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The West Election Dashboard

Eleven districts, current members, working margins, publicly recorded 2026 candidate fields and direct paths into official records.

Snapshot: 13 July 2026

Built from the NWO western-district register. Source dates remain visible at seat level.

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11western seats tracked
28known candidate entries
6working margins under 10%
9 NovVEC nomination deadline

Candidate field

How crowded is each seat?

Each column is one district. Height represents the publicly known 2026 candidate count; the tallest fields currently contain four names.

Seat and candidate index

Choose a district

Showing all 11 districts

Very high review priority

Footscray

Held by Labor
Working margin4.2% v Greens
Tight contest
3known 2026
candidates
Katie Hall 54.24%45.76% Elena Pereyra
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

Medium review priority

Kororoit

Held by Labor
Working margin14.5%
Double-digit margin
2known 2026
candidates
Luba Grigorovitch 53.13%31.04% John Fletcher
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

Medium-high review priority

Laverton

Held by Labor
Working margin18.4%
Double-digit margin
4known 2026
candidates
Sarah Connolly 52.14%27.79% Raja Reddy
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

High review priority

Niddrie

Held by Labor
Working margin6.7%
Tight contest
1known 2026
candidate
Ben Carroll 56.69%43.31% Alan Youhana
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

High review priority

Point Cook

Held by Labor
Working margin8.3%
Watch list
3known 2026
candidates
Mathew Hilakari 58.34%41.66% Angela Newhouse
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

Medium-high review priority

Williamstown

Held by Labor
Working margin13.4%
Double-digit margin
3known 2026
candidates
Melissa Horne 63.44%36.56% Daria Kellander
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

High review priority

St Albans

Held by Labor
Working margin9.6%
Watch list
3known 2026
candidates
Natalie Suleyman 59.56%40.44% Maria Kerr
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

High review priority

Sunbury

Held by Labor
Working margin6.4%
Tight contest
2known 2026
candidates
Josh Bull 56.41%43.59% Simmone Cottom
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

High review priority

Sydenham

Held by Labor
Working margin8.8%
Watch list
1known 2026
candidate
Natalie Hutchins 51.87%33.40% Joseph Cullia
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

Medium-high review priority

Tarneit

Held by Labor
Working margin12.3%
Double-digit margin
2known 2026
candidates
Dylan Wight 50.41%30.21% Preet Singh
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

Very high review priority

Werribee

Held by Labor
Working margin10.9%; 2025 by-election much narrower
Double-digit margin
4known 2026
candidates
Tim Pallas 51.58%34.93% Mia Shaw
Two highest shares at the end of the 2022 VEC preference distribution

Later result: 2025 by-election: John Lister (Labor) 50.82%; Steve Murphy (Liberal) 49.18% after distribution of preferences. Official VEC result linked below.

Sources: official VEC results, current district records and Parliament profiles. See citations →

No matching seat or candidate was found in this working register.

Method and limits

Sources, limits and updates.

Candidate status: The listed field is a dated research register, not the final VEC ballot. NWO will replace provisional wording with certified nominations after the official deadline.

Percentages and margins: Each card shows the two highest remaining shares at the end of the VEC's 2022 distribution of preferences. They are not presented as statewide two-party-preferred figures, and in a count that ended with more than two candidates they may not total 100%. Working pre-election margins come from the project source snapshot; later redistributions and by-elections can change the appropriate comparison.

Voting history: Member profiles and official result pages are linked through the citations register. Division-by-division interpretation is published only after the vote, attendance, pairing and debate context have been checked.