Electoral results for the district of Hastings

For the former New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral results for the district of The Hastings (New South Wales).

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Hastings in Victorian state elections.

Members for Hastings

Member		Party	Term
	Rosy Buchanan	Labor	2002–2006
	Neale Burgess	Liberal	2006–2022
	Paul Mercurio	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Hastings ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Briony Hutton	16,415	39.8	−5.0
	Labor	Paul Mercurio	15,361	37.3	−1.4
	Greens	Paul Saunders	4,118	10.0	−0.2
	Animal Justice	Tyson Jack	1,736	4.2	−1.9
	Freedom	Janet Felicity Benson	1,235	3.0	+3.0
	Family First	Tom Sabo	1,001	2.4	+2.4
	Democratic Labour	Camille De Wit	833	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Robert Whitehill	533	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			41,232	94.6	+0.2
Informal votes			2,369	5.4	−0.2
Turnout			43,601	89.6	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Mercurio	21,174	51.4	+1.3
	Liberal	Briony Hutton	20,058	48.6	−1.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.3

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Hastings ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neale Burgess	20,361	46.31	−4.89
	Labor	Simon Meyer	16,916	38.47	+6.99
	Greens	Nathan Lesslie	3,811	8.67	+1.23
	Animal Justice	Georgia Knight	2,880	6.55	+6.55
Total formal votes			43,968	94.23	+0.13
Informal votes			2,691	5.77	−0.13
Turnout			46,659	90.80	−3.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neale Burgess	22,452	51.06	−6.59
	Labor	Simon Meyer	21,516	48.94	+6.59
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.59

2014 Victorian state election: Hastings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neale Burgess	21,316	51.2	−1.7
	Labor	Steven Hosking	13,109	31.5	−0.7
	Greens	Derek Fagan	3,096	7.4	+0.4
	Independent	Robert Andersson	2,133	5.1	+5.1
	Country Alliance	Scot Leslie	940	2.3	+0.8
	Rise Up Australia	Colin Robertson	697	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Paul Madigan	343	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			41,634	94.1	−0.2
Informal votes			2,608	5.9	+0.2
Turnout			44,242	93.8	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neale Burgess	24,036	57.6	−2.0
	Labor	Steven Hosking	17,657	42.4	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.0

2010 Victorian state election: Hastings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neale Burgess	21,656	54.10	+9.58
	Labor	Steve Hosking	12,262	30.63	-9.78
	Greens	Catherine Manning	3,073	7.68	+0.66
	Sex Party	Joe Mavrikos	994	2.48	+2.48
	Family First	Melanie Marcin	775	1.94	-2.89
	Country Alliance	Dan Martin	670	1.67	+1.67
	Democratic Labor	Rob Jones	381	0.95	+0.95
	Independent	Aldona Martin	218	0.54	+0.54
Total formal votes			40,029	94.44	-1.64
Informal votes			2,356	5.56	+1.64
Turnout			42,385	93.78	-0.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neale Burgess	24,379	60.78	+9.79
	Labor	Steve Hosking	15,728	39.22	-9.79
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.79

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Hastings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neale Burgess	16,111	44.5	-1.6
	Labor	Rosy Buchanan	14,625	40.4	-3.0
	Greens	Francine Buckley	2,540	7.0	-2.3
	Family First	Melanie Marcin	1,748	4.8	+4.8
	National	Jim King	816	2.3	+2.3
	People Power	Stuart Holm	351	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			36,191	96.1	-0.7
Informal votes			1,475	3.9	+0.7
Turnout			37,666	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neale Burgess	18,454	51.0	+1.9
	Labor	Rosy Buchanan	17,737	49.0	-1.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.9

2002 Victorian state election: Hastings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neale Burgess	15,695	46.1	-8.7
	Labor	Rosy Buchanan	14,790	43.4	+6.3
	Greens	Willem Olivier	3,178	9.3	+9.2
	Citizens Electoral Council	Henry Broadbent	397	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			34,060	96.8	-0.7
Informal votes			1,133	3.2	+0.7
Turnout			35,193	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rosy Buchanan	17,321	50.9	+8.0
	Liberal	Neale Burgess	16,739	49.1	-8.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.0

References

• "Hastings District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

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