Electoral district of Pakenham

Pakenham Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Pakenham (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Dates current	1992–2002 2022–present
MP	Emma Vulin
Party	Labor
Namesake	Suburb of Pakenham
Area	226 km2 (87.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan
Electorates around Pakenham: Monbulk Berwick Pakenham Narracan Bass

Electoral district of Pakenham is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. ^[1] It was recreated in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and was re-contested at the 2022 Victorian state election. ^[2]

It includes the outer eastern suburbs of Officer and Pakenham, as well as less populated regional areas to the north and south of the Pakenham railway line. ^[3]

Members for Pakenham

First incarnation (1992–2002)
	Rob Maclellan	Liberal	1992–2002
Second incarnation (2022–present)
	Emma Vulin	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Pakenham

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Pakenham.[ edit ]

2022 Victorian state election: Pakenham ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emma Vulin	13,151	33.8	−11.5
	Liberal	David Farrelly	12,605	32.4	−9.8
	Independent	Brett Owen	3,157	8.1	+8.1
	Greens	Michelle Maibaum	2,571	6.6	−0.8
	Legalise Cannabis	Elissa Smith	2,010	5.2	+5.2
	One Nation	Angela Siladji	1,321	3.4	+3.4
	Family First	Christopher Gore	1,218	3.1	+3.1
	Animal Justice	Hannah Pledger-Firth	978	2.5	+2.5
	Freedom	Sammi Clarke	956	2.5	+2.5
	Democratic Labour	Sarasadat Sarkeshik	666	1.7	+0.1
	Independent	Rajvir Singh Sagoo	234	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			38,867	92.6	−1.1
Informal votes			3.089	7.4	+1.1
Turnout			41,956	87.4	+14.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Emma Vulin	19,587	50.4	−1.8
	Liberal	David Farrelly	19,280	49.6	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	–1.8

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
2. Hui, Jin (30 June 2021). "Our own MP". Pakenham Officer Star News. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
3. "Map of Pakenham District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
4. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
5. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
6. Pakenham District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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