Electoral results for the district of Melton

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

Members for Melton

Member		Party	Term
	David Cunningham	Labor	1992–1999
	Don Nardella	Labor	1999–2017
		Independent	2017–2018
	Steve McGhie	Labor	2018–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Melton ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve McGhie	14,193	37.73	+3.33
	Liberal	Graham Watt	9,155	24.34	+7.94
	Independent	Ian Birchall	3,403	9.05	-4.15
	Independent	Jarrod James Bingham	2,186	5.81	+0.80
	Greens	Praise Morris	1,711	4.55	-0.05
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Paul Blackborrow	1,682	4.47	+4.47
	Democratic Labour	Ashley Alp	1,629	4.33	+1.53
	Family First	Richard Brunt	946	2.51	+2.51
	Animal Justice	Fiona Adin-James	743	1.98	−0.72
	Freedom	Tony Dobran	717	1.91	+1.91
	Justice	Samantha Jane Donald	663	1.76	+1.76
	New Democrats	Jasleen Kaur	242	0.64	+0.64
	Health Australia	Lucienne Ciappara	219	0.58	+0.58
	Independent	Jason Spencer Perera	130	0.35	+0.35
Total formal votes			37,619	88.86	–1.08
Informal votes			4,716	11.14	+1.08
Turnout			42,335	84.42	–3.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve McGhie	20,538	54.59	−0.41
	Liberal	Graham Watt	17,081	45.41	+0.41
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.41

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Melton ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve McGhie	14,691	34.93	−15.52
	Liberal	Ryan Farrow	7,844	18.65	−12.20
	Independent	Ian Birchall	4,402	10.47	+10.47
	Independent	Bob Turner	4,108	9.77	+9.77
	Independent	Jarrod Bingham	2,842	6.76	+6.76
	Independent	Sophie Ramsey	2,260	5.37	+5.37
	Greens	Harkirat Singh	1,980	4.71	−2.56
	Animal Justice	Tania Milton	1,185	2.82	+2.82
	Democratic Labour	Victor Bennett	1,166	2.77	+2.77
	Independent	Daryl Lang	878	2.09	+2.09
	Independent	Grant Stirling	424	1.01	+1.01
	Victorian Socialists	Ron Guy	275	0.65	+0.65
Total formal votes			42,055	89.94	−1.93
Informal votes			4,704	10.06	+1.93
Turnout			46,759	87.72	−4.84
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve McGhie	22,830	54.29	−6.93
	Liberal	Ryan Farrow	19,225	45.71	+6.93
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.93

2014 Victorian state election: Melton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Nardella	19,272	50.5	+0.4
	Liberal	Daryl Lang	11,783	30.8	+0.9
	Greens	Marie-Anne Cooper	2,777	7.3	−1.5
	Voice for the West	Monika Thomas	1,544	4.0	+4.0
	Independent	Matt DeLeon	1,392	3.6	+0.2
	Christians	Mabor Chaudhuol	532	1.4	+1.4
	Country Alliance	Sav Mangion	443	1.2	−1.3
	Independent	Victor Bennett	338	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Mohamad Aljofan	114	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			38,195	91.9	−0.9
Informal votes			3,379	8.1	+0.9
Turnout			41,574	92.6	+4.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Nardella	23,495	61.2	−2.4
	Liberal	Daryl Lang	14,885	38.8	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.4

2010 Victorian state election: Melton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Nardella	18,520	49.44	-5.00
	Liberal	Braidy Kean	11,615	31.01	+3.17
	Greens	Katrina Bradfield	3,247	8.67	+2.24
	Family First	Samir Sabeh	1,431	3.82	-2.80
	Independent	Matt DeLeon	1,260	3.36	+3.36
	Country Alliance	Sav Mangion	893	2.38	+2.38
	Socialist Alliance	Ron Guy	494	1.32	+1.32
Total formal votes			37,460	92.75	-1.35
Informal votes			2,926	7.25	+1.35
Turnout			40,386	92.55	-0.49
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Nardella	23,525	62.78	-0.76
	Liberal	Braidy Kean	13,947	37.22	+0.76
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.76

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Melton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Nardella	18,442	54.4	-0.7
	Liberal	Graham Hooper	9,430	27.8	+2.9
	Family First	Pamela Lee	2,242	6.6	+6.6
	Greens	Jeremy Sanders	2,177	6.4	-1.0
	Independent	John Southall	856	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	John Goodman	729	2.2	-1.0
Total formal votes			33,876	94.1	-1.4
Informal votes			2,123	5.9	+1.4
Turnout			35,999	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Nardella	21,513	63.5	-1.8
	Liberal	Graham Hooper	12,345	36.5	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.8

2002 Victorian state election: Melton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Nardella	17,535	55.1	+0.7
	Liberal	Richard Gough	7,919	24.9	-17.2
	Greens	Ken Stewart	2,355	7.4	+6.9
	Independent	John Hyett	2,199	6.9	+6.9
	Independent	John Goodman	1,028	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Terry Muscat	669	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Frank McColl	111	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			31,816	95.5	-0.5
Informal votes			1,495	4.5	+0.5
Turnout			33,311	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Nardella	20,764	65.3	+8.7
	Liberal	Richard Gough	11,022	34.7	-8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Melton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Nardella	24,237	61.3	-0.8
	Liberal	John McGeary	15,294	38.7	+0.8
Total formal votes			39,531	95.5	-1.2
Informal votes			1,862	4.5	+1.2
Turnout			41,393	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

1996 Victorian state election: Melton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Cunningham	21,238	62.2	+9.1
	Liberal	Margaret Wood	12,928	37.8	+2.3
Total formal votes			34,166	96.7	+1.5
Informal votes			1,178	3.3	-1.5
Turnout			35,344	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

1992 Victorian state election: Melton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Cunningham	15,184	53.0	-3.7
	Liberal	Therese Samson	10,159	35.5	+3.9
	Independent	Peter Taylor	1,903	6.6	+6.6
	Independent	David Toms	1,377	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			28,623	95.1	+0.2
Informal votes			1,462	4.9	-0.2
Turnout			30,085	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Cunningham	16,883	60.0	-2.1
	Liberal	Therese Samson	11,236	40.0	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.1

References

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

1. Melton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
2. State Election 2018: Melton District, VEC.