2022 Victorian state election

The next Victorian state election is scheduled to be held on 26 November 2022 to elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly (lower house) and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council (upper house) will be up for election, presuming there are no new electorates added in a redistribution.

2022 Victorian state election
26 November 2022
All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
All 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
45 Assembly seats are needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
Leader Daniel Andrews Michael O'Brien Samantha Ratnam
Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Greens
Leader since 3 December 2010 6 December 2018 12 October 2017
Leader's seat Mulgrave Malvern MLC for Northern
Metropolitan
Last election 55 seats 27 seats 3 seats
Current seats 55 seats 27 seats 3 seats
Seats needed 18 42
Incumbent Premier

Daniel Andrews
Labor

Background

2018 election

The second-term incumbent Labor government, currently led by Premier Daniel Andrews, will attempt to win a third four-year term. They will be challenged by the Liberal/National Coalition opposition, currently led by Opposition Leader Michael O'Brien. Also expected to contest the election is minor party the Greens, currently led by Samantha Ratnam.

Electoral system

Victoria has compulsory voting and uses instant-runoff voting in single-member seats for the Legislative Assembly, and single transferable vote in multi-member seats for the proportionally represented Legislative Council. The Legislative Council presently has 40 members serving four-year terms, elected from eight electoral regions each with five members. With each region electing 5 members, the quota in each region for election, after distribution of preferences, is 16.7% (one-sixth). The election will be conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC).

Redistribution

The Electoral Boundaries Commission must conduct a redistribution if there has been two general elections since the last redistribution. With the last redistribution occurring prior to the 2014 election, a new one will be concluded in 2021, prior to the 2022 election. According to commentators, Victoria's "booming population" will see new districts created in outer-suburban and inner-city areas, at the expense of middle-suburban areas.[1] At the 2018 election the voter enrollment in individual districts ranged from 61,814 in Cranbourne[2] to 38,937 in Mount Waverley.[3]

Date

Pursuant to the Electoral Act 2002, Victoria has had fixed terms, with all elections since the 2006 election held every four years on the last Saturday of November. This means that the date for the next election is currently set at 26 November 2022. This would change only if Parliament were dissolved unexpectedly beforehand.[4][5]

Registered parties
See also: List of political parties in Australia

As of 19 June 2020, there were 15 parties registered with the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC):[6]

Polling
Legislative Assembly (lower house) polling
Date Firm Primary vote TPP vote
ALP LIB NAT GRN OTH ALP L/NP
2018 Election 42.9% 30.4% 4.8% 10.7% 11.2% 57.3% 42.7%

References
  1. https://insidestory.org.au/final-reckoning-nine-views-of-victorias-election/
  2. "State Election 2018: Cranbourne District results summary - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. "State Election 2018: Mount Waverley District results summary - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  4. Table Office (24 May 2010). "Information Sheet 16 – A New Electoral System for Victoria's Legislative Council". Department of the Legislative Council. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  5. "Fact Sheet G3: Elections" (PDF). Parliament of Victoria. December 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  6. "Currently registered parties - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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