Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections

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This is a list of local government area results for the 2020 Victorian local elections.[1]

Alpine[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Alpine[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ron Janas (elected 1) 1,525 17.15
Independent Kelli Prime (elected 2) 1,157 13.01
Independent Tony Keeble (elected 3) 973 10.94
Animal Justice Charlie Vincent (elected 4) 812 9.13 +9.13
Independent Katarina Chalwell (elected 5) 749 8.42
Independent Sarah Nicholas (elected 6) 642 7.22
Independent John Forsyth (elected 7) 604 7.29
Independent Daryl Pearce 521 5.86
Independent Simon Kelley 506 5.69
Independent Mario Vaccaro 483 5.43
Independent Mickey Fletcher 430 4.84
Independent Kitty Knappstein 284 3.19
Independent Jean-Pierre Ronco 205 2.31
Total formal votes 8,891 95.04
Informal votes 464 4.96
Turnout 9,355 83.76
Party total votes
  Independent 8,079 90.87
  Animal Justice 812 9.13 +9.13
Party total seats Seats ±
  Independent 6 Decrease 1
  Animal Justice 1 Increase 1

Ararat[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Ararat[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent National Jo Armstrong (elected 1) 2,770 38.49
Independent William Waterston (elected 3) 862 11.98
Independent Bob Sanders (elected 4) 731 10.16
Independent Gwenda Allgood (elected 6) 538 7.48
Independent Henry Burridge (elected 5) 537 7.46
Independent Neil Manning 351 4.88
Independent Peter Beales (elected 2) 317 4.41
Independent Rob Armstrong (elected 7) 295 4.10
Independent Jane Goninon 284 3.95
Independent Colin McKenzie 212 2.95
Independent Bernardine Atkinson 165 2.29
Independent Cecilia Fresle 134 1.86
Total formal votes 7,196 95.90
Informal votes 308 4.10
Turnout 7,504 83.80
Party total votes
  Independent 4,426 61.51
  Independent National 2,770 38.49
Party total seats Seats ±
  Independent 6 Steady
  Independent National 1 Steady

Ballarat[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Ballarat[6]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 20,266 29.57 −17.82 3 Increase 1
  Independent Liberal 17,403 25.39 −1.92 3 Decrease 1
  Labor 17,213 25.11 +11.62 2 Steady
  Greens 11,614 16.94 +4.13 1 Steady
  Australia First 1,391 2.03 +2.03 0 Steady
  Animal Justice 659 0.96 +0.96 0 Steady
 Formal votes 68,546 97.97
 Informal votes 1,420 2.03
 Total 69,966 100.0
 Registered voters / turnout 84,694 82.61

Central[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Central Ward[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Belinda Coates 5,889 26.16 +4.83
Independent Mark Harris 4,090 18.17 −11.97
Independent Liberal Samantha McIntosh 3,886 17.26 −3.04
Independent Nick Shady 2,884 12.81
Labor Geoff Howard 2,306 10.24 +1.75
Labor Kumuda Simpson 1,691 7.51 +7.51
Independent John Dooley 1,012 4.50 +4.50
Independent Stephen Jones 754 3.35 +3.35
Turnout 23,186 82.47
Greens hold Swing +4.83
Independent hold Swing −11.97
Independent Liberal hold Swing −3.04

North[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: North Ward[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Amy Johnson 6,335 26.75 −0.77
Independent Peter Eddy 3,868 16.34 +16.34
Greens Ellen Burns 3,392 14.33 +4.33
Labor Daniel Moloney 2,931 12.38 +1.92
Labor Jay Morrison 2,691 11.36 +11.36
Independent David Harris 1,968 8.31 +8.31
Independent Liberal Grant Tillett 1,834 7.75 −6.85
Animal Justice Bryn Hills 659 2.78 +2.78
Turnout 23,678 84.68 +6.98
Independent Liberal hold Swing −0.77
Independent gain from Liberal Swing +16.34
Labor hold Swing +1.92

South[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: South Ward[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Des Hudson 5,841 26.13 +3.87
Independent Liberal Ben Taylor 5,348 23.92 +5.02
Greens Jackson Snep 2,333 10.44 +3.95
Independent Tracey Hargreaves 2,315 10.36 +10.36
Independent Jim Rinaldi 2,079 9.30 +9.30
Labor Bridget Aitchison 1,753 7.84 +7.84
Australia First Susan Jakobi 1,391 6.22 +6.22
Independent Rachel Muir 1,296 5.80 +5.80
Turnout 23,102 83.67
Labor hold Swing +3.87
Independent Liberal hold Swing +5.02
Independent gain from Independent Swing +10.36

Bass Coast[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Bass Coast[8][9]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 16,082 47.68 6
  Independent National 6,372 18.89 1
  Independent Liberal 4,645 13.77 1
  Independent Labor 4,284 12.70 1
  Greens 1,639 4.86 0
  Liberal 708 2.10 0
 Formal votes 33,730 96.91
 Informal votes 1,077 3.09
 Total 34,807 100.0 9
 Registered voters / turnout 42,627 81.65

Bunurong[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Bunurong Ward[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent National Brett Tessari 6,372 49.91
Independent Labor Leticia Laing 2,212 17.33
Greens Michael Nugent 1,639 12.84
Independent Les Larke 1,327 10.39
Independent Liberal Julian Brown 1,217 9.53
Turnout 13,115 83.48
Independent National win Swing
Independent Labor win Swing
Independent win Swing

Island[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Island Ward[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Whelan 2,544 25.17
Independent Ron Bauer 2,239 22.16
Independent David Rooks 2,135 21.13
Independent Jeni Jobe 985 9.75
Independent Trish Cereni 740 7.32
Liberal Ash Belsar 708 7.01
Independent Mikhaela Barlow 438 4.33
Independent Darrell Silva 317 3.14
Turnout 10,538 80.65
Independent win Swing
Independent win Swing
Independent win Swing

Western Port[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Western Port Ward[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Bruce Kent 3,428 31.57
Independent Rochelle Halstead 2,872 26.45
Independent Clare Le Serve 2,485 22.89
Independent Labor Geoff Ellis 2,072 19.08
Turnout 11,154 80.53
Independent Liberal win Swing
Independent win Swing
Independent win Swing

Bayside[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Bayside[10]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 49,900 79.66 7 Increase 2
  Liberal 7,040 11.23 0 Decrease 2
  Greens 4,894 7.81 0 Steady
  Sustainable Australia 810 1.29 +1.29 0 Steady
 Formal votes 62,644

Beckett[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Beckett Ward[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Clarke Martin 3,905 43.59 +43.59
Greens Crystal Cartwright 2,220 24.78 +24.78
Independent Paul Kalimnakis 827 9.23 +9.23
Independent David Williams 775 8.65 +8.65
Independent Peter Varsamis 581 6.49 +6.49
Independent Jennifer A. Randles 460 5.13 +5.13
Independent Albert H.S. Matthews 191 2.13 +2.13
Turnout 8,959
After distribution of preferences
Independent Clarke Martin 4,519 50.44 +50.44
Greens Crystal Cartwright 3,064 34.20 +34.20
Independent Paul Kalimnakis 1,376 15.36 +15.36
Independent win (new ward)

Bleazby[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Bleazby Ward[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alex Del Porto 2,264 24.61 +24.61
Independent Karen Kimber 1,212 13.18 +13.18
Independent Stavroula Psonis 1,060 11.52 +11.52
Independent Rosie Grech 796 8.65 +8.65
Independent Lindsey Joffe 712 7.74 +7.74
Independent Steve Wolf 701 7.62 +7.62
Independent David Fonda 588 6.39 +6.39
Independent Darren Mitchell 411 4.47 +4.47
Independent Jack Mills 369 4.01 +4.01
Independent Phillip Goldberg 331 3.60 +3.60
Independent Helen Tachos 309 3.36 +3.36
Independent Carlo Toncich 236 2.57 +2.57
Independent Thalia Kioussis 111 1.21 +1.21
Independent Cedric Van Spall 98 1.07 +1.07
Turnout 9,198
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Alex Del Porto 4,927 53.57 +53.57
Independent Stavroula Psonis 4,271 46.53 +46.53
Independent win (new ward)

Boyd[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Boyd Ward[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Colleen Harkin 1,731 18.54 +18.54
Independent Fiona Stitfold 1,537 16.46 +16.46
Independent Craig Francis 1,302 13.94 +13.94
Independent Evan Packer 1,260 13.49 +13.49
Independent Olivia Russell 1,116 11.95 +11.95
Independent Kylie McIntosh 1,054 11.29 +11.29
Greens Jamie Paterson 1,029 11.02 +11.02
Independent Michael Norris 309 3.31 +3.31
Turnout 9,338
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Fiona Stitfold 4,957 53.08 +53.08
Liberal Colleen Harkin 4,381 46.92 +46.92
Independent win (new ward)

Castlefield[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Castlefield Ward[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rob Grinter 3,181 32.50 +32.50
Independent Jo Samuel-King 1,487 15.19 +15.19
Independent James Long 1,377 13.66 +13.66
Independent Jessica Batt 1,326 13.55 +13.55
Independent Kevin Howard 744 7.60 +7.60
Independent David Rothfield 664 6.78 +6.78
Independent Arron Wood 357 3.65 +3.65
Independent Alistair Ward 298 3.04 +3.04
Independent Timothy Wood 275 2.81 +2.81
Independent Nicholas Batzialas 119 1.22 +1.22
Turnout 9,788
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jo Samuel-King 5,154 52.66 +52.66
Liberal Rob Grinter 4,634 47.34 +47.34
Independent win (new ward)

Dendy[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Dendy Ward[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael Heffernan 2,128 24.82 +24.82
Independent Hanna El Mouallem 1,503 17.53 +17.53
Independent Joanne Bryant 1,271 14.82 +14.82
Independent Daniel Cullen 714 8.33 +8.33
Independent Anne Fitzgerald 649 7.57 +7.57
Independent Joshua S. Goldstat 634 7.52 +7.52
Independent David Lurie 622 7.25 +7.25
Independent Sam Seoud 453 5.28 +5.28
Independent Sarah Merrick 307 3.58 +3.58
Independent Judy Farrugia 282 3.29 +3.29
Turnout 8,574
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Hanna El Mouallem 4,563 53.22 +53.22
Liberal Michael Heffernan 4,011 46.78 +46.78
Independent win (new ward)

Ebden[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Ebden Ward[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Laurence Evans 2,616 30.86 +30.86
Independent Anna Rabinov 1,174 13.85 +13.85
Independent Carolyn D. Brown 1,153 13.60 +13.60
Independent Clifford Mallard 991 11.69 +11.69
Independent Leah Kaminsky 945 11.15 +11.15
Greens Derek Wilson 890 10.50 +10.50
Independent John Knight 708 8.35 +8.35
Turnout 8,574
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Laurence Evans 5,130 60.52 +60.52
Independent Anna Rabinov 3,347 39.48 +39.48
Independent win (new ward)

Ivison[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Ivison Ward[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sonia Castelli 1,718 20.67 +20.67
Independent Marlene J. Johnson 1,658 19.95 +19.95
Sustainable Australia Brandon Hoult 810 9.75 +9.75
Independent Gio Fitzpatrick 806 9.70 +9.70
Greens Sarah Dekiere 755 9.09 +9.09
Independent Scott Porteus 618 7.44 +7.44
Independent Marcus Barber 612 7.36 +7.36
Independent Nicole Finn 609 7.33 +7.33
Independent Kannan Nair 452 5.44 +5.44
Independent Shani Y. Langer 272 3.27 +3.27
Turnout 8,310
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Sonia Castelli 4,848 58.34 +58.34
Independent Marlene J. Johnson 3,462 41.66 +41.66
Independent win (new ward)

Boroondara[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Boroondara[11][12]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 60,052 57.36 6 Increase 1
  Burwood Liberals 31,700 30.28 4 Steady
  Greens 5,999 5.43 1 Increase 1
  Independent Liberal 2,745 2.32 0 Steady
  Animal Justice 2,122 2.03 0 Steady
  Independent Labor 1,929 1.68 0 Decrease 1
  Independent Greens 990 0.90 0 Steady
 Formal votes 104,695 97.85
 Informal votes 2,295 2.15
 Total 106,990 100.00 11 Increase 1

Bellevue[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Bellevue Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jim Parke 4,431 44.73
Independent Greg Ball 1,994 18.33
Greens Astrid Judge 1,796 16.51
Animal Justice Sienna Watson 1,280 11.77
Independent Austin King 1,043 9.59
Independent Alex Sawyer 335 3.08
Turnout 11,083 87.42
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jim Parke 6,095 56.03
Independent Greg Ball 4,784 43.97
Independent hold Swing N/A

Cotham[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Cotham Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Burwood Liberals Felicity Sinfield 4,952 49.10
Independent Bill Young 3,900 38.67
Independent Liberal Keiron Long 1,233 12.23
Turnout 10,293 86.99
Two-candidate-preferred result
Burwood Liberals Felicity Sinfield 5,807 57.58
Independent Bill Young 4,278 42.42
Burwood Liberals hold Swing N/A

Gardiner[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Gardiner Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Victor Franco 3,724 36.19
Burwood Liberals Catherine Diggins 2,830 27.51
Independent Simon James Denton 1,670 16.23
Independent Terence Guthridge 1,078 10.48
Independent Greg Selkirk 987 9.59
Turnout 10,497 86.10
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Victor Franco 5,478 53.24
Burwood Liberals Catherine Diggins 4,811 46.76
Independent hold Swing N/A

Glenferrie[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Glenferrie Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Wes Gault 2,608 31.14
Independent Labor Steve Hurd 1,929 23.03
Burwood Liberals Henry Kerr 1,829 21.84
Independent Florence Edwards 1,273 15.20
Independent Luke Balasingam 604 7.21
Independent Lindon Brian Parbery 132 1.58
Turnout 8,587 77.07
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Wes Gault 4,654 55.57
Burwood Liberals Henry Kerr 3,721 44.03
Greens gain from Independent Labor Swing N/A

Junction[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Junction Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Di Gillies 4,311 52.05
Independent Greg Deakin 1,527 18.44
Independent Rowan Story 1,323 15.97
Burwood Liberals Ralph Krien 1,122 13.55
Turnout 8,434 79.10
Independent hold Swing N/A

Lynden[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Lynden Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Burwood Liberals Lisa Hollingsworth 5,651 56.36
Independent Charlotte Wang 2,349 23.43
Independent Carl Le 2,027 20.22
Turnout 10,220 86.95
Burwood Liberals hold Swing N/A

Maling[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Maling Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jane Addis 3,298 35.44
Independent Kristy Joy McIlvenna 1,303 14.00
Independent Richard Wilson 1,126 12.10
Independent Peter Campbell 938 10.08
Independent Peter Barclay 921 9.90
Burwood Liberals James Danches 706 7.59
Independent Robert Dennis 687 7.38
Independent Anthony Robert Deicmanis 326 3.50
Turnout 9,521 87.59
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jane Addis 5,420 58.25
Independent Kristy Joy McIlvenna 3,885 41/75
Independent hold Swing N/A

Maranoa[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Maranoa Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Burwood Liberals Cynthia Watson 3,458 35.91
Independent Yolanda Torrisi 1,374 14.27
Independent Chris Pattas 1,299 13.49
Independent Helen Grace Tsoutsouvas 1,160 12.05
Independent Liberal Bonnie Brown 1,136 11.80
Independent Mark Newlan 673 6.99
Independent Dennis Whelan 530 5.50
Turnout 9,900 86.55
Two-candidate-preferred result
Burwood Liberals Cynthia Watson 5,759 59.80
Independent Yolanda Torrisi 3,871 40.20
Burwood Liberals hold Swing N/A

Riversdale[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Riversdale Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Susan Biggar 2,997 36.66
Burwood Liberals Paul Dipnall 1,656 20.26
Independent Rob Baillieu 1,345 16.45
Independent Greens Nicholas Bieber 990 12.11
Burwood Liberals Sali Miftari 811 9.92
Independent Liberal Emily Kusay 376 4.60
Turnout 8,378 79.32
After distribution of preferences
Independent Susan Biggar 4,253 52.02
Burwood Liberals Paul Dipnall 1,980 24.22
Independent Rob Baillieu 1,942 23.76
Independent win (new ward)

Solway[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Solway Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Burwood Liberals Garry Thompson 4,028 41.65
Independent Alan Jane 3,251 33.61
Independent Sam Fitchett 2,393 24.74
Turnout 9,866 88.11
Burwood Liberals hold Swing N/A

Studley[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Studley Ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Burwood Liberals Ander Peterson 2,018 20.23
Burwood Liberals Nick Stavrou 1,675 16.79
Greens Qiqi Chen 1,595 15.99
Independent Annabel Yates 1,449 14.53
Independent Michele Agustin-Guarino 1,395 13.98
Independent Kym Sullivan 924 9.26
Independent Amelia Clark 919 9.29
Turnout 10,211 83.09
Two-candidate-preferred result
Burwood Liberals Nick Stavrou 5,083 50.96
Independent Annabel Yates 4,892 49.04
Burwood Liberals hold Swing N/A

Buloke[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Buloke[13]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 1,346 100.0 7 Steady
 Formal votes 1,346 99.12
 Informal votes 12 0.88
 Total 1,358 100.00

Lower Avoca[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Lower Avoca Ward[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Carolyn Stewart (elected) 678 50.37
Independent David Thomas Pollard (elected) 534 39.67
Independent Kelvin Getley 134 9.96
Total formal votes 1,346 99.12
Informal votes 12 0.88
Turnout 1,358 82.91

Mallee[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Mallee Ward[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alan Ronald Getley (elected) unopposed
Independent David Vis (elected) unopposed
Registered electors

Mount Jeffcott[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Mallee Ward[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Daryl Warren (elected) unopposed
Independent Graeme Leon Milne (elected) unopposed
Independent Bronwyn Simpson (elected) unopposed
Registered electors

Colac Otway[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Colac Otway[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe McCracken (elected 1) 3,637 22.98
Independent Chris Potter (elected 2) 1,889 11.94
Independent Graham Costin (elected 3) 1,727 10.91
Greens Stephen Hart (elected 5) 1,528 9.66
Independent Kate Hanson (elected 4) 1,425 9.00
Independent Jamie Bell (elected 6) 1,251 7.91
Independent Tosh-Jake Finnigan 1,052 6.65
Put Climate First Susan Langridge 832 5.26 +5.26
Independent Margaret White (elected 7) 678 4.28
Independent Catriona Ebeling 597 3.77
Independent Max Arnott 414 2.62
Independent Maxwell Clark 269 1.70
Independent Carol Lofts 264 1.67
Independent Mark McCallum 262 1.64
Total formal votes 15,825 94.96
Informal votes 840 5.04
Turnout 16,665 84.61
Party total votes
  Independent 9,828 62.10
  Liberal 3,637 22.98
  Greens 1,528 9.66
  Put Climate First 832 5.26 +5.26
Party total seats Seats ±
  Independent 5 Steady
  Liberal 1 Steady
  Greens 1 Steady

Darebin[edit]

The Labor Party did not officially endorse candidates, however 10 party members contested as candidates for Labor Members for Darebin (including one who was later disendorsed) and a further four contested as Independent Labor candidates.[15]

2020 Victorian local elections: Darebin[16][17][18]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Independent 26,794 29.05 3 Steady
  Greens 22,661 24.57 3 Decrease 1
  Darebin Labor 20,519 22.24 3 Increase 1
  Victorian Socialists 6,977 7.56 0 Steady
  Independent Labor 4,939 5.35 0 Steady
  Save The Planet 2,934 3.18 0 Steady
  Reason 1,913 2.07 0 Steady
  Independent Liberal 1,853 2.01 0 Steady
  Liberal Democrats 899 0.97 0 Steady
 Turnout 92,225 97.00

Central[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Central Ward[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Esther Kennedy 2,391 25.83 +25.83
Independent Lina Messina 2,339 25.27 +13.70[a]
Darebin Labor Peter Gonis 1,249 13.50 +13.50
Independent Labor Jim Shen 1,226 13.25 +13.25
Victorian Socialists Omar Hassan 808 8.73 +8.73
Independent Craig Walters 571 6.17 +2.95[a]
Independent Brendan John Cameron 457 4.94 +4.94
Independent Labor Nalliah Suriyakumaran 214 2.31 +0.88[a]
Turnout 9,583 78.72
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Lina Messina 4,712 50.91 N/A
Greens Esther Kennedy 4,543 49.09 N/A
Independent win (new ward)

North Central[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: North Central Ward[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Darebin Labor Julie Williams 3,049 32.86 +21.63[a]
Greens Monique Keel 1,768 19.05 +19.05
Independent Jessica Sullivan 1,212 13.06 +13.06
Independent Benny Pascuzzi 967 10.42 +10.42
Victorian Socialists Seb Evans 740 7.97 +7.97
Independent Melanie Triantafillidis 617 6.65 +2.84[a]
Independent Labor Louise Shen-Kenney 605 6.52 +6.52
Independent Alice Maddineni 321 3.46 +2.56[b]
Turnout 9,610 78.35
Two-candidate-preferred result
Darebin Labor Julie Williams 5,441 58.64 N/A
Greens Monique Keel 3,838 41.36 N/A
Darebin Labor win (new ward)

North East[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: North East Ward[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Darebin Labor Tim Laurence 3,371 34.78 +18.97[b]
Independent Adam Cursio 1,917 19.78 +19.78
Save The Planet Bryony Edwards 1,438 14.84 +10.62[c]
Victorian Socialists Steven Chang 847 8.74 +8.74
Independent Greg Chiminello 737 7.60 +7.60
Greens Dave Lee 648 6.69 +6.69
Independent Kush Singh 426 4.40 +4.40
Independent Lutvi Tair 308 3.18 +2.45[c]
Turnout 10,055 81.66
Two-candidate-preferred result
Darebin Labor Tim Laurence 5,503 56.78 N/A
Independent Adam Cursio 4,189 43.22 N/A
Darebin Labor win (new ward)

North West[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: North West Ward[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gaetano Greco 4,014 39.84 +18.43[b]
Reason Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins 1,913 18.99 +18.99
Independent Labor Sofia Kotanidis[d] 1,917 18.69 +13.41[c]
Independent Labor Douglas Leitch 977 9.70 +9.70
Greens Alec Wilmot 719 7.14 +7.14
Victorian Socialists Adam Bottomley 570 5.66 +5.66
Turnout 10,459 82.35
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Gaetano Greco 6,091 60.45 N/A
Reason Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins 3,985 39.55 N/A
Independent win (new ward)

South[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: South Ward[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Tom Hannan 4,063 37.73 +35.96[c]
Darebin Labor Chiara Lawry 2,960 27.49 +27.49
Independent Zac Galbally 1,717 15.94 +15.94
Independent Hugh Morris-Dalton 1,546 14.36 +14.36
Victorian Socialists Liam Ward 483 4.49 +4.49
Turnout 10,975 81.34
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Tom Hannan 5,883 54.63 N/A
Darebin Labor Chiara Lawry 4,886 45.37 N/A
Greens win (new ward)

South Central[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: South Central Ward[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Susan Rennie 3,564 35.54 +21.30[c]
Greens Harriet De Kok 1,992 19.87 +19.87
Darebin Labor Peter Willis 1,506 15.02 +15.02
Independent Kathy Zisiadis 883 8.81 +8.81
Victorian Socialists Roz Ward 774 7.72 +7.72
Darebin Labor Ash Verma 643 6.41 +1.98[c]
Independent Agapi Pashos 480 4.79 +4.79
Independent Ross Dabscheck 185 1.85 +0.20[c]
Turnout 10,337 78.85
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Susan Rennie 6,110 60.94 N/A
Greens Harriet De Kok 3,917 39.06 N/A
Independent win (new ward)

South East[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: South East Ward[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Darebin Labor Emily Dimitriades 4,626 43.91 +43.91
Greens Julie O'Brien 2,641 25.07 +25.07
Independent Liberal Oliver Walsh 1,853 17.59 +17.59
Save The Planet Philip David Sutton 711 6.75 +6.75
Victorian Socialists Jess Lenehan 703 6.67 +6.67
Turnout 10,827 82.13
Two-candidate-preferred result
Darebin Labor Emily Dimitriades 6,185 58.71 N/A
Greens Julie O'Brien 4,349 41.29 N/A
Darebin Labor win (new ward)

South West[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: South West Ward[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Trent McCarthy 4,138 43.91 +24.88[c]
Darebin Labor Nick McCubbin 2,036 22.03 +18.82[c]
Liberal Democrats Archibald Maclean 899 9.73 +9.73
Save The Planet Adrian Whitehead 785 8.49 +6.44[a]
Victorian Socialists Ali Hogg 714 7.72 +7.72
Independent Brian Sangahan 671 7.26 +7.26
Turnout 9,493 82.29
After distribution of preferences
Greens Trent McCarthy 4,645 50.25 N/A
Darebin Labor Nick McCubbin 2,409 26.06 N/A
Liberal Democrats Archibald Maclean 1,158 12.53 N/A
Save The Planet Adrian Whitehead 1,031 11.15 N/A
Greens win (new ward)

West[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: West Ward[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Susanne Newton 4,304 40.67 +26.31[b]
Independent Vasilios Tsalkos 1,411 13.33 +13.33
Victorian Socialists George Kanjere 1,338 12.64 +12.64
Independent Samuel Fontana 1,324 12.51 +12.51
Independent John Mercuri 1,127 10.65 +6.84[b]
Darebin Labor Isabel Jackson 1,079 10.20 +7.41[a]
Turnout 10,886 81.66
After distribution of preferences
Greens Susanne Newton 5,783 54.64 N/A
Independent Vasilios Tsalkos 2,698 25.49 N/A
Independent Vasilios Tsalkos 2,102 19.86 N/A
Greens win (new ward)

Glen Eira[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Glen Eira[20][17]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Independent 36,297 41.47 4 Increase 1
  Independent Liberal 16,848 19.23 1 Decrease 2
  Independent Labor 16,474 18.81 3 Steady
  Greens 7,846 8.96 1 Steady
  Reason 1,390 1.58 0 Steady
  Liberal Democrats 549 0.62 0 Steady
 Turnout 87,531 90.67

Camden[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Camden Ward[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sam Parasol 5,277 20.11 +20.11
Greens David Zyngier 3,515 13.40 +13.40
Independent Alan Grossbard 3,257 12.41 +12.41
Independent Simone Zmood 3,008 11.46 +11.46
Independent Liberal Cameron Simpkins 2,197 8.37 +8.37
Independent Labor Jane Karslake 2,046 7.80 +7.80
Reason Ethan Mileikowski 1,390 5.30 +5.30
Independent Harry Graeve 1,260 4.80 +4.80
Independent Rachel Iampolski 1,211 4.62 +4.62
Independent Labor Jesse Dean Mansfield 1,199 4.57 +4.57
Independent Labor Ricci Steckoll 1,046 3.99 +3.99
Independent Nellie Khoroshina 456 1.74 +1.74
Independent Jon Terolli 377 1.44 +1.44
Turnout 27,762 81.26
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A
Greens gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A
Independent gain from Independent Swing N/A

Rosstown[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Rosstown Ward[20][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Margaret Esakoff 6,076 22.00 −1.26
Greens Sue Pennicuik 4,331 15.68 +2.68[e]
Independent Labor Tony Athanasopoulos 4,149 15.02 +2.21
Independent Neil Pilling 2,312 8.37 −2.90
Independent Liberal Simon Balzer 2,082 7.54 +7.54
Independent John Van Noorden 1,592 5.76 +5.76
Independent Robert Spaulding 1,576 5.71 +5.71
Independent Markus Oswald 1,555 5.63 +5.63
Independent Dev Oza 1,375 4.98 +4.98
Independent Liberal Kelvin Ho 771 2.79 −1.04
Independent Con Zois 669 2.42 −1.43
Independent Gregor Ptok 579 2.10 +2.10
Liberal Democrats Jack Dariol 549 1.99 +1.99
Turnout 29,246 82.74
Independent Liberal hold Swing −1.26
Independent Labor hold Swing +2.21
Independent gain from Greens Swing N/A

Tucker[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Tucker Ward[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Anne-Marie Cade 4,396 15.07 +10.69
Independent Labor Jim Magee 4,123 14.14 +4.26
Independent Labor Li Zhang 3,911 13.41 +4.01[f]
Independent Labor Declan Martin 4,149 12.39 +12.39
Independent Liberal Joanne Beilby 2,928 10.04 +10.04
Independent Cristina Santos 2,837 9.73 +9.73
Independent Liberal Philip Blair De'Ath 2,794 9.58 +3.14
Independent Neil Brewster 2,665 9.14 +3.00
Independent Joshua Bach 971 3.33 +3.33
Independent Jacob Dzialoshinsky 924 3.17 +3.17
Turnout 30,523 85.45
Independent gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A
Independent Labor hold Swing +4.26
Independent Labor hold Swing +4.01

Glenelg[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Glenelg[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Gilbert Wilson (elected 1) 1,733 13.00
Independent National Anita Rank (elected 2) 1,702 12.76
Independent Karen Stephens (elected 3) 1,586 11.59
Independent Scott Martin (elected 4) 1,469 11.02
Independent Michael Carr (elected 5) 1,041 7.81
Independent Robyn McDonald 937 7.03
Independent Jayden Smith (elected 7) 935 7.01
Independent Chrissy Hawker (elected 6) 878 6.58
Independent John Northcott 812 6.09
Independent Geoff White 722 5.41
Independent Malcolm Alexander 531 3.98
Independent Alistair McDonald 464 3.48
Independent George Kozarevski 223 1.67
Independent David Wilson 171 1.28
Independent Alan Palmer 130 0.97
Total formal votes 13,334 94.16
Informal votes 927 5.84
Turnout 14,161 83.98
Party total votes
  Independent 9,899 74.24
  Independent Labor 1,733 13.00
  Independent National 1,702 12.76
Party total seats Seats ±
  Independent 5 Steady
  Independent Labor 1 Steady
  Independent National 1 Steady

Greater Dandenong[edit]

The Labor Party did not officially endorse candidates, however 28 party members contested as Dandenong Labor candidates (and a further two contested as Independent Labor without the full endorsement of the other 28).[23]

2020 Victorian local elections: Greater Dandenong[24]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Dandenong Labor 41,714 52.83 8
  Independent 25,146 31.85 0
  Independent Liberal 6,040 7.65 2
  Independent Labor 3,817 4.83 0 Steady
  Greens 2,234 2.82 1 Steady
 Formal votes 78,951

Cleeland[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Cleeland Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Angela Long 1,676 26.61
Independent Dalibor Saula 1,246 19.78
Dandenong Labor Lidia Paul 1,029 16.34
Independent Solange Ardiles 792 12.57
Independent Madhu Warnakulasuriya 623 9.89
Dandenong Labor Hayat Rahimi 603 9.57
Dandenong Labor Reza Andesha 330 5.24
Turnout 6,599 74.78
Two-candidate-preferred result
Dandenong Labor Angela Long 3,571 56.69 N/A
Independent Dalibor Saula 2,728 43.31 N/A
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Dandenong North[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Dandenong North Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Bob Milkovic 3,212 40.93
Dandenong Labor Zaynoun Melhem 2,891 36.84
Independent Gabrielle Maes 1,744 22.23
Turnout 8,045 85.07
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Bob Milkovic 4,257 54.25 N/A
Dandenong Labor Zaynoun Melhem 3,590 45.75 N/A
Independent Liberal win (new ward)

Dandenong[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Dandenong Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Jim Memeti 3,447 61.16
Independent Geraldine Gonsalvez 1,324 23.49
Independent Liaqat Khan 470 8.34
Independent Naser Fekrat 395 7.01
Turnout 5,875 72.57
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Keysborough South[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Keysborough South Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Rhonda Garad 2,234 28.27
Independent Labor Stephen Fanous 2,015 25.50
Dandenong Labor Jessica Halliday 768 9.72
Independent Jeruisha Williams 618 7.82
Dandenong Labor Ramy El-Sukkari 592 7.49
Independent My Dung Phung 424 5.37
Dandenong Labor Gam Le 383 4.85
Independent Moonsamy Naidoo 303 3.83
Independent Thineng Meng 257 3.25
Independent Vivekkumar Desai 218 2.76
Independent Sandra Seng 89 1.13
Turnout 8,165 87.32
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Rhonda Garad 4,282 54.20 N/A
Independent Labor Stephen Fanous 3,619 45.80 N/A
Greens win (new ward)

Keysborough[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Keysborough Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Tim Dark 2,828 34.37
Dandenong Labor Phillip Danh 2,035 24.73
Independent Sheree Samy 1,416 17.21
Independent Kun Sok 611 7.42
Dandenong Labor Sam Afra 330 4.01
Independent Irfan Syed 266 3.23
Dandenong Labor Reinaldo Pincheira 231 2.81
Independent Eugene Gvozdenko 177 2.15
Independent Maria Palmer 176 2.14
Independent Neelima Perika 159 1.93
Turnout 8,519 86.60
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Tim Dark 4,159 50.54 N/A
Dandenong Labor Phillip Danh 4,070 49.46 N/A
Independent Liberal win (new ward)

Noble Park North[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Noble Park North Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Lana Formoso 3,124 40.94
Dandenong Labor Maria Sampey 1,485 19.46
Independent Silvana McMahon 839 11.00
Dandenong Labor Pradeep Hewavitharana 763 10.00
Independent Brad Woodford 722 9.46
Dandenong Labor Nizar Ashkar 697 9.13
Turnout 7,889 83.26 N/A
After distribution of preferences
Dandenong Labor Lana Formoso 4,087 53.56 N/A
Dandenong Labor Maria Sampey 1,877 24.60 N/A
Independent Silvana McMahon 1,666 21.83 N/A
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Noble Park[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Noble Park Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Sophie Tan 3,716 49.11
Independent Matt Pond 1,269 16.77
Dandenong Labor Sue Walton 1,156 15.28
Independent Alexander Forbes 825 10.90
Independent Yasmin Jugo 601 7.94
Turnout 7,788 81.74
After distribution of preferences
Dandenong Labor Sophie Tan 3,900 51.54 N/A
Independent Matt Pond 1,517 20.05 N/A
Dandenong Labor Sue Walton 1,249 16.51 N/A
Independent Alexander Forbes 901 11.91 N/A
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Springvale Central[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Springvale Central Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Richard Lim 4,399 59.95
Dandenong Labor Minh Van Tranh 1,177 16.04
Independent Thi Gam Tran 946 12.89
Independent Theresa Huynh 816 11.12
Turnout 7,530 83.35
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Springvale North[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Springvale North Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Sean O'Reilly 3,333 51.55
Independent Angela Holl 2,756 42.63
Dandenong Labor Ricardo Buensuceso 376 5.82
Turnout 6,646 80.79
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Springvale South[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Springvale South Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Loi Truong 2,651 32.82
Independent Leang Vuorch Kong 1,802 22.31
Independent William P.J. Billings 1,412 17.48
Independent Giorgio Migliaccio 993 12.29
Dandenong Labor Thay Horn Yim 981 12.14
Independent Suresh Shanmugam 239 2.96
Turnout 8,261 85.39
Two-candidate-preferred result
Dandenong Labor Loi Truong 4,084 50.56 N/A
Independent Leang Vuorch Kong 3,994 49.44 N/A
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Yarraman[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Yarraman Ward[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Eden Foster 1,977 33.17
Independent Jonathan Ichim 1,359 22.80
Dandenong Labor Cam Dang 9.55 9.55
Dandenong Labor Ravi Shankar 541 9.08
Dandenong Labor Ahmed Shukri 454 7.62
Independent Gul Rahman Taniwal 377 6.32
Independent Jet Saliu 372 6.24
Independent Hengshan Chen 5.23 312
Turnout 6,257 75.70
Two-candidate-preferred result
Dandenong Labor Eden Foster 3,294 55.26 N/A
Independent Jonathan Ichim 2,667 44.74 N/A
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

2024 Yarraman Ward by-election[edit]

2024 Yarraman Ward by-election (20 February−8 March 2024)[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rahima Rizai
Greens Robert Lim
Independent Labor Zahra Haydarbig
Independent Susantha Abeysinghe
Independent Labor Sam Afra
Independent Melinda Yim
Independent Peter Brown
Independent Labor Alexandra Bryant
Victorian Socialists Tevyn Gov
Independent Ahmed Shukri
Independent Labor Phillip Danh
Independent Liberal Will Billings
Independent Jack Wind
Turnout
Independent Labor hold Swing

Greater Geelong[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Greater Geelong[27]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 58,513 35.52 4
  Independent Liberal 43,263 26.46 4
  Independent Labor 25,648 15.57 1
  Greens 17,081 10.37 1
  Put Climate First 12,518 7.60 +7.60 1 Increase 1
  Socialist Alliance 4,292 2.61 0 Steady
  Animal Justice 3,408 2.07 0 Steady
 Formal votes 164,723
 Informal votes 7,474
 Total 172,197 100.00 11
 Registered voters / turnout 204,092 84.37

Bellarine[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Bellarine Ward[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Stephanie Asher 17,149 35.66
Independent Liberal Trent Sullivan 5,580 11.60
  Independent Labor Jim Mason 5,486 11.41
Greens Cory Wolverton 4,388 9.12
Independent Tom O’Connor 3,881 8.07
Independent Stephen Simmonds 3,615 7.52
Put Climate First Elise Wilkinson 3,397 7.06
Independent Tom Harrison 3,051 6.34
Animal Justice Naomi Adams 868 1.80
Independent Michael Fairweather 674 1.40
Total formal votes 48,089 95.39
Informal votes 2,324 4.61
Turnout 50,413 85.24
Independent Liberal hold Swing
Independent Liberal hold Swing
  Independent Labor hold Swing

Brownbill[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Brownbill Ward[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Sarah Mansfield 10,412 23.12
Independent Peter Murrihy 6,914 15.35
Independent Liberal Eddy Kontelj 6,809 15.12
Independent Liberal Stretch Kontelj 6,593 14.64
  Independent Labor Melissa Cadwell 5,360 11.90
Independent Jose Rodriguez 2,000 4.44
Put Climate First Sandi Dwyer 1,917 4.26
Independent Gabriel Wenyika 1,212 2.69
Independent Dean Hope 1,167 2.59
Independent Bernie Franke 1,021 2.27
  Independent Labor Louis Hehir 984 2.19
  Independent Labor Alex Csar 642 1.43
Total formal votes 45,031 95.12
Informal votes 2,309 4.88
Turnout 47,340 83.95
Greens hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent Liberal hold Swing

Kardinia[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Kardinia Ward[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bruce Harwood 8,781 19.76
Independent Liberal Ron Nelson 7,132 16.05
  Independent Labor Jack Williams 4,113 9.25
  Put Climate First Belinda Moloney 4,069 9.15
  Independent Labor Andrew Alexander 4,063 9.14
Independent Pat Murnane 3,856 8.68
  Independent Labor Andy Richards 2,916 6.56
Animal Justice Jen Gamble 2,540 5.71
Greens Anthony Hamilton-Smith 2,281 5.13
  Independent Labor Atamjit Singh 2,084 4.69
Independent Michael Stangel 1,930 4.34
Independent Mark Brunger 684 1.54
Total formal votes 44,449 95.68
Informal votes 2,008 4.32
Turnout 46,457 85.95
Independent hold Swing
Independent Liberal hold Swing
Put Climate First gain from Independent Swing

Windermere[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Windermere Ward[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Anthony Aitken 10,525 38.76
Independent Kylie Grzybek 6,103 22.48
Socialist Alliance Sarah Hathway 4,292 15.81
Put Climate First Monique Connell 3,135 11.55
Independent Enamul Haque 3,099 11.41
Total formal votes 27,154 97.02
Informal votes 833 2.98
Turnout 27,987 81.11
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Maribyrnong[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Maribyrnong[28]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 15,152 32.86 1
  Labor 13,746 29.82 3
  Greens 6,299 13.66 2
  Victorian Socialists 4,169 9.04 1 Increase 1
  Independent Liberal 3,591 7.79 0
  Sustainable Australia 1,626 3.53 0 Steady
  Democratic Labour 973 2.11 0 Steady
  Progressives 547 1.19 0 Steady
 Formal votes 46,103

River[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: River Ward[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sarah Carter 3,525 26.53
Victorian Socialists Liz Walsh 1,409 10.61 +10.61
Independent Matt McCaul 1,272 9.57
Independent Anthony Tran 1,073 8.08
Greens Toa Thredgold 1,031 7.76
Democratic Labour Thuy-Kim Le 973 7.32
Independent Chay Granger 906 6.82
Independent Andrew Tran 741 5.58
Labor Susan Yengi 641 4.82
Independent Yvonne Gu 599 4.51
Independent Huy Nguyen 555 4.18
Independent Duncan Foster 436 3.28
Independent Machi La 124 0.93
Total formal votes 13,385
Informal votes 884
Turnout 14,169 74.74
After distribution of preferences
Independent Anthony Tran 4,985 37.52
Labor Sarah Carter 4,429 33.34
Victorian Socialists Liz Walsh 3,871 29.14 +29.14
Independent gain from Independent Swing N/A
Labor hold Swing N/A

Yarraville[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Yarraville Ward[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Clarke 2,677 14.37
Greens Simon Crawford 2,651 14.23
Independent Liberal Angela Burmeister 1,895 10.17
Labor Martin Zakharov 1,887 10.13
Victorian Socialists Jorge Jorquera 1,632 8.76 +8.76
Sustainable Australia Verity Webb 1,626 8.73
Labor Sara Coward 874 4.69
Independent Jeremie Nguyen 867 4.65
Independent Matt Waller 824 4.42
Independent Jo Canny 808 4.34
Independent Grace Girardi 728 3.91
Independent Miles Parnall-Gilbert 603 3.24
Progressives Peter Wingate 547 2.94
Independent Paul Nam Le 440 2.36
Independent Toan Nguyen 402 2.16
Independent Rufo Paredes 174 0.93
Total formal votes 18,635
Informal votes 1,351
Turnout 19,986 78.31
After distribution of preferences
Victorian Socialists Jorge Jorquera 4,756 25.52 +25.52
Labor Michael Clarke 4,659 25.00
Greens Simon Crawford 4,659 25.00
Victorian Socialists gain from Independent Swing N/A
Labor hold Swing
Greens hold Swing

Melbourne[edit]

Leadership Team[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Sally Capp Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece
27,949 31.60 +31.60
Greens Apsara Sabaratnam
Roxane Ingleton
14,753 16.68 −4.59
Team Arron Wood Arron Wood
Lisa Teh
13,497 15.26 +15.26
Bring Back Melbourne Nick Russian
Michael Burge
8,975 10.15 +10.15
Labor Phil Reed
Wesa Chau
8,355 9.45 +9.45
Back To Business Jennifer Yang
Sandra Gee
8,219 9.29 +9.29
Victorian Socialists Kath Larkin
Daniel Nair Dadich
2,911 3.29 +3.29
Morgan-Watts Team Gary Morgan
Mary-Lou Howie
2,446 2.77 −4.02
Team Zorin Wayne Tseng
Gricol Yang
1,329 1.50 +1.50
Total formal votes 88,434 96.62 +0.22
Informal votes 3,096 3.38 −0.22
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Sally Capp Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece
47,256 53.44 +53.44
Team Arron Wood Arron Wood
Lisa Teh
41,178 46.56 +46.56
Team Sally Capp hold Swing N/A

Councillors[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (councillors)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Sally Capp 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1)
2. Roshena Campbell (elected 5)
3. Mark David McMillan
4. Tania Davidge
5. James Young
6. Tina Kuek
24,395 26.73 −10.72
Greens 1. Rohan Leppert (elected 2)
2. Olivia Ball (elected 6)
3. Emily Corcoran
4. David Jeffery
5. Nakita Thomson
6. Charlotte George
14,602 16.00 −4.16
Team Arron Wood 1. Jason Chang (elected 3)
2. Peter Clarke
3. Beverley Frances Pinder
4. Abdirahman I. Ali
5. Beverley Honig
12,187 13.35 +13.35
Labor 1. Davydd Griffiths (elected 4)
2. Mary Delahunty
3. Hamdi Ali
10,626 11.64 +11.64
Bring Back Melbourne 1. Philip Le Liu (elected 7)
2. Serena Lu Jiang
3. Lauren Sherson
4. Darin Schade
6,683 7.32 −1.77
Back To Business 1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge (elected 9)
2. Charles Pick
3. Moti Visa
4. Bedri Sainovski
6,572 7.18 +7.18
Liberal Democrats 1. Paul Silverberg
2. Faith Newman
5,064 5.55 +5.55
Morgan-Watts Team 1. Jackie Watts
2. Michael Kennedy
3. Haya Aldaghlas
4. Dashi Zhang
1,541 1.69 −3.22
Victorian Socialists 1. Christopher di Pasquale
2. Jesse Lambourn
1,441 1.58 +1.58
Sustainable Australia 1. Richard Belcher
2. Bettina Terry
1,361 1.49 +1.49
Animal Justice 1. Rabin Bangaar
2. Rod Whitfield
1,251 1.37 −1.07
Residents First 1. Janette Corcoran
2. Mary Masters
3. Samantha Tran
1,110 1.21 +1.21
Innovate Melbourne 1. Andrew Rowse
2. John Daniell
817 0.89 +0.89
Team Hakim 1. Jamal Hakim (elected 8)
2. Safaa Hakim
379 0.41 +0.41
Melbourne - We All Matter 1. Sainab Sheikh
2. Fatuma Ali
374 0.41 +0.41
Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice 1. Artemis Pattichi
2. Adriana Mendieta Nino
351 0.38 +0.38
Ungrouped Scott Robson
Luke Downing
Philip Jonathan Bateman
Andrew Ward
332 0.36 +0.10
Your Melbourne Team Get It Done 1. Mary Poulakis
2. Fiona Sweetman
291 0.32 +0.32
It Will Be Okay Melbourne 1. Joseph Burke
2. Michael Mach
203 0.22 +0.22
Total formal votes 88,434 96.62 −1.42
Informal votes 1,686 3.38 +1.42
Turnout 91,531 66.73 +11.54

Monash[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Monash
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent Labor 44,343 45.71 7
  Burwood Liberals 20,167 20.79 1
  Independent 14,907 15.37 2
  Greens 11,314 11.66 1
  Independent Liberal 4,154 4.28 0
  Sustainable Australia 2,122 2.19 0 Steady
 Formal votes 97,007 95.02
 Informal votes 5,080 4.98
 Total 102,087 100.00 11
 Registered voters / turnout 120,823 84.49

Moreland[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Moreland[30]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 41,866 44.60 +4.16 4 Steady
  Labor 20,901 20.30 −8.30 2 Steady
  Greens 16,396 15.92 −13.92 4 Steady
  Sue Bolton Moreland Team 5,062 4.92 +0.21 1 Steady
  Reason 4,637 4.50 +4.50 0 Steady
  Victorian Socialists 4,068 3.95 +3.95 0 Steady
  Animal Justice 935 0.91 +0.91 0 Steady

North-East[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: North-East Ward[30][31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Annalivia Hannan 5,983 16.19 +4.94
Greens Adam Pulford 5,618 15.20 −7.42
Sue Bolton Moreland Team Sue Bolton 4,079 11.04 −1.99
Independent Paul Failla 2,307 6.14 −2.40
Independent Helen Pavlidis-Mihalakos 2,271 6.14 +1.65
Independent Jason Clarke 1,979 5.35 +5.35
Labor Ismene Thiveos 1,736 4.70 +4.70
Independent Anthony Helou 1,420 3.84 −1.80
Independent Hamza Dhedy 1,278 3.46 +3.46
Labor Rebekah Hogan 1,197 3.24 +3.24
Independent Francesco Timpano 1,149 3.11 −0.26
Reason Margee Glover 1,039 2.81 +2.81
Independent Dean O'Callaghan 652 1.76 +1.76
Independent Haissam Naim 622 1.68 +1.68
Greens Muhammad Ul Murrtaza 531 1.44 +0.24
Independent Rasheed Elachkar 500 1.35 +1.35
Independent Gloria Farah 391 1.06 +1.06
Sue Bolton Moreland Team Meghan Street 153 0.41 +0.41
Turnout 36,957 79.41
Greens hold Swing −7.42
Labor hold Swing +4.94
Sue Bolton Moreland Team hold Swing −1.99
Independent gain from Independent Swing

North-West[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: North-West Ward[30][32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Oscar Yildiz 12,884 36.38 +7.94
Independent Helen Davidson 5,155 14.56 +3.70
Greens Angelica Panopoulos 3,361 9.49 −6.20[g]
Labor Milad El-Halabi 2,109 5.95 +2.17
Labor Praveen Kumar 1,826 5.16 +5.16
Victorian Socialists Daniel Taylor 1,490 4.21 +4.21
Independent Shaun Minehan 1,326 3.74 +0.34
Sue Bolton Moreland Team Monica Harte 1,286 3.63 +3.63
Independent Lou Tenace 1,058 2.99 +2.99
Animal Justice Chris Miles 935 2.64 +2.64
Independent Shanaka T. Perera 932 2.63 +2.63
Independent Mohamad Elmustapha 779 2.20 +2.20
Independent Georgios Karantzalis 586 1.65 +1.65
Independent Alesio Mulipola 499 1.41 +1.41
Independent Baris Duzova 438 1.24 +1.24
Independent Darren Grindrod 427 1.21 +1.21
Independent Catherine Bonacci-Rocca 326 0.92 +0.92
Turnout 38,451 80.81
Independent hold Swing +7.94
Independent hold Swing +3.70
Greens hold Swing −6.20[g]
Labor hold Swing +2.17

South[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: South Ward[30][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lambros Tapinos 4,924 19.11 +4.88
Greens Mark Riley 4,621 17.93 +15.86
Victorian Socialists Nahui Jimenez 2,578 10.00 +10.00
Greens James Conlan 2,265 8.79 +8.79
Reason Rachel Payne 2,247 8.72 +8.72
Independent John Durrant 2,018 7.83 +7.83
Labor Helen Breier 1,532 5.94 +5.94
Independent Shea Evans 1,351 5.24 +5.24
Labor Shirley Jackson 1,095 4.25 +4.25
Independent Melissa Yuan 1,037 4.02 +1.60
Independent George Georgiou 788 3.06 +3.06
Independent Pauline Galvin 649 2.52 +2.52
Independent Sultan Taraby 424 1.65 +1.65
Sue Bolton Moreland Team Jacob Andrewartha 181 0.70 +0.70
Independent Robert Durkacz 60 0.23 +0.23
Turnout 27,568 73.50
Labor hold Swing +4.88
Greens hold Swing +15.86
Greens hold Swing +8.79

Port Phillip[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Port Phillip[34]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Labor 13,228 23.72 2 Steady
  Greens 11,881 21.31 2 Steady
  Liberal 11,353 20.36 2 Steady
  Ratepayers of Port Phillip 8,279 14.85 2 Increase 2
  Independent 8,068 14.47 1 Steady
  Sustainable Australia 1,559 2.79 0 Steady
  Independent Ratepayers of Port Phillip 482 0.86 0 Steady
 Formal votes 55,752

Canal[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Canal Ward[34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Louise Crawford 4,637 23.30 +10.54
Labor Dick Gross 3,001 15.08 +0.09
Greens Tim Baxter 2,733 13.73 −12.14
Ratepayers of Port Phillip Rhonda Clark 2,144 10.77 +10.77
Liberal Jo McDonald 1,834 9.22 +9.22
Liberal Warwick Cahir 1,527 7.67 +7.67
Greens Maddy Blay 1,444 7.26 +7.26
Independent Lesley G. Pianella 1,023 5.14 +5.14
Sustainable Australia Dennis Bilic 798 4.01 +4.01
Sustainable Australia Steven Armstrong 761 3.82 +0.02
Turnout 20,803 69.85
Labor hold Swing +10.54
Greens hold Swing −12.14
Ratepayers of Port Phillip gain from Labor Swing N/A

Gateway[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Gateway Ward[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marcus Pearl 4,134 21.81 +1.07
Independent Heather Cunsolo 3,858 20.36 +20.36
Labor Peter Martin 2,716 14.33 +14.33
Ratepayers of Port Phillip Sami Maher 2,442 12.89 +12.89
Greens Earl James 2,285 12.06 +9.73
Independent Stan Gyles 1,219 6.43 +6.43
Independent Trina Lewis 1,168 6.16 +6.16
Independent Cleo Papageorgiou 1,130 5.96 +5.96
Turnout 19,636 69.68
Liberal hold Swing +1.07
Independent gain from Independent Swing N/A
Labor gain from Greens Swing N/A

Lake[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Lake Ward[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Katherine Copsey 5,419 26.77 +0.18
Liberal Andrew Bond 3,858 20.36 +3.03
Ratepayers of Port Phillip Christina Sirakoff 3,693 18.25 +18.25
Labor Robbie Nyaguy 2,874 14.20 +14.20
Independent Geoffrey Conaghan 1,436 7.09 +7.09
Independent Bernard Mandile 1,322 6.53 +6.53
Independent Roger Ward 770 3.80 +3.80
Ind. Ratepayers Adrian Jackson 482 2.38 +2.38
Turnout 20,943 68.83
Greens hold Swing +0.18
Liberal hold Swing +3.03
Ratepayers of Port Phillip gain from Community Alliance Swing N/A

Queenscliffe[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Queenscliffe[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ross Ebbels (elected 1) 752 21.75
Liberal Donnie Grigau (elected 2) 449 12.98
Independent Michael Grout (elected 3) 434 12.55
Independent Isabelle Tolhurst 370 10.70
Independent Fleur Hewitt (elected 5) 363 10.50
Independent Labor Susan Salter (elected 4) 331 9.57
Independent Robert Minty 220 6.36
Independent Jacqui Pierce 209 6.04
Independent Geoffrey Mathews 160 4.63
Independent Zelda Walters 100 2.89
Independent Amanda Hoysted 70 2.02
Total formal votes 3,458 95.82
Informal votes 151 4.18
Turnout 3,609 87.11
Party total votes
  Independent 2,678 77.44
  Liberal 449 12.98
  Independent Labor 331 9.57
Party total seats Seats ±
  Independent 3 Decrease 1
  Liberal 1 Increase 1
  Independent Labor 1 Steady

Wodonga[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Wodonga[17][37][38][39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kat Bennett (elected 1) 3,209 14.12
Independent Kev Poulton (elected 2) 2,230 9.81
Independent Graeme Simpfendorfer (elected 3) 2,085 9.17
Independent Libby Hall (elected 4) 1,623 7.14
Independent John Watson (elected 6) 1,519 6.68
Independent Ron Mildren (elected 5) 1,367 6.01
Liberal Democrats Olga Quilty (elected 7) 1,326 5.83
Independent Liberal Danny Chamberlain 1,287 5.66
Independent Danny Lowe 1,239 5.45
Independent Rick Del Monte 1,123 4.94
Greens Rupinder Kaur 944 4.15
Independent Willem Manley 884 3.89
Independent Beth O'Shea 797 3.51
Labor Simon Welsh 688 3.03
Independent Bernard Squire 643 2.83
Independent Michael Fraser 496 2.18
Independent Joseph Thomsen 474 2.09
Independent Brian Mitchell 406 1.79
Independent Andrew Lees 389 1.71
Total formal votes 22,729 91.52
Informal votes 2106 8.48
Turnout 24,835 76.58
Party total votes
  Independent 18,484 81.33
  Liberal Democrats 1,326 5.83
  Independent Liberal 1,287 5.66
  Greens 944 4.15
  Labor 688 3.03
Party total seats Seats ±
  Independent 6 Steady
  Liberal Democrats 1 Steady

Yarra[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Yarra[17][40]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Greens 14,359 27.40 5 Increase 1
  Independent 9,795 18.69 2 Steady
  Labor 7,501 14.31 0 Decrease 2
  Independent Socialist 7,380 14.08 2 Increase 2
  Reason 2,609 4.98 0 Steady
  Independent Liberal 2,217 4.23 0 Steady
  Richmond First 1,897 3.62 0 Steady
  Liberal Democrats 1,282 2.45 0 Steady
  Animal Justice 524 1.00 0 Steady
 Total formal votes 52,400 100.0
 Turnout 70.15

Langridge[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Langridge Ward[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Socialist Stephen Jolly 4,836 26.07 −4.99[h]
Greens Anab Mohamud 3,216 17.34 +17.34
Greens Gabrielle de Vietri 2,206 11.89 +11.89
Labor Karen Douglas 1,823 9.83 +9.83
Independent Liberal James Bae 1,725 9.30 +9.30
Independent Michael Glynatsis 1,503 8.10 +8.10
Reason Jeremy Cowen 1,311 7.07 +7.07
Independent Hai Tran 781 4.21 −3.28
Independent Matoc Mordecai Achol 450 2.43 −4.11[i]
Independent Peter Hude 432 2.33 +2.33
Labor Rowan Payne 267 2.33 +2.33
Turnout 19,367 68.96
Independent Socialist hold Swing −4.99
Greens hold Swing N/A
Greens gain from Labor Swing N/A

Melba[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Melba Ward[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Edward Crossland 2,866 16.82 −7.67[j]
Independent Claudia Nguyen 2,094 12.29 +12.29
Labor Sandeep Sarathy 1,825 10.71 −8.44[k]
Independent Herschel Landes 1,437 8.43 −2.36
Liberal Democrats Matthew Ford 1,282 7.52 +7.52
Independent Meca Ho 1,207 7.08 +7.08
Independent Sarah Witty 1,066 6.26 +6.26
Richmond First Dora Tsipouras 968 5.68 +5.68
Richmond First David Horseman 929 5.45 +5.45
Independent Katarina Radonic 788 4.62 +4.62
Independent Mitchell Price 562 3.30 +3.30
Labor Julie Bignell 556 3.26 +3.26
Reason Penelope Drummond 523 3.07 +3.07
Independent Liberal Kate Drake 492 2.89 −1.02
Independent Don Ash 444 2.61 +2.61
Turnout 18,262 69.79
Greens hold Swing −7.67[j]
Independent hold Swing N/A
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

Nicholls[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Nicholls Ward[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Amanda Stone 2,937 17.47 −5.82[l]
Greens Sophie Wade 2,684 15.97 −2.01[m]
Independent Socialist Bridgid O’Brien 2,684 15.97 +11.06[h]
Labor Annabelle Wilson 1,958 11.65 +11.65
Independent Gerald Fisher 1,072 9.19 +9.19
Independent Sasha Beitner 1,356 8.07 +8.07
Labor Debra Thorpe 1,072 6.38 +6.38
Independent Catherine Noone 944 5.62 +5.62
Reason Guy Ewan Barker 775 4.61 +4.61
Animal Justice Amber Anderson 524 3.12 +3.12
Independent Em Sage 472 2.81 +2.81
Turnout 17,643 71.89
Greens hold Swing −5.82[l]
Greens hold Swing −2.01[m]
Independent Socialist gain from Independent Swing N/A

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Compared with results in the former Cazaly Ward at the 2016 election.[19]
  2. ^ a b c d e Compared with results in the former La Trobe Ward at the 2016 election.[19]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Compared with results in the former Rucker Ward at the 2016 election.[19]
  4. ^ Disendorsed by Labor Members for Darebin.[15]
  5. ^ Compared with the results of Greens candidate Clare Davey in 2016.
  6. ^ Compared with the results of Labor candidate Nina Taylor in 2016.
  7. ^ a b When compared to the results of Greens candidate Dale Martin in 2016.
  8. ^ a b Compared to results as a candidate for The Socialists in 2016.[41]
  9. ^ Compared to results as a candidate for the Greens in 2016.
  10. ^ a b Compared to the results of Greens candidate James Searle in 2016.
  11. ^ Compared to the results of Labor candidate Mi-Lin Chen Yi Mei in 2016.
  12. ^ a b Compared to results of Greens candidate Mike McEvoy in 2016.
  13. ^ a b Compared to the results of Greens candidate Misha Coleman in 2016.

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