title: Electoral results for the South Eastern Metropolitan Region
text: # Electoral results for the South Eastern Metropolitan Region
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the South Eastern Metropolitan Region in Victorian state elections from the region's creation in 2006 until the present.
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2020s
  
  **2022**
  
  Labor were defending three seats. The Liberal Party and the Liberal Democrats were defending one seat each.
  
  2022 Victorian state election: South-Eastern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 78,296 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Lee Tarlamis (elected 1) 2. Michael Galea (elected 3) 3. Tien Kieu 4. Imran Khan 5. Katrina Sullivan | 184,810 | 39.34 | -9.53 |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Ann-Marie Hermans (elected 2) 2. Manju Hanumantharayappa 3. Antonietta Moricca 4. Lyndon Samuel 5. Michael Keane | 125,762 | 26.77 | -2.80 |
  | | Greens | 1. Alex Breskin 2. Louisa Willoughby 3. Dewani Harahap 4. Janet Wong 5. Karen Jones | 31,577 | 6.72 | +1.20 |
  | | Legalise Cannabis | 1. Rachel Payne (elected 4) 2. Jeffrey Knipe | 24,672 | 5.25 | +5.25 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. David Limbrick (elected 5) 2. Ethelyn King | 16,971 | 3.61 | +2.46 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Jennifer Bowden 2. Khalif White | 15,399 | 3.28 | +1.78 |
  | | Justice | 1. Derryn Hinch 2. Mohit Dwivedi | 9,334 | 1.99 | -1.11 |
  | | Family First | 1. Lee Jones 2. Colleen Hayward | 9,025 | 1.92 | +1.92 |
  | | Freedom | 1. Morgan Jonas 2. Rebekah Spelman | 8,306 | 1.77 | +1.77 |
  | | One Nation | 1. Beth Stevens 2. Cyndi Marr | 8,299 | 1.77 | +1.77 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Bronwyn Currie 2. Davina Hinkley | 6,481 | 1.38 | -0.91 |
  | | United Australia | 1. Matt Babet 2. Bobby Singh | 5,495 | 1.17 | +1.17 |
  | | Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Daniel Costin Puscasu 2. Rodica Ianculescu | 4,554 | 0.97 | +0.97 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Grant Poulton 2. Will Heily | 4,112 | 0.88 | -0.66 |
  | | Health Australia | 1. Geraldine Gonsalvez 2. Kate Lukis | 3,461 | 0.74 | -0.11 |
  | | Companions and Pets | 1. Marissa Sarif 2. Wendy Hutchison | 2,425 | 0.52 | +0.52 |
  | | Reason | 1. Martin Leahy 2. Ethan Mileikowski | 2,118 | 0.45 | -0.37 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | 1. Lavanya Thavaraja 2. Jaynaya Travis | 1,895 | 0.40 | +0.13 |
  | | Sustainable Australia | 1. Brandon Hoult 2. Steven Armstrong | 1,512 | 0.32 | -0.36 |
  | | Transport Matters | 1. Norm Dunn 2. Toni Peters | 1,380 | 0.29 | +0.94 |
  | | Angry Victorians | 1. Barry Edward Minster 2. George Moliviatis | 1,345 | 0.29 | +0.29 |
  | | New Democrats | 1. Bhaveshkumar Lakhatariya 2. Satinder Singh 3. Nilam Dhaval Panchal 4. Bhavika Amrutlal Patel | 600 | 0.13 | +0.13 |
  | | Independent | 1. Mehdi Sayed | 242 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 469,775 | 96.29 | +0.45 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 18,076 | 3.71 | -0.45 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 487,851 | 88.45 | -1.32 |
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  **2018**
  
  Liberal and Labor were defending two seats each. The Greens were defending one.
  
  2018 Victorian state election: South Eastern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 72,830 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Gavin Jennings (elected 1) 2. Adem Somyurek (elected 2) 3. Tien Kieu (elected 4) 4. Nessie Sayar 5. Ian Spencer | 218,209 | 49.93 | +9.83 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Gordon Rich-Phillips (elected 3) 2. Inga Peulich 3. George Hua 4. Kuldeep Kaur 5. Robert Hicks | 126,615 | 28.97 | −6.24 |
  | | Greens | 1. Nina Springle 2. Matthew Kirwan 3. Jacqueline Mitchell 4. Jake Vos 5. James Bennett | 24,390 | 5.58 | −0.71 |
  | | Justice | 1. Peter Davy 2. Kerri Guy | 13,265 | 3.03 | +3.03 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Elizabeth Johnston 2. Derrin Craig | 9,727 | 2.23 | +0.37 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Peter Stevens 2. Michael Palma | 6,396 | 1.46 | −0.76 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Chris Banhidy 2. Vincent Leone | 6,326 | 1.45 | +0.21 |
  | | Transport Matters | 1. Ali Khan 2. Chetan Sharma 3. Roona Fazal 4. Inderpal Singh 5. Deepakbir Kaur | 5,553 | 1.27 | +1.27 |
  | | Health Australia | 1. Tamsin King 2. Carly Meaden | 3,722 | 0.85 | +0.85 |
  | | Reason | 1. Laura Chipp 2. Brett Kagan | 3,719 | 0.85 | −1.82 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. David Limbrick (elected 5) 2. Matt Ford | 3,681 | 0.84 | −0.89 |
  | | Sustainable Australia | 1. Anthony Cresswell 2. Daryl Budgeon | 3,028 | 0.69 | +0.69 |
  | | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Kassandra Hall 2. Mardi Hill | 3,019 | 0.69 | +0.12 |
  | | Aussie Battler | 1. David Armstrong 2. Michael Chamberlain | 2,822 | 0.65 | +0.65 |
  | | Liberty Alliance | 1. David Maddison 2. Ralf Schumann | 2,314 | 0.53 | +0.53 |
  | | Independent | 1. Tarang Chawla 2. Nicole Lee | 1,441 | 0.33 | +0.33 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | 1. Aran Mylvaganam 2. Ben Reid | 1,239 | 0.28 | +0.28 |
  | | Country | 1. Andrew Hepner 2. Marilyn Danieli | 1,202 | 0.28 | +0.28 |
  | | Hudson for Northern Victoria | 1. Jannette Sinclair 2. Holly Madill | 402 | 0.09 | +0.09 |
  | | Independent | 1. Stewart Hine | 62 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
  | | Independent | 1. Bobby Singh | 49 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
  | | Independent | 1. Peter Mack | 27 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 436,977 | 95.86 | −0.25 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 18,962 | 4.16 | +0.25 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 455,939 | 89.77 | −3.10 |
  
  **2014**
  
  2014 Victorian state election: South Eastern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 70,159 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Gavin Jennings (elected 1) 2. Adem Somyurek (elected 3) 3. Lee Tarlamis 4. Ian Spencer 5. Rosalie Davis | 168,803 | 40.10 | −2.92 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Gordon Rich-Phillips (elected 2) 2. Inga Peulich (elected 4) 3. Ali Khan 4. Moti Visa 5. George Hua | 148,236 | 35.21 | −6.16 |
  | | Greens | 1. Nina Springle (elected 5) 2. Chris Jobe 3. Wendy Smith 4. John Flanders 5. Stefan Zibell | 26,489 | 6.29 | −2.20 |
  | | Sex Party | 1. Martin Leahy 2. Alex Chevallier | 11,239 | 2.67 | +2.67 |
  | | Family First | 1. Lynette Harland 2. Jeremy Orchard | 11,229 | 2.67 | −0.61 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Michael Pulma 2. Lucia De Summa | 9,345 | 2.22 | −0.47 |
  | | Palmer United | 1. Jason Kennedy 2. Bobby Singh 3. Michael Oldfield | 8,330 | 1.98 | +1.98 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Elio Celotto 2. Tyson Jack | 7,840 | 1.86 | +1.86 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Leslie Hughes 2. Matthew Lesich | 7,300 | 1.73 | +1.73 |
  | | Christians | 1. Sami Greiss 2. Manal Dawoud | 5,656 | 1.34 | +1.34 |
  | | Rise Up Australia | 1. Daniel Nalliah 2. Rosalie Crestani | 5,324 | 1.26 | +1.26 |
  | | Shooters and Fishers | 1. Ryan Perry 2. Allan Bevan | 5,211 | 1.24 | +1.24 |
  | | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Sorin Ionascu 2. Greg Mauldon | 2,408 | 0.57 | +0.57 |
  | | People Power Victoria | 1. Basil Waters 2. Maria Sirianni | 1,824 | 0.43 | +0.43 |
  | | Cyclists | 1. Robert Siddle 2. Troy Parsons | 1,636 | 0.39 | +0.39 |
  | | Independent | Arif Okil | 81 | 0.02 | +0.02 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 420,951 | 96.09 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 17,121 | 3.91 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 438,072 | 92.87 | |
  
  **2010**
  
  2010 Victorian state election: South Eastern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 66,157 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Gavin Jennings (elected 1) 2. Adem Somyurek (elected 3) 3. Lee Tarlamis (elected 5) 4. Kelly Liu 5. Janet Kaylock | 172,306 | 43.4 | -6.4 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Gordon Rich-Phillips (elected 2) 2. Inga Peulich (elected 4) 3. Gladys Liu 4. Ashton Ashokkumar 5. Tim Cincotta | 162,517 | 40.9 | +7.2 |
  | | Greens | 1. Colin Long 2. Dee-Ann Kelly 3. Chris Carman 4. Linda McIver 5. Daniela Tymms | 34,754 | 8.8 | +1.6 |
  | | Family First | 1. Felicity Hemmersbach 2. Jadah Pleiter | 12,560 | 3.2 | -2.1 |
  | | Democratic Labor | 1. Geraldine Gonsalvez 2. Catherine Dodd 3. Agnieszka Chlipala 4. Genevieve Cattell 5. Helen O'Loghlen | 10,202 | 2.6 | +1.7 |
  | | Christian Democrats | 1. Vivian Hill 2. Wolf Voigt | 4,510 | 1.1 | +0.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 396,939 | 96.4 | +1.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 14,758 | 3.6 | -1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 411,697 | 92.7 | -0.7 |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  **2006**
  
  2006 Victorian state election: South Eastern Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 60,925 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Gavin Jennings (elected 1) 2. Adem Somyurek (elected 3) 3. Bob Smith (elected 5) 4. Vince Rossi 5. Shilana Yip | 181,986 | 49.8 | -4.4 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Gordon Rich-Phillips (elected 2) 2. Inga Peulich (elected 4) 3. Ken Ong 4. Susanne La Fontaine 5. John Aivaliotis | 123,067 | 33.7 | -0.9 |
  | | Greens | 1. Jim Reiher 2. Nicole Avery 3. Dean Andrew | 26,408 | 7.2 | -1.8 |
  | | Family First | 1. Ann-Marie Hermans 2. Steven Ashdown 3. Ann Ross 4. Annette Blazé | 19,238 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
  | | Democrats | 1. Karen Bailey 2. David Batten 3. Daniel Berk | 4,967 | 1.4 | -0.8 |
  | | Democratic Labor | 1. Denise de Graaff 2. Frances Murphy | 3,276 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
  | | People Power | 1. Linda Hancock 2. Maria Pazaitis | 2,580 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
  | | Christian Democrats | 1. Sandra Herrmann 2. Jenny Zuiderwyk | 2,468 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
  | | Group E | 1. Geraldine Gonsalvez 2. Julie Boustead | 1,557 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 365,547 | 94.8 | -1.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 20,200 | 5.2 | +1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 385,747 | 93.4 | |
  