# Results of the 2006 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

Victorian state election, 25 November 2006 Legislative Council
<< 2002–2010 >> :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 3,353,845 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 3,110,172 | | Turnout | 92.73 | -0.39 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 133,243 | | Informal | 4.28 | +0.61 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 1,234,082 | 41.45 | -6.04 | 19 | –6 |
| | Liberal | 1,028,421 | 34.55 | +0.04 | 15 | +1 |
| | Greens | 314,847 | 10.58 | -0.29 | 3 | +3 |
| | National | 131,946 | 4.43 | +0.06 | 2 | -3 |
| | Family First | 114,739 | 3.85 | +3.85 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic Labor | 58,722 | 1.97 | +1.97 | 1 | +1 |
| | People Power | 30,433 | 1.02 | +1.02 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Democrats | 24,673 | 0.83 | -0.96 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Country Alliance | 13,329 | 0.45 | +0.45 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Christian Democrats | 5,819 | 0.20 | +0.06 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1,130 | 0.04 | +0.04 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Other | 18,788 | 0.63 | | 0 | ± 0 |
| Total | Total | 2,976,929 | | | 40 | |
This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 2006 state election.

## Results by region
### Eastern Metropolitan

2006 Victorian state election: Eastern Metropolitan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 62,658 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Richard Dalla-Riva (elected 1) 2. Bruce Atkinson (elected 3) 3. Jan Kronberg (elected 5) 4. Gladys Liu 5. Matthew Koce | 168,583 | 44.8 | +0.5 |
| | Labor | 1. Shaun Leane (elected 2) 2. Brian Tee (elected 4) 3. Andrew McKenzie 4. Coral Delarue 5. Mike Symon | 135,264 | 36.0 | −7.4 |
| | Greens | 1. Bill Pemberton 2. Kiera Perrott 3. Nina Scott 4. Howard Tankey 5. Janet Powell | 39,587 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
| | Family First | 1. Chris Willis 2. May Ng 3. Fiona Bronte 4. John Bridge 5. Pat Murray | 16,670 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. Greg Byrne 2. Ken Wells | 5,837 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| | Democrats | 1. Craig Beale 2. Mary Dettman 3. Rachel Aza | 5,225 | 1.4 | +0.8 |
| | People Power | 1. Karin Open 2. John Giles | 4,781 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 375,947 | 96.9 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12,179 | 3.1 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 388,126 | 94.0 | |

### Eastern Victoria

2006 Victorian state election: Eastern Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 63,201 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Philip Davis (elected 1) 2. Edward O'Donohue (elected 3) 3. Susie Manson 4. Sarah Meredith 5. Daniel Hyland | 148,734 | 39.2 | +2.2 |
| | Labor | 1. Matt Viney (elected 2) 2. Johan Scheffer (elected 4) 3. Glenyys Romanes 4. Gregg Cook 5. Ann Dettrick | 132,334 | 34.9 | −5.7 |
| | Greens | 1. Louis Delacretaz 2. Jill Redwood 3. George Beardsley 4. Catheryn Thompson 5. Daniel Jordan | 34,745 | 9.2 | −1.5 |
| | National | 1. Peter Hall (elected 5) 2. Janice Coates 3. Wesley Head 4. Jenny Hammett 5. Neville Buckland | 32,623 | 8.6 | −1.6 |
| | Family First | 1. Cameron Eastman 2. Joshua Reimer 3. Wendy Buchanan 4. Mark Harvey 5. Marcus van Enik | 16,895 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. Pat Crea 2. Pat Lamanna 3. Margaret Hansen 4. Teresa Evelyn-Liardet | 4,467 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | People Power | 1. Gabriela Byrne 2. Jodie Hughson | 3,709 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| | Country Alliance | 1. Andrew Jones 2. Peter Kelly | 2,334 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | Group F | 1. Henrie Ellis 2. Stephen Pearman | 1,725 | 0.45 | +0.45 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Wolfgang Voigt 2. Eddie Brockhus | 1,470 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Independent | Adnan Glibanovic | 165 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 379,201 | 96.8 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12,625 | 3.2 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 391,826 | 93.8 | |

### Northern Metropolitan

2006 Victorian state election: Northern Metropolitan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 60,025 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Theo Theophanous (elected 1) 2. Jenny Mikakos (elected 3) 3. Nazih Elasmar (elected 5) 4. Michele Ryan 5. Joe Caputo | 176,303 | 49.0 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal | 1. Matthew Guy (elected 2) 2. Dino de Marchi 3. Emilia Arnus | 83,634 | 23.2 | +0.5 |
| | Greens | 1. Greg Barber (elected 4) 2. Priya Carey 3. Hoa Pham 4. Glenn Osboldstone 5. Daniel Marti | 61,465 | 17.1 | +0.3 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. John Mulholland 2. Kevin Harwood | 18,581 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| | Family First | 1. Liz Bos 2. Amy Shand 3. Giacomo Angeli 4. Roy Crea | 10,117 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| | Democrats | 1. Geoff Lutz 2. Jessica Healy 3. Robert Stone | 4,521 | 1.3 | −1.5 |
| | People Power | 1. Barbara Biggs 2. Vern Hughes | 3,894 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Group D | 1. Joseph Kaliniy 2. Koulla Mesaritis 3. Alexios Alexopoulos 4. Mousti Senkul | 1,634 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 360,149 | 94.3 | −1.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 21,730 | 5.7 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 381,879 | 91.1 | |

### Northern Victoria

2006 Victorian state election: Northern Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 60,899 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Candy Broad (elected 1) 2. Kaye Darveniza (elected 5) 3. Marg Lewis 4. Brad Dobson 5. Jamie Byron | 110,015 | 30.1 | −7.3 |
| | Liberal | 1. Wendy Lovell (elected 2) 2. Donna Petrovich (elected 4) 3. John Lithgow 4. Zie Devereux 5. Michael Gillies Smith | 106,483 | 29.1 | −0.7 |
| | National | 1. Damian Drum (elected 3) 2. Rachel McAsey 3. Justin Scholz 4. Robert Mitchell 5. Brian O'Sullivan | 77,421 | 21.2 | +1.9 |
| | Greens | 1. Jennifer Alden 2. Jon Baly 3. Jenny O'Connor | 26,603 | 7.3 | +0.5 |
| | Family First | 1. Nathan Hulls 2. Mary Lou Corboy 3. Nathanael Valentine 4. Helen Leach | 13,381 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. Andrew Robinson 2. Paul McCormack 3. Sharon Lane | 7,841 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Country Alliance | 1. Danny Lee 2. Fred Goodwin | 7,495 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Group E | 1. Stefano de Pieri 2. Helen Healy 3. Geoff Brown 4. Joe Rocca 5. Neil Fettling | 7,487 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Group H | 1. Laurie Whelan 2. Peter O'Brien | 4,287 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | People Power | 1. Denise Allen 2. Phil Bachmann | 2,497 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Phil Seymour 2. Ewan McDonald | 1,881 | 0.5 | −0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 365,391 | 95.9 | −0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 15,426 | 4.1 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 380,817 | 93.3 | |

### South Eastern Metropolitan

2006 Victorian state election: South Eastern Metropolitan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 60,925 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Gavin Jennings (elected 1) 2. Adem Somyurek (elected 3) 3. Bob Smith (elected 5) 4. Vince Rossi 5. Shilana Yip | 181,986 | 49.8 | −4.4 |
| | Liberal | 1. Gordon Rich-Phillips (elected 2) 2. Inga Peulich (elected 4) 3. Ken Ong 4. Susanne La Fontaine 5. John Aivaliotis | 123,067 | 33.7 | −0.9 |
| | Greens | 1. Jim Reiher 2. Nicole Avery 3. Dean Andrew | 26,408 | 7.2 | −1.8 |
| | Family First | 1. Ann-Marie Hermans 2. Steven Ashdown 3. Ann Ross 4. Annette Blazé | 19,238 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
| | Democrats | 1. Karen Bailey 2. David Batten 3. Daniel Berk | 4,967 | 1.4 | −0.8 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. Denise de Graaff 2. Frances Murphy | 3,276 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | People Power | 1. Linda Hancock 2. Maria Pazaitis | 2,580 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Sandra Herrmann 2. Jenny Zuiderwyk | 2,468 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Group E | 1. Geraldine Gonsalvez 2. Julie Boustead | 1,557 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 365,547 | 94.8 | −1.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 20,200 | 5.2 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 385,747 | 93.4 | |

### Southern Metropolitan

2006 Victorian state election: Southern Metropolitan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 60,301 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. David Davis (elected 1) 2. Andrea Coote (elected 3) 3. David Southwick 4. Michael Heffernan 5. Kaye Farrow | 167,202 | 46.2 | +2.1 |
| | Labor | 1. John Lenders (elected 2) 2. Evan Thornley (elected 5) 3. Shelly Freeman 4. Alexandria Hicks 5. Pablo Salina | 112,762 | 31.2 | −6.7 |
| | Greens | 1. Sue Pennicuik (elected 4) 2. Heather Welsh 3. Ray Walford 4. Clare Pilcher 5. Teresa Puszka | 56,816 | 15.7 | +0.3 |
| | Family First | 1. John McSwiney 2. John Friebel 3. Brian Campbell | 7,894 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| | Democrats | 1. Paul Kavanagh 2. Margaret Mitsikas 3. John Mathieson | 6,219 | 1.7 | −0.4 |
| | People Power | 1. Stephen Mayne 2. Judith Voce | 4,952 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. Gerry Flood 2. Brian Maunder 3. Terry O'Hanlon | 4,206 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Group C | 1. Rita Bentley 2. Geoff Taylor | 1,439 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Independent | John Myers | 315 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 361,805 | 96.9 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 11,420 | 3.1 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 373,225 | 90.2 | |

### Western Metropolitan

2006 Victorian state election: Western Metropolitan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 62,402 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Justin Madden (elected 1) 2. Khalil Eideh (elected 3) 3. Martin Pakula (elected 4) 4. Henry Barlow 5. Lisa Zanatta | 219,706 | 58.7 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal | 1. Bernie Finn (elected 2) 2. Stephen Reynolds 3. Wayne Tseng 4. Ann Bitans | 91,604 | 24.5 | −1.2 |
| | Greens | 1. Colleen Hartland (elected 5) 2. Nam Bui 3. Robert Humphreys 4. Liz Ingham 5. Nora Tchekmeyan | 35,201 | 9.4 | −0.2 |
| | Family First | 1. Ashley Alp 2. Anh Nguyen 3. Robert Walker 4. Marie Spataro 5. Roger San Jose | 15,032 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| | People Power | 1. Max Jackson 2. Christine Williams | 5,098 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. Mark Beshara 2. Shane McCarthy | 4,029 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Democrats | 1. Robert Livesay 2. Danii Coric 3. Roger Howe | 3,741 | 1.0 | −1.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 374,411 | 93.7 | −1.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 25,075 | 6.3 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 399,486 | 92.5 | |

### Western Victoria

2006 Victorian state election: Western Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 65,747 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Jaala Pulford (elected 1) 2. Gayle Tierney (elected 3) 3. Elaine Carbines 4. Christine Couzens 5. Chris Papas | 165,712 | 42.0 | −5.3 |
| | Liberal | 1. John Vogels (elected 2) 2. David Koch (elected 4) 3. Kate Bullen 4. Paul Johnston 5. John Oxley | 139,114 | 35.3 | −1.9 |
| | Greens | 1. Marcus Ward 2. Gillian Blair 3. Stephen Chenery 4. Karen McAloon 5. Judy Cameron | 34,022 | 8.6 | +0.4 |
| | National | 1. Samantha McIntosh 2. Peter McIntyre | 21,902 | 5.6 | +0.3 |
| | Family First | 1. Gordon Alderson 2. Monique Podbury 3. Michael Croot 4. Anna Jennings 5. Michael Albers | 15,512 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. Peter Kavanagh (elected 5) 2. Clare Power 3. David Power 4. Michael Casanova 5. Leanne Casanova | 10,485 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | Country Alliance | 1. Miles Hodge 2. Ron Heath | 3,500 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | People Power | 1. Greg Jones 2. Lachlan Jones | 2,922 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1. Sue Bull 2. Rowan Stewart | 1,130 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | John Camilleri | 179 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 394,478 | 96.4 | −0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 14,588 | 3.6 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 409,066 | 93.5 | |