Victoria / 28 November 2026

The election.
The dates.
The people.

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Your starting point

There is more than one way to take part.

Find your place

Explore electorates, local evidence and the people representing you. Compare the state Parliament and council layers.

Councils and local representatives

Meet the announced candidates

Search by name, electorate, party or chamber. Follow the source, check the date and decide what matters to you.

Understand standing for election

Compare independent, registered-party and Council-group routes. Read the deadlines before choosing any next step.

Explore the civic workbench

Follow the institutions, local communities and sources behind public decisions.

First Peoples: community sources and statutory recognition
Parliament and its members

Keep the first decision simple

Party registration and candidate nomination are separate.

The deadline for a new party application for this election was 1 June 2026. It has passed. Candidate nominations are a different process: they open on 4 November. VEC registration deadline.

Stand as an individual independent

Nominate for one Assembly district or one Council region. Independent nominations need 6 enrolled district nominators for Assembly, or 50 enrolled region nominators per candidate for Council.

Stand with an existing registered party

A registered party can endorse a candidate and lodge their nomination and deposit centrally. Endorsement depends on that party’s own process; appearing on an announcement list is not yet formal nomination.

Form an independent Council group

At least two successfully nominated candidates in the same region can group together, specify their order and share a ballot column and above-the-line box. Independent-only groups cannot request a party group name. Ungrouped candidates appear below the line. VEC group rules.

Build an organisation; register a party later

An unregistered organisation can participate without registered-party ballot benefits. Later registration needs at least 500 eligible members, a constitution, an officer, an application and verification. Votes are not memberships, and winning a seat does not waive registration requirements. Registration process.

Standing: the short practical checklist

Check eligibility, Victorian enrolment and the VEC’s disqualifications. Living in the chosen electorate is not required.
Choose one electorate; complete the form and obtain the required nominator signatures.
Arrange AUD $350 per candidate in cash or bank cheque - $700 for two candidates.
Book and attend the election-office appointment with the form and deposit. Candidate Helper prepares the form; it does not lodge it.

VEC appointments: 4-6 November, 9 am-5 pm; 7 November, 9 am-1 pm. Monday 9 November is reserved for corrections. Any new Monday lodgement needs prior discussion with the election manager. Full eligibility and nomination instructions.

Deposits are refundable if elected, withdrawn in time, or the applicable 4% first-preference condition is met; grouped Council candidates have a group-total provision. Electoral Act, deposit provisions.

After election: affiliation and later party registration

A member changing party affiliation does not, by itself, lose their seat. That does not create a registered party or retrospectively change the ballot. The VEC cannot consider or complete registration between issue and return of the election writ. Registration carries an indexed fee; check the current amount with the VEC rather than relying on its older July 2025 dollar figure. Electoral Act, sections 45-46, 180 and 236 · Current registration guidance.

Money, records and public campaign material

A public candidacy announcement can trigger political-finance duties before nomination. A dedicated state campaign account, disclosure registration and financial records may be required. For 15 April-28 November 2026, the ordinary donor cap is $5,190 per recipient; reportable donations at the $1,290 threshold must be disclosed within 21 days. An approved new entrant may have a $10,380 cap; that higher cap is not automatic.

Donation rules and thresholds · State campaign account · New-entrant rules.

Websites and social posts made by or for candidates or regulated entities can need electoral authorisation. A non-commercial label alone does not decide these obligations. VEC authorisation guidance. This workbench does not collect nominator details, create accounts, accept payments or lodge applications.

How Council voting changes in 2026

Group voting tickets no longer apply. Voters must number at least five boxes above the line or at least five below the line. A five-member region’s quota is the whole number of formal votes divided by six, plus one (roughly 16.7%). Transfers and the full count matter; that is not a guaranteed first-preference winning target.

VEC: 2026 changes · VEC: counting votes

At a glance

What needs to happen, by when?

Dates are in Australia/Melbourne. A future nomination deadline does not establish that every party-registration route remains available.

1 June · passed
New-party application deadline
The VEC cannot accept late applications for registration for the 2026 election.
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21 October
Prepare the forms
Candidate Helper, nomination forms and election-office information become available.
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3 November · 8 pm
Enrolment closes
Writs issue that day. Check enrolment before the roll closes.
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4-7 November
Nomination appointments
Nominations open 4 November at 9 am. Independent appointment hours: 4-6 November, 9-5; 7 November, 9-1.
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9 November · noon
Nominations and Council grouping close
The legal deadline is noon. Monday appointments are for corrections; new lodgement requires prior election-manager discussion.
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18-27 November
Early voting
Check VEC locations and opening hours.
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28 November · 8-6
Election day
Victoria votes for its Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.
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19 December
Scheduled writ return
The formal timetable extends beyond polling day.
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Representation, without predictions

What would one or two seats mean?

Legislative Assembly

1 or 2 of 88 members

Each district elects one member. The Assembly determines who can command confidence to govern. A majority of all seats is 45; ordinary votes have their own procedural rules.

One or two members could matter to confidence or legislation if the wider result leaves other groups short of support. They do not guarantee a balance-of-power position.

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Legislative Council

1 or 2 of 40 members

Eight regions elect five members each. Council members scrutinise legislation and government. A majority of all seats is 21; attendance, abstentions and voting rules can affect individual decisions.

One or two members may affect a particular vote when other votes are closely divided. Council seats do not by themselves determine Assembly confidence or who forms government.

Explore all eight regions →

The influence of any member depends on the full election result and the votes on each question. Parliament: members and government · Parliament: decisions and voting.

Sourced announcements / status matters

Who has announced?

Election: 28 November 2026. Checked 2 October. Announcements and preselections are not formal nominations.

482 sourced announcement records

Coverage and source notes

482 sourced candidate records: 407 Assembly and 75 Council, across 14 affiliations. Checked 2 October 2026. This is a verified minimum from a bounded primary-source pass, not a complete field or final ballot. There are 481 announced records and one explicitly preselected record; none is asserted to be formally VEC-nominated.

Explore announcements across affiliations. Office-holding alone is not evidence of recontesting. Missing names or parties mean unverified coverage, not absence or withdrawal. Council ticket order is not inferred. Socialist Alliance is an announced affiliation, not a verified registered ballot label. One Nation’s registered Victorian name is One Nation Victoria.

Coverage gaps and conflicting source records

Labor’s 37 and Nationals’ 6 records exclude unsupported incumbent assumptions; neither has a verified Council record in this pass. Fusion says candidates are being finalised. No November candidate was verified in the bounded searches for Shooters, Fishers and Farmers, Australian Citizens, Christian Alliance - Reform AU, DLP, Free Palestine, Put Australia First, Safety Victoria, The Republican, Frontline Workers, Ian Cook’s Fair Go Party or Victorians Party.

Independent leads Ali Cupper, Ron Nelson, Raymond French and Steve Manning remain unverified here. Two Animal Justice Party pod assignments conflict with the current directory and agreeing profiles: Chloe Nicolosi is retained once for Bundoora and Rachel Unicomb once for Broadmeadows. Their cards preserve the source conflict. Uncorroborated pod and secondary-news claims are retained in research notes, not added as candidates.

Per-party coverage, source method and separate historical/review records

Aaron Qin

Australian Greens Victoria

Box Hill · Assembly

Announced

There is more than one way to take part.

Find your place

Meet the announced candidates

Understand standing for election

Explore the civic workbench

Party registration and candidate nomination are separate.

Stand as an individual independent

Stand with an existing registered party

Form an independent Council group

Build an organisation; register a party later

What needs to happen, by when?

New-party application deadline

Prepare the forms

Enrolment closes

Nomination appointments

Nominations and Council grouping close

Early voting

Election day

Scheduled writ return

What would one or two seats mean?

1 or 2 of 88 members

1 or 2 of 40 members

Who has announced?

Aaron Qin

Aaron Sanford

Adam Bremner

Adam Helman

Adam Pulford

Adrian Dowell

Adrian Maher

Aiv Puglielli

Alec Ferguson

Alessandra Soliven

Alex Breskin

Alex Vangalen

Alexander Fagan

Alexander Lopez

Allan Doensen

Alysia Regan

Alyssa Weaver

Alyssa Wormald

Amanda Dow

Amanda Millar

Amelia Hamer

Amy Barry-Macaulay

Amy Espeseth

Amy Mills

Analise Sherlock

Anasina Gray-Barberio

Anastasia Sagris-Desmond

Andrew Bell

Andrew Cheeseman

Andrew Cook

Andrew Elsbury

Andrew Govanstone

Andrew Henley

Andrew Lethlean

Andy Pobjoy

Andy Raven

Angel Dolejší

Angelica Di Camillo

Angelica Panopoulos

Ann Seeley

Anna Malcolm

Annalise Mercer

Anneke Demanuele

Annette Death

Anthony Blight

April Worsley

Arthur Tsoutsoulis

Ash Munro

Ashli Beards

Athol Thomas

Bailey McCracken

Bao Huynh

Baris Duzova

Ben Gilbert

Ben Hocking

Ben Lucas

Ben Milne