# South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

South-Eastern Metropolitan Region is one of the eight electoral regions of Victoria, Australia, which elects five members to the Victorian Legislative Council (also referred to as the upper house) by proportional representation. The region was created in 2006 following the 2005 reform of the Victorian Legislative Council.
The region covers the outer south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Berwick, Carrum, Clarinda, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Frankston, Mordialloc, Mulgrave, Narre Warren North, Narre Warren South and Rowville.

## Members

Members for South Eastern Metropolitan Region :
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| 2006 | Gavin Jennings | Labor | Adem Somyurek | Labor | Bob Smith | Labor | Inga Peulich | Liberal | Gordon Rich-Phillips | Liberal |
| 2010 | Gavin Jennings | Labor | Adem Somyurek | Labor | Lee Tarlamis | Labor | Inga Peulich | Liberal | Gordon Rich-Phillips | Liberal |
| 2014 | Gavin Jennings | Labor | Adem Somyurek | Labor | Nina Springle | Greens | Inga Peulich | Liberal | Gordon Rich-Phillips | Liberal |
| 2018 | Gavin Jennings | Labor | Adem Somyurek | Labor | Tien Kieu | Labor | David Limbrick | Liberal Democrats / Libertarian | Gordon Rich-Phillips | Liberal |
| 2020 | Lee Tarlamis | Labor | Adem Somyurek | Independent | Tien Kieu | Labor | David Limbrick | Liberal Democrats / Libertarian | Gordon Rich-Phillips | Liberal |
| 2022 | Lee Tarlamis | Labor | Adem Somyurek | Democratic Labour | Tien Kieu | Labor | David Limbrick | Liberal Democrats / Libertarian | Gordon Rich-Phillips | Liberal |
| 2022 | Lee Tarlamis | Labor | Rachel Payne | Legalise Cannabis | Michael Galea | Labor | David Limbrick | Liberal Democrats / Libertarian | Ann-Marie Hermans | Liberal |

## Returned MLCs by seat

Seats are allocated by single transferable vote using group voting tickets. Changes in party membership between elections have been omitted for simplicity.
| Election | 1st MLC | 2nd MLC | 3rd MLC | 4th MLC | 5th MLC |
| 2006 | Labor (Gavin Jennings) | Liberal (Gordon Rich-Phillips) | Labor (Adem Somyurek) | Liberal (Inga Peulich) | Labor (Bob Smith) |
| 2010 | Labor (Gavin Jennings) | Liberal (Gordon Rich-Phillips) | Labor (Adem Somyurek) | Liberal (Inga Peulich) | Labor (Lee Tarlamis) |
| 2014 | Labor (Gavin Jennings) | Liberal (Gordon Rich-Phillips) | Labor (Adem Somyurek) | Liberal (Inga Peulich) | Greens (Nina Springle) |
| 2018 | Labor (Gavin Jennings) | Labor (Adem Somyurek) | Liberal (Gordon Rich-Phillips) | Labor (Tien Kieu) | Liberal Democrats (David Limbrick) |
| 2022 | Labor (Lee Tarlamis) | Liberal (Ann-Marie Hermans) | Labor (Michael Galea) | Legalise Cannabis (Rachel Payne) | Liberal Democrats (David Limbrick) |

## Election results

Labor were defending three seats. The Liberal Party and the Liberal Democrats were defending one seat each.
2022 Victorian state election: South-Eastern Metropolitan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 78,296 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Lee Tarlamis (elected 1) 2. Michael Galea (elected 3) 3. Tien Kieu 4. Imran Khan 5. Katrina Sullivan | 184,810 | 39.34 | -9.53 |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Ann-Marie Hermans (elected 2) 2. Manju Hanumantharayappa 3. Antonietta Moricca 4. Lyndon Samuel 5. Michael Keane | 125,762 | 26.77 | -2.80 |
| | Greens | 1. Alex Breskin 2. Louisa Willoughby 3. Dewani Harahap 4. Janet Wong 5. Karen Jones | 31,577 | 6.72 | +1.20 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | 1. Rachel Payne (elected 4) 2. Jeffrey Knipe | 24,672 | 5.25 | +5.25 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. David Limbrick (elected 5) 2. Ethelyn King | 16,971 | 3.61 | +2.46 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Jennifer Bowden 2. Khalif White | 15,399 | 3.28 | +1.78 |
| | Justice | 1. Derryn Hinch 2. Mohit Dwivedi | 9,334 | 1.99 | -1.11 |
| | Family First | 1. Lee Jones 2. Colleen Hayward | 9,025 | 1.92 | +1.92 |
| | Freedom | 1. Morgan Jonas 2. Rebekah Spelman | 8,306 | 1.77 | +1.77 |
| | One Nation | 1. Beth Stevens 2. Cyndi Marr | 8,299 | 1.77 | +1.77 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Bronwyn Currie 2. Davina Hinkley | 6,481 | 1.38 | -0.91 |
| | United Australia | 1. Matt Babet 2. Bobby Singh | 5,495 | 1.17 | +1.17 |
| | Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Daniel Costin Puscasu 2. Rodica Ianculescu | 4,554 | 0.97 | +0.97 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Grant Poulton 2. Will Heily | 4,112 | 0.88 | -0.66 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Geraldine Gonsalvez 2. Kate Lukis | 3,461 | 0.74 | -0.11 |
| | Companions and Pets | 1. Marissa Sarif 2. Wendy Hutchison | 2,425 | 0.52 | +0.52 |
| | Reason | 1. Martin Leahy 2. Ethan Mileikowski | 2,118 | 0.45 | -0.37 |
| | Victorian Socialists | 1. Lavanya Thavaraja 2. Jaynaya Travis | 1,895 | 0.40 | +0.13 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. Brandon Hoult 2. Steven Armstrong | 1,512 | 0.32 | -0.36 |
| | Transport Matters | 1. Norm Dunn 2. Toni Peters | 1,380 | 0.29 | +0.94 |
| | Angry Victorians | 1. Barry Edward Minster 2. George Moliviatis | 1,345 | 0.29 | +0.29 |
| | New Democrats | 1. Bhaveshkumar Lakhatariya 2. Satinder Singh 3. Nilam Dhaval Panchal 4. Bhavika Amrutlal Patel | 600 | 0.13 | +0.13 |
| | Independent | 1. Mehdi Sayed | 242 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 469,775 | 96.29 | +0.45 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 18,076 | 3.71 | −0.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 487,851 | 88.45 | −1.32 |