How many seats are there in the Victorian parliament?

The Legislative Assembly has 88 seats, one for each district, and the Legislative Council has 40, five for each of eight regions.

How many seats does a party need to form government?

A party or coalition needs 45 of the 88 Assembly seats to govern in its own right.

When is the Victorian election?

Saturday 28 November 2026. Early voting opens on 18 November, nominations close at noon on 9 November and the roll closes at 8 pm on 3 November.

Have the electoral boundaries changed since 2022?

No. The boundaries set by the Electoral Boundaries Commission in 2021 are used again in 2026.

What is the most marginal seat?

Northcote, which Labor held against the Greens by 0.22 points in 2022. The closest Labor–Coalition seat is Bass, at 0.24.

VICTORIA · STATE ELECTION 28 NOVEMBER 2026 88 ASSEMBLY SEATS · 40 COUNCIL SEATS 39 DAYS TO GO

Labor holds 54 of 88 seats. The polls' average swing reaches 23 of them.

Victoria elects all 88 members of the Legislative Assembly and 40 of the Legislative Council on Saturday 28 November.

Key numbers

Polling day: On 20 October, 39 days remained to polling day. Polling places are open on Saturday 28 November, and the polls close at 6 pm.
To govern: A party or coalition needs 45 of the 88 Assembly seats to govern in its own right.
Held now: Labor holds 54 Assembly seats and the Coalition 29, with 2 Greens, 2 independents and 1 vacancy.
Latest poll: The latest poll is Resolve Strategic's for The Age, fielded 6–10 October 2026. The nine polls since the change of Premier that published a two-party figure average 53.9–46.1 to the Coalition, and every wave is on the tracker.
Most marginal seat: Northcote, which Labor held against the Greens by 0.22 points in 2022. The closest Labor–Coalition seat is Bass, at 0.24.

I88 districts · eight regions

Who holds each district, and which the polls' average swing would take Who holds each district How safely each district was won in 2022 The eight Legislative Council regions

Extent

Layer

Changes hands at the polls' average swing of 8.9 points: 23
Labor 54
Liberal 20
Nationals 9
Greens 2
Independent 2
Vacant 1

Labor 54
Liberal 20
Nationals 9
Greens 2
Independent 2
Vacant 1

Labor<22–66–1010+ Liberal<22–66–1010+ Nationals<22–66–1010+ Greens<22–66–1010+

A district now held by an independent, or vacant, takes the colour of the party that won it in 2022 and a dashed outline.

EVEastern Victoria
NEMNorth-Eastern Metropolitan
NMNorthern Metropolitan
NVNorthern Victoria
SEMSouth-Eastern Metropolitan
SMSouthern Metropolitan
WMWestern Metropolitan
WVWestern Victoria

Victoria

Greater Melbourne

Inner Melbourne

Each district is filled with the party that holds it; a hatched district would change hands on a uniform swing of 8.9 points, the polls' average, over its 2022 margin. Select a district, or search by suburb or postcode, to see who holds it and how it voted in 2022. The map shows the 88 Assembly districts filled with the party that holds each one, with the 23 that a uniform swing of 8.9 points would take hatched and outlined, inside the eight upper-house regions; the same districts are listed with their members and 2022 results in the table of districts.

Each district is filled with the party that holds it, as at the members date in the sources line. Select a district, or search by suburb or postcode, to see who holds it and how it voted in 2022.

Each district is tinted by its 2022 margin in four bands, under 2, 2 to 6, 6 to 10 and 10 points and over, in the colour of the party that won it. In 13 districts the final count was not between Labor and the Coalition, and those margins are two-candidate margins.

Each region elects five members of the Council. The 88 districts are outlined inside their regions; select a district to see its region, member and 2022 result.

Upper house regions

EV Eastern Victoria
NEM North-Eastern Metropolitan
NM Northern Metropolitan
NV Northern Victoria
SEM South-Eastern Metropolitan
SM Southern Metropolitan
WM Western Metropolitan
WV Western Victoria

Boundaries: Vicmap Admin, © State of Victoria, CC BY 4.0 · Results and enrolment: VEC · Members as at 17 October 2026 · Polls updated Sunday 18 October 2026 at 18:10 AEDT · Analysis and visualisation by Komms‑Haus

Shown: Bass, the closest Labor–Coalition seat in 2022. Select a district on the map, or search by suburb or postcode.

Eastern Victoria Region

Bass

Jordan Crugnale, Labor

Bass is held by Jordan Crugnale for Labor. Labor won it in 2022 by 0.2 points on the two-party count against the Coalition.

2022 result

Labor took 50.2 per cent of the two-party count against the Coalition, a margin of 0.2 points.

First preferences, 2022

Labor 32.6
Coalition 43.5
Greens 8.1
Others 15.9

On a uniform swing at the polls' average of 8.9 points, Bass would pass from Labor to the Coalition.

Enrolment stood at 57,158 in September 2026.

Read the full Bass page.

The Legislative Assembly

Government is formed in the Assembly, where a majority is 45 seats. Labor won 56 seats in 2022 and holds 54 now: two of its members left the party to sit as independents. The Coalition won 28 and holds 29 after taking Prahran from the Greens at a by-election in 2025. Brunswick has been vacant since September.

Legislative Assembly · 88 seats

Labor 54 · Coalition 29 · Greens 2 · independents 2 · vacant 1

Labor 54 of a 45 majority

A majority is 45. Within each block the safest seats sit nearest the Speaker.

The Legislative Assembly, 88 seats

Bass BAS

Jordan Crugnale holds Bass for Labor; Labor won it in 2022 by 0.2 points on the two-party count. Full result

Seats are grouped as the chamber is arranged, by party; the place of a circle within its block does not show where its member sits. Each of the 88 districts is a circle marked with its three-letter code, with Labor on the Speaker's right, the Coalition on the left and the crossbench at the open end, and the table of districts lists every seat in words.

Members: Parliament of Victoria, 17 October 2026 · Margins: VEC, 2022 · Analysis and visualisation by Komms‑Haus

The 88 districts as a table

Filter by district, member, party or region

Every Assembly district with its member, its 2022 result and its enrolment, as at 17 October 2026. Select a district's name to show it on the map.

	Southern Metropolitan	Nina Taylor	Labor	Labor	Coalition	11.2	2PP	50,488
	Southern Metropolitan	Matt Fregon	Labor	Labor	Coalition	6.2	2PP	52,766
District page	Eastern Victoria	Jordan Crugnale	Labor	Labor	Coalition	0.2	2PP	57,158
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Jackson Taylor	Labor	Labor	Coalition	4.2	2PP	51,197
	Western Victoria	Alison Marchant	Labor	Labor	Coalition	8.5	2PP	59,268
	Northern Victoria	Bill Tilley	Liberal	Liberal	Independent	0.9	2CP	51,645
	Northern Victoria	Jacinta Allan	Labor	Labor	Coalition	10.9	2PP	55,789
	Northern Victoria	Maree Edwards	Labor	Labor	Coalition	14.4	2PP	49,445
	Southern Metropolitan	Nick Staikos	Labor	Labor	Coalition	8.0	2PP	54,482
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Brad Battin	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	4.7	2PP	65,635
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Paul Hamer	Labor	Labor	Coalition	7.2	2PP	52,151
	Southern Metropolitan	James Newbury	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	4.2	2PP	50,457
	Northern Metropolitan	Kathleen Matthews-Ward	Labor	Labor	Coalition	15.5	2PP	51,190
	Northern Metropolitan	Vacant	None	Greens	Labor	13.5	2CP	55,751
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Matthew Guy	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	5.9	2PP	50,852
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Colin Brooks	Labor	Labor	Coalition	12.7	2PP	48,719
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Sonya Kilkenny	Labor	Labor	Coalition	9.9	2PP	54,182
	Southern Metropolitan	David Southwick	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	2.1	2PP	50,730
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Meng Heang Tak	Labor	Labor	Coalition	10.4	2PP	49,302
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Pauline Richards	Labor	Labor	Coalition	9.0	2PP	57,951
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	David Hodgett	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	1.4	2PP	55,065
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Gabrielle Williams	Labor	Labor	Coalition	19.1	2PP	53,731
	Northern Victoria	Cindy McLeish	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	7.1	2PP	51,387
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Vicki Ward	Labor	Labor	Coalition	9.0	2PP	50,164
	Northern Metropolitan	Danny Pearson	Labor	Labor	Coalition	12.5	2PP	53,259
	Western Victoria	Michaela Settle	Labor	Labor	Coalition	7.2	2PP	57,541
	Northern Victoria	Annabelle Cleeland	Nationals	Nationals	Labor	9.9	2PP	52,751
	Eastern Victoria	Bridget Vallence	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	5.2	2PP	52,822
	Western Metropolitan	Katie Hall	Labor	Labor	Greens	4.2	2CP	51,358
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Paul Edbrooke	Labor	Labor	Coalition	8.7	2PP	50,897
	Western Victoria	Chris Couzens	Labor	Labor	Coalition	14.7	2PP	53,596
	Eastern Victoria	Tim Bull	Nationals	Nationals	Labor	23.9	2PP	51,367
	Eastern Victoria	Danny O'Brien	Nationals	Nationals	Labor	15.3	2PP	50,681
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	John Mullahy	Labor	Labor	Coalition	3.3	2PP	50,605
	Northern Metropolitan	Iwan Walters	Labor	Labor	Coalition	6.9	2PP	55,119
	Eastern Victoria	Paul Mercurio	Labor	Labor	Coalition	1.4	2PP	50,490
	Southern Metropolitan	John Pesutto	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	1.7	2PP	51,502
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Anthony Carbines	Labor	Labor	Coalition	12.8	2PP	49,795
	Northern Metropolitan	Ros Spence	Labor	Labor	Coalition	16.4	2PP	68,679
	Southern Metropolitan	Jess Wilson	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	4.0	2PP	50,826
	Western Metropolitan	Luba Grigorovitch	Labor	Labor	Coalition	14.3	2PP	60,816
	Western Victoria	Ella George	Labor	Labor	Coalition	16.2	2PP	51,373
	Western Metropolitan	Sarah Connolly	Labor	Labor	Coalition	18.0	2PP	55,378
	Western Victoria	Emma Kealy	Nationals	Nationals	Labor	21.6	2PP	50,877
	Northern Victoria	Mary-Anne Thomas	Labor	Labor	Coalition	9.5	2PP	50,980
	Southern Metropolitan	Michael O'Brien	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	8.3	2PP	48,672
	Northern Metropolitan	Ellen Sandell	Greens	Greens	Labor	10.2	2CP	56,327
	Western Victoria	Steve McGhie	Labor	Labor	Coalition	4.6	2PP	59,471
	Northern Victoria	Jade Benham	Nationals	Nationals	Independent	1.2	2CP	48,364
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Lily D'Ambrosio	Labor	Labor	Coalition	11.4	2PP	48,149
	Eastern Victoria	Daniela De Martino	Labor	Labor	Coalition	7.6	2PP	49,757
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Tim Richardson	Labor	Labor	Coalition	8.2	2PP	53,763
	Eastern Victoria	Chris Crewther	Liberal	Liberal	Independent	0.7	2CP	49,721
	Eastern Victoria	Martin Cameron	Nationals	Nationals	Labor	4.4	2PP	55,014
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Eden Foster	Labor	Labor	Coalition	10.2	2PP	47,783
	Northern Victoria	Peter Walsh	Nationals	Nationals	Labor	22.9	2PP	48,198
	Eastern Victoria	Wayne Farnham	Liberal	Liberal	Independent	12.9	2CP	54,562
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Belinda Wilson	Labor	Labor	Coalition	9.2	2PP	53,085
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Gary Maas	Labor	Labor	Coalition	8.5	2PP	56,645
	Eastern Victoria	Anthony Marsh	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	6.7	2PP	51,538
	Western Metropolitan	Ben Carroll	Labor	Labor	Coalition	6.7	2PP	52,224
District page	Northern Metropolitan	Kat Theophanous	Labor	Labor	Greens	0.2	2CP	53,364
	Southern Metropolitan	Steve Dimopoulos	Labor	Labor	Coalition	13.5	2PP	53,877
	Northern Victoria	Tim McCurdy	Nationals	Nationals	Labor	18.0	2PP	49,293
	Eastern Victoria	Emma Vulin	Labor	Labor	Coalition	0.4	2PP	54,881
	Northern Metropolitan	Anthony Cianflone	Labor	Labor	Greens	2.0	2CP	51,700
	Western Metropolitan	Mathew Hilakari	Labor	Labor	Coalition	8.3	2PP	55,088
	Western Victoria	Richard Riordan	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	1.8	2PP	54,763
	Southern Metropolitan	Rachel Westaway	Liberal	Greens	Coalition	12.0	2CP	49,193
	Northern Metropolitan	Nathan Lambert	Labor	Labor	Greens	2.1	2CP	53,194
	Northern Metropolitan	Gabrielle de Vietri	Greens	Greens	Labor	7.3	2CP	49,523
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Will Fowles	Independent	Labor	Coalition	7.5	2PP	54,473
	Western Victoria	Martha Haylett	Labor	Labor	Coalition	3.0	2PP	54,114
	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Kim Wells	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	3.7	2PP	50,344
	Southern Metropolitan	Brad Rowswell	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	5.2	2PP	49,299
	Northern Victoria	Kim O'Keeffe	Nationals	Nationals	Independent	6.8	2CP	52,325
	Western Victoria	Darren Cheeseman	Independent	Labor	Coalition	9.8	2PP	60,309
	Western Victoria	Roma Britnell	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	8.1	2PP	54,209
	Western Metropolitan	Natalie Suleyman	Labor	Labor	Coalition	9.6	2PP	47,610
	Western Metropolitan	Josh Bull	Labor	Labor	Coalition	6.4	2PP	51,005
	Western Metropolitan	Natalie Hutchins	Labor	Labor	Coalition	8.7	2PP	63,850
	Western Metropolitan	Dylan Wight	Labor	Labor	Coalition	12.6	2PP	59,482
	Northern Metropolitan	Bronwyn Halfpenny	Labor	Labor	Coalition	16.0	2PP	55,351
	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Nicole Werner	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	4.2	2PP	51,699
	Western Victoria	Juliana Addison	Labor	Labor	Coalition	13.5	2PP	53,148
	Western Metropolitan	John Lister	Labor	Labor	Coalition	10.5	2PP	61,589
	Western Metropolitan	Melissa Horne	Labor	Labor	Coalition	13.4	2PP	49,909
	Northern Victoria	Lauren Kathage	Labor	Labor	Coalition	4.5	2PP	56,321

III

The Legislative Council

The Council has 40 members, five from each region, elected by proportional representation. Group voting tickets have been abolished for this election, and voters number at least five boxes above or below the line. No party holds a majority on its own; Labor holds 15 seats and the Coalition 13.

Legislative Council · 40 seats

Labor 15 · Coalition 13 · Greens 4 · Legalise Cannabis 2 · others 6

No party reaches 21

A majority of the Council is 21. Each circle carries the code of the region that elected its member, and the arrangement can be switched to show the eight regions as clusters of five.

Arrangement

The Legislative Council, 40 seats

Legislative Council region

Eastern Victoria

Eastern Victoria elects five members to the Legislative Council from 11 Assembly districts. In 2022 it returned, in order of election, Renee Heath (Liberal); Tom McIntosh (Labor); Melina Bath (Nationals); Harriet Shing (Labor); Jeff Bourman (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers). Its quota was 78,887 votes.

The five members for Eastern Victoria

Select a member to see how they came to the seat.

Seats are grouped as the chamber is arranged, by party; the place of a circle within its block does not show where its member sits.Seats are grouped by the region that elected each member, five to a cluster; the place of a circle within its cluster does not show where its member sits. Each of the 40 members is a circle marked with a region code (EV Eastern Victoria, NEM North-Eastern Metropolitan, NM Northern Metropolitan, NV Northern Victoria, SEM South-Eastern Metropolitan, SM Southern Metropolitan, WM Western Metropolitan, WV Western Victoria), and the table of members lists every member in words.

Members: Parliament of Victoria, 17 October 2026 · Quotas: VEC, 2022 · Analysis and visualisation by Komms‑Haus

The 40 members as a table

Filter by member, party or region

Every member of the Legislative Council with their party and region, as at 17 October 2026.

Harriet Shing	Labor	Eastern Victoria	Harriet Shing was elected in 2022, fourth of the five members the region returned.
Jeff Bourman	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers	Eastern Victoria	Jeff Bourman was elected in 2022, fifth of the five members the region returned.
Melina Bath	Nationals	Eastern Victoria	Melina Bath was elected in 2022, third of the five members the region returned.
Renee Heath	Liberal	Eastern Victoria	Renee Heath was elected in 2022, first of the five members the region returned.
Tom McIntosh	Labor	Eastern Victoria	Tom McIntosh was elected in 2022, second of the five members the region returned.
Aiv Puglielli	Greens	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Aiv Puglielli was elected in 2022, fifth of the five members the region returned.
Nick McGowan	Liberal	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Nick McGowan was elected in 2022, fourth of the five members the region returned.
Richard Welch	Liberal	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Richard Welch was appointed to fill a casual vacancy during the term.
Shaun Leane	Labor	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Shaun Leane was elected in 2022, first of the five members the region returned.
Sonja Terpstra	Labor	North-Eastern Metropolitan	Sonja Terpstra was elected in 2022, third of the five members the region returned.
Adem Somyurek	Independent	Northern Metropolitan	Adem Somyurek was elected in 2022, fifth of the five members the region returned.
Anasina Gray-Barberio	Greens	Northern Metropolitan	Anasina Gray-Barberio was appointed to fill a casual vacancy during the term.
Enver Erdogan	Labor	Northern Metropolitan	Enver Erdogan was elected in 2022, fourth of the five members the region returned.
Evan Mulholland	Liberal	Northern Metropolitan	Evan Mulholland was elected in 2022, second of the five members the region returned.
Sheena Watt	Labor	Northern Metropolitan	Sheena Watt was elected in 2022, first of the five members the region returned.
Gaelle Broad	Nationals	Northern Victoria	Gaelle Broad was elected in 2022, third of the five members the region returned.
Georgie Purcell	Animal Justice	Northern Victoria	Georgie Purcell was elected in 2022, fourth of the five members the region returned.
Jaclyn Symes	Labor	Northern Victoria	Jaclyn Symes was elected in 2022, second of the five members the region returned.
Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell	One Nation	Northern Victoria	Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell was elected in 2022, fifth of the five members the region returned.
Wendy Lovell	Liberal	Northern Victoria	Wendy Lovell was elected in 2022, first of the five members the region returned.
Ann-Marie Hermans	Liberal	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Ann-Marie Hermans was elected in 2022, second of the five members the region returned.
David Limbrick	Libertarian	South-Eastern Metropolitan	David Limbrick was elected in 2022, fifth of the five members the region returned.
Lee Tarlamis	Labor	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Lee Tarlamis was elected in 2022, first of the five members the region returned.
Michael Galea	Labor	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Michael Galea was elected in 2022, third of the five members the region returned.
Rachel Payne	Legalise Cannabis	South-Eastern Metropolitan	Rachel Payne was elected in 2022, fourth of the five members the region returned.
David Davis	Liberal	Southern Metropolitan	David Davis was elected in 2022, first of the five members the region returned.
Georgie Crozier	Liberal	Southern Metropolitan	Georgie Crozier was elected in 2022, third of the five members the region returned.
John Berger	Labor	Southern Metropolitan	John Berger was elected in 2022, second of the five members the region returned.
Katherine Copsey	Greens	Southern Metropolitan	Katherine Copsey was elected in 2022, fourth of the five members the region returned.
Ryan Batchelor	Labor	Southern Metropolitan	Ryan Batchelor was elected in 2022, fifth of the five members the region returned.
David Ettershank	Legalise Cannabis	Western Metropolitan	David Ettershank was elected in 2022, fourth of the five members the region returned.
Ingrid Stitt	Labor	Western Metropolitan	Ingrid Stitt was elected in 2022, third of the five members the region returned.
Lizzie Blandthorn	Labor	Western Metropolitan	Lizzie Blandthorn was elected in 2022, first of the five members the region returned.
Moira Deeming	Family First Victoria	Western Metropolitan	Moira Deeming was elected in 2022, second of the five members the region returned.
Trung Luu	Liberal	Western Metropolitan	Trung Luu was elected in 2022, fifth of the five members the region returned.
Bev McArthur	Liberal	Western Victoria	Bev McArthur was elected in 2022, second of the five members the region returned.
Gayle Tierney	Labor	Western Victoria	Gayle Tierney was elected in 2022, third of the five members the region returned.
Jacinta Ermacora	Labor	Western Victoria	Jacinta Ermacora was elected in 2022, first of the five members the region returned.
Joe McCracken	Liberal	Western Victoria	Joe McCracken was elected in 2022, fifth of the five members the region returned.
Sarah Mansfield	Greens	Western Victoria	Sarah Mansfield was elected in 2022, fourth of the five members the region returned.

The timetable

Tuesday 3 November
The writs are issued and the electoral roll closes at 8 pm.
Monday 9 November
Nominations close at 12 noon, and the Victorian Electoral Commission then publishes the candidates in ballot order.
Wednesday 18 November to Friday 27 November
Early voting centres are open, and the election date page sets out how to enrol and vote.
Saturday 28 November
Polling places are open on election day, and the polls close at 6 pm.

Everything in the special

Published

8 September 2026
Victorian election polls 2026The tracker holds every published Victorian voting-intention poll since June 2025, with the averages, the seat models and the leaders' ratings.
13 September 2026
The election date and how to voteThe Victorian Electoral Commission's timetable is set out beside the steps for enrolling and voting.
13 September 2026
Ben Carroll's approval ratingEvery Victorian poll that has rated the Premier is shown here, house by house, with the preferred-premier results.
13 September 2026
Jess Wilson's approval ratingEvery Victorian poll that has rated the Opposition Leader is shown here, house by house, with the preferred-premier results.
13 September 2026
How accurate are the polls?Each pollster's final poll will be scored against the result once the Victorian Electoral Commission declares it.

Coming

28 October 2026
District pages, the first 25The first 25 district pages will be published on 28 October 2026.
2 November 2026
District pages, the other 63The remaining 63 district pages will be published on 2 November 2026.
10 November 2026
Candidate listsEach district page will carry its candidates in ballot order from 10 November 2026, the day after nominations close.
Before polling day
The seat projectionA seat-by-seat projection from the polling average will be published before polling day on 28 November 2026.
28 November 2026
ResultsResults will be reported from the close of polls at 6 pm on 28 November 2026.

Downloads

Assembly districts · CSV · 88 rows Council members · CSV · 40 rows

The Assembly file holds 88 rows, one for each district, with the member, the 2022 result, the first preferences and the enrolment; its sources are the Victorian Electoral Commission and the Parliament of Victoria, read 17 October 2026. The Council file holds 40 rows, one for each member, with the party, the region and whether the member was elected in 2022; its source is the Parliament of Victoria, read 17 October 2026.

Method and sources

Boundaries: Vicmap Admin, © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), CC BY 4.0. Results and enrolment: Victorian Electoral Commission. Members: Parliament of Victoria, read 17 October 2026. Margins are the 2022 results; the boundaries have not changed since, so they are actual margins, not notional ones. In 13 districts the final count in 2022 was not between Labor and the Coalition, and those margins are two-candidate margins. Suburbs and postcodes are matched to districts by area. Analysis and visualisation: Komms-Haus.

Questions

How many seats are there in the Victorian parliament?: The Legislative Assembly has 88 seats, one for each district, and the Legislative Council has 40, five for each of eight regions.
How many seats does a party need to form government?: A party or coalition needs 45 of the 88 Assembly seats to govern in its own right.
When is the Victorian election?: Saturday 28 November 2026. Early voting opens on 18 November, nominations close at noon on 9 November and the roll closes at 8 pm on 3 November.
Have the electoral boundaries changed since 2022?: No. The boundaries set by the Electoral Boundaries Commission in 2021 are used again in 2026.
What is the most marginal seat?: Northcote, which Labor held against the Greens by 0.22 points in 2022. The closest Labor–Coalition seat is Bass, at 0.24.