Electoral district of Melbourne

Melbourne is an electoral district of Victoria. It was created in 1856, abolished in 1859 and recreated in 1889. It is in the Northern Metropolitan Region.

Melbourne
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
StateVictoria
Dates current1856–1859
1889–present
MPEllen Sandell
PartyGreens
NamesakeMelbourne
Electors50,393 (2018)
Area25 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
DemographicCentral Metropolitan
Coordinates37°48′14″S 144°56′28″E
Electorates around Melbourne:
Essendon Brunswick Brunswick
Footscray Melbourne Richmond
Footscray Albert Park Prahran

Melbourne is in the Melbourne CBD.

Election results
2022 Victorian state election: Melbourne[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Ellen Sandell 15,855 37.3 −1.3
Labor Rebecca Thistleton 13,033 30.6 −5.1
Liberal George Palackalody 7,522 17.7 +0.3
Victorian Socialists Colleen Bolger 2,323 5.5 +5.5
Reason Nicola Foxworthy 1,601 3.8 0.0
Animal Justice Rabin Bangaar 701 1.6 −0.3
Family First Michael Janson 535 1.3 +1.3
Freedom Steven J. Smith 521 1.2 +1.2
Indigenous-Aboriginal Laylah Al-Saimary 428 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 42,519 96.6 +1.3
Informal votes 1,485 3.4 −1.3
Turnout 44,004 80.7 +0.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Rebecca Thistleton 31,895 75.0 +0.6
Liberal George Palackalody 10,624 25.0 -0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Ellen Sandell 25,593 60.2 +8.5
Labor Rebecca Thistleton 16,926 39.8 −8.5
Greens hold Swing +8.5

References
  1. Melbourne District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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