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Last research run2026-10-02Australia/Melbourne

Victoria election 2026: dates, candidates and ways to take part

Who is in power

Premier Ben Carroll

Government: Australian Labor Party
Arrangement: Majority government
In power since: 2026-07-28

Ben Carroll was sworn in as Premier on 28 July 2026. The next state election is scheduled for 28 November 2026.

Research status

Checked 2026-10-02

Checked 2 October 2026 against the official Premier page, Parliament member CSV and September chamber membership lists, and the VEC 2026 election calendar. Assembly: 87 members plus the Brunswick vacancy. Historical election results and Census observations are labelled separately.

Editable source: content/states/vic.md

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Election timers.

Scheduled, expected, recent or last-possible dates are labelled directly on each card, including days-until, days-since and the markdown archive rule.

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VictoriaState general election

2026 Victorian State election

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28 Nov 2026

Scheduled

Enrolment closes 3 November at 8 pm. Nominations: 4 November 9 am to 9 November noon. Early voting: 18-27 November. All dates and times are Australia/Melbourne. No final candidate list is presented.

Days-since referencePrevious Victorian State election polling day

Days-since source

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VictoriaState by-election

Nepean District by-election

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2 May 2026

Historical result

Held 2 May 2026. Anthony Marsh retained Nepean for the Liberal Party. This historical result is distinct from current chamber composition.

Days-since referenceNepean District by-election polling day

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Chamber split

Party seats and named crossbench.

These totals are the data layer future agents should refresh when resignations, recounts or by-elections change the map.

Lower house

Legislative Assembly

88seats

Majority line: 45 seats

Australian Labor PartyALP
54
Liberal PartyLIB
20
The NationalsNAT
9
The Australian Greens - VictoriaGRN
2
Will Fowles and Darren Cheeseman2 MLAs
- Will FowlesRingwood
- Darren CheesemanSouth Barwon
Named member source
2
Vacant - BrunswickVAC
1

87 sitting members and one vacancy. Brunswick is vacant following Tim Read’s death on 19 September 2026; official Assembly list dated 21 September and member directory checked 2 October 2026.

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Upper house

Legislative Council

40seats

Majority line: 21 seats

Australian Labor PartyALP
15
Liberal PartyLIB
11
Adem Somyurek1 MLC
- Adem SomyurekNorthern Metropolitan
Named member source
1
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party VictoriaSFF
1
The NationalsNAT
2
Libertarian PartyLIBT
1
The Australian Greens - VictoriaGRN
4
Animal Justice PartyAJP
1
One Nation VictoriaON
1
Legalise Cannabis VictoriaLCV
2
Family First VictoriaFF
1

Current membership from Parliament CSV checked 2 October 2026, cross-checked with the 30 September Council list. Moira Deeming is Family First Victoria; Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell is One Nation Victoria; Adem Somyurek is independent. The old textual seating page is stale.