern Hughes 2. Suzette Gallagher | 1,229 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
  | | Independent | Mike Cockburn | 216 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 381,369 | 97.4 | +0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 10,071 | 2.6 | -0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 391,440 | 91.7 | +1.5 |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  **2006**
  
  2006 Victorian state election: Southern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 60,301 | | |
  | | Liberal | 1. David Davis (elected 1) 2. Andrea Coote (elected 3) 3. David Southwick 4. Michael Heffernan 5. Kaye Farrow | 167,202 | 46.2 | +2.1 |
  | | Labor | 1. John Lenders (elected 2) 2. Evan Thornley (elected 5) 3. Shelly Freeman 4. Alexandria Hicks 5. Pablo Salina | 112,762 | 31.2 | -6.7 |
  | | Greens | 1. Sue Pennicuik (elected 4) 2. Heather Welsh 3. Ray Walford 4. Clare Pilcher 5. Teresa Puszka | 56,816 | 15.7 | +0.3 |
  | | Family First | 1. John McSwiney 2. John Friebel 3. Brian Campbell | 7,894 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
  | | Democrats | 1. Paul Kavanagh 2. Margaret Mitsikas 3. John Mathieson | 6,219 | 1.7 | -0.4 |
  | | People Power | 1. Stephen Mayne 2. Judith Voce | 4,952 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | 1. Gerry Flood 2. Brian Maunder 3. Terry O'Hanlon | 4,206 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
  | | Group C | 1. Rita Bentley 2. Geoff Taylor | 1,439 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
  | | Independent | John Myers | 315 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 361,805 | 96.9 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 11,420 | 3.1 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 373,225 | 90.2 | |
  