title: Electoral results for the Western Metropolitan Region
text: # Electoral results for the Western Metropolitan Region
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Western 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 Derryn Hinch's Justice Party were defending one seat each.
  
  2022 Victorian state election: Western Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 74,860 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Lizzie Blandthorn (elected 1) 2. Ingrid Stitt (elected 3) 3. Cesar Melhem 4. Cuc Lum 5. Nurul Khan | 166,371 | 37.04 | -9.81 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Moira Deeming (elected 2) 2. Trung Luu (elected 5) 3. Golam Haque 4. Manish Patel 5. Luan Walker | 109,895 | 24.47 | +3.65 |
  | | Greens | 1. Bernadette Thomas 2. Sarah Bray 3. Isabelle McRae McLeod 4. Lloyd Davies 5. Pierre Vario | 36,239 | 8.07 | -0.04 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Bernie Finn 2. Thi Kiem-Lien Lee | 23,422 | 5.21 | +1.54 |
  | | Legalise Cannabis | 1. David Ettershank (elected 4) 2. Raffaela Menta | 19,295 | 4.30 | +4.30 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | 1. Liz Walsh 2. Aran Mylvaganam | 16,095 | 3.58 | +3.02 |
  | | Family First | 1. Darren Buller 2. Mary Filmer | 14,261 | 3.18 | +3.18 |
  | | One Nation | 1. Ursula Van Bree 2. Frank Vrionis | 7,691 | 1.71 | +1.71 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Anthony Cursio 2. Liam Roche | 6,546 | 1.46 | −0.26 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Ken Vickers 2. Geoff Ashby | 6,401 | 1.43 | -0.59 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Meg Watkins 2. Nat Kopas | 6,209 | 1.38 | -1.26 |
  | | Justice | 1. Peter Sullivan 2. Jean-Marie D'Argent | 5,371 | 1.20 | -5.80 |
  | | United Australia | 1. Andrew Cuthbertson 2. Deepak Bansal | 4,737 | 1.06 | +1.06 |
  | | Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Samson Palkuri 2. Burkin Yalaz | 3,653 | 0.81 | +0.81 |
  | | Reason | 1. David Thirkettle-Watts 2. Harry Millward | 3,617 | 0.81 | -0.24 |
  | | Freedom | 1. John McBride 2. Dan McBride | 3,513 | 0.78 | +0.78 |
  | | Angry Victorians | 1. Catherine Cumming 2. Adam Robinson 3. Jennifer Zalme | 2,596 | 0.57 | +0.57 |
  | | New Democrats | 1. Kaushaliya Virjibhai Vaghela 2. Mohammed Qasim Shaik 3. Arix Maheshkumar Bishnoi 4. Anitha Jyothi Palkuri 5. Yogesh Kumar Malhotra | 2,470 | 0.55 | +0.55 |
  | | Health Australia | 1. Isaac Golden 2. Leah Golden | 2,122 | 0.47 | -0.49 |
  | | Sustainable Australia | 1. Bert Jessup 2. Dennis Bilic | 2,046 | 0.46 | -0.28 |
  | | Independent Liberal | 1. Fred Ackerman 2. Mark Barro | 1,623 | 0.36 | +0.36 |
  | | Companions and Pets | 1. Craig Treherne 2. Mary Britton | 1,806 | 0.40 | +0.40 |
  | | Independent | 1. Walter Villagonzalo 2. Sam Alcordo | 1,623 | 0.36 | +0.36 |
  | | Transport Matters | 1. Daniel Lowinger 2. Greg Collins | 1,204 | 0.27 | -0.41 |
  | | Independent | Esther Demian | 144 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 449,155 | 95.94 | +0.79 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 19,025 | 4.06 | −0.79 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 468,180 | 87.00 | −2.25 |
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  **2018**
  
  Labor were defending two seats. Liberals, Greens and Democratic Labour were defending one each.
  
  2018 Victorian state election: Western Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 77,210 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Cesar Melhem (elected 1) 2. Ingrid Stitt (elected 2) 3. Kaushaliya Vaghela (elected 4) 4. Kirsten Psaila 5. Louise Persse | 214,279 | 46.25 | +2.27 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Bernie Finn (elected 3) 2. Dinesh Gourisetty 3. Moira Deeming 4. David Wood 5. Nathan Di Noia | 98,458 | 21.25 | −2.32 |
  | | Greens | 1. Huong Truong 2. Emely Cash 3. Bernadette Thomas 4. Elena Pereyra 5. Annie Chessells-Beeby | 40,417 | 8.72 | −1.61 |
  | | Justice | 1. Catherine Cumming (elected 5) 2. Daniel Cumming | 31,615 | 6.82 | +6.82 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Walter Villagonzalo 2. Mark Royal | 16,378 | 3.54 | +0.97 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Terri Beech 2. Karina Leung | 12,028 | 2.60 | +1.08 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Wayne Rigg 2. Geoff Ashby | 8,914 | 1.92 | +0.68 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Adam Karlovsky 2. Mark Thompson 3. Christopher Reeves | 7,938 | 1.71 | −3.82 |
  | | Reason | 1. Chris Botha 2. Jamie Twidale | 5,337 | 1.15 | −1.55 |
  | | Aussie Battler | 1. Stuart O'Neill 2. Ian Kearns | 4,406 | 0.95 | +0.95 |
  | | Health Australia | 1. Briony Jenkinson 2. Deanne Glenn | 4,354 | 0.94 | +0.94 |
  | | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Joan Beckwith 2. Nia Sims | 3,752 | 0.81 | +0.81 |
  | | Sustainable Australia | 1. Allan Doensen 2. Richard Belcher | 3,513 | 0.76 | +0.76 |
  | | Liberty Alliance | 1. Francine Cohen 2. Terri Franklin | 3,294 | 0.71 | +0.71 |
  | | Transport Matters | 1. Daniel Lowinger 2. Ramy Abdelnour | 3,067 | 0.66 | +0.66 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | 1. Jorge Jorquera 2. Andrew Charles | 2,765 | 0.60 | +0.60 |
  | | Country | 1. Benito Caruso 2. Tony Leen | 2,207 | 0.48 | +0.29 |
  | | Hudson for Northern Victoria | 1. Hayley Webb 2. Casey Eckel | 573 | 0.12 | +0.12 |
  | | Independent | 1. Diana Grima | 199 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
  | | Independent | 1. Kathy Majdlik | 165 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 463,258 | 95.15 | −0.63 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 23,606 | 4.85 | +0.63 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 486,864 | 89.25 | −3.06 |
  
  **2014**
  
  2014 Victorian state election: Western Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 72,606 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Cesar Melhem (elected 1) 2. Khalil Eideh (elected 3) 3. Stanley Chiang 4. George Seitz 5. Kirsten Psaila | 191,607 | 43.98 | −2.16 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Bernie Finn (elected 2) 2. Andrew Elsbury 3. David Tran 4. Gayle Murphy 5. Cassandra Marr | 102,681 | 23.57 | −6.85 |
  | | Greens | 1. Colleen Hartland (elected 4) 2. Huong Truong 3. Dinesh Jayasuriya 4. Sam Long 5. Jonathon Marsden | 44,991 | 10.33 | −1.55 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 1. Zeev Vinokurov 2. Joel Spencer | 24,080 | 5.53 | +5.53 |
  | | Sex Party | 1. Vicki Nash 2. Adrian Trajstman | 11,774 | 2.70 | −1.85 |
  | | Democratic Labour | 1. Rachel Carling-Jenkins (elected 5) 2. Michael Freeman | 11,183 | 2.57 | −0.53 |
  | | Palmer United | 1. Trevor Dance 2. Peter Haberecht | 9,629 | 2.21 | +2.21 |
  | | Voice for the West | 1. Berhan Ahmed 2. Kylie Georgiou 3. John Turner | 7,757 | 1.78 | +1.78 |
  | | Animal Justice | 1. Roy Taylor 2. Douglas Leith | 6,620 | 1.52 | +1.52 |
  | | Family First | 1. Jaxon Calder 2. Rebecca Filliponi | 6,355 | 1.46 | −2.23 |
  | | Christians | 1. Geoff Rogers 2. Kirsten James | 5,973 | 1.37 | +1.37 |
  | | Shooters and Fishers | 1. Jake Wilson 2. Trevor Carstein | 5,406 | 1.24 | +1.24 |
  | | Cyclists | 1. Frank Reinthaler 2. Nick O'Keefe | 3,346 | 0.77 | +0.77 |
  | | Rise Up Australia | 1. Jeff Truscott 2. Charles Rozario | 1,754 | 0.40 | +0.40 |
  | | People Power Victoria | 1. Jerry Creaney 2. Chez Caruso | 1,660 | 0.38 | +0.38 |
  | | Country Alliance | 1. Ben Caruso 2. Andrew Hepner | 817 | 0.19 | +0.19 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 435,633 | 95.78 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 19,197 | 4.22 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 454,830 | 92.31 | |
  
  **2010**
  
  2010 Victorian state election: Western Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 70,452 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Martin Pakula (elected 1) 2. Khalil Eideh (elected 3) 3. Bob Smith 4. Llewellyn Rees 5. Claudine Spinner | 198,100 | 46.9 | -11.8 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Bernie Finn (elected 2) 2. Andrew Elsbury (elected 4) 3. Victoria Fairbairn 4. Jeremy Barth 5. William Kenny | 125,267 | 29.6 | +5.1 |
  | | Greens | 1. Colleen Hartland (elected 5) 2. Robert Humphreys 3. Liz Ingham 4. Simon Crawford 5. Owen Gale | 50,715 | 12.0 | +2.6 |
  | | Sex Party | 1. Joël Murray 2. Merinda Davis | 20,008 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
  | | Family First | 1. Daniel Mumby 2. Lisa Garay | 15,282 | 3.6 | -0.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | 1. Mark Farrell 2. Stephanie Mazzarella 3. Georga Byrne 4. Samuel Notaro 5. Marguerita Kavanagh | 13,336 | 3.2 | +2.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 422,708 | 95.4 | +1.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 20,549 | 4.6 | -1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 443,257 | 92.3 | -0.2 |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  **2006**
  
  2006 Victorian state election: Western Metropolitan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 62,402 | | |
  | | Labor | 1. Justin Madden (elected 1) 2. Khalil Eideh (elected 3) 3. Martin Pakula (elected 4) 4. Henry Barlow 5. Lisa Zanatta | 219,706 | 58.7 | -3.5 |
  | | Liberal | 1. Bernie Finn (elected 2) 2. Stephen Reynolds 3. Wayne Tseng 4. Ann Bitans | 91,604 | 24.5 | -1.2 |
  | | Greens | 1. Colleen Hartland (elected 5) 2. Nam Bui 3. Robert Humphreys 4. Liz Ingham 5. Nora Tchekmeyan | 35,201 | 9.4 | -0.2 |
  | | Family First | 1. Ashley Alp 2. Anh Nguyen 3. Robert Walker 4. Marie Spataro 5. Roger San Jose | 15,032 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
  | | People Power | 1. Max Jackson 2. Christine Williams | 5,098 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | 1. Mark Beshara 2. Shane McCarthy | 4,029 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
  | | Democrats | 1. Robert Livesay 2. Danii Coric 3. Roger Howe | 3,741 | 1.0 | -1.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 374,411 | 93.7 | -1.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 25,075 | 6.3 | +1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 399,486 | 92.5 | |
  