# Candidates of the 2018 Victorian state election

This is a list of candidates for the 2018 Victorian state election. The election was held on 24 November 2018. Nominations of candidates opened on 31 October 2018. Nominations for party candidates closed on 8 November, and for independent candidates on 9 November.
A total of 887 candidates nominated for the election, down from 896 at the 2014 election. There are 507 candidates for the Legislative Assembly, the second-highest number on record, down from 545 in 2014. The 380 candidates for the Legislative Council is the highest number of upper house candidates in a Victorian election, up from 351 in 2014.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Judith Graley MLA (Narre Warren South) – announced 19 August 2017
* Geoff Howard MLA (Buninyong) – announced 15 September 2017
* Sharon Knight MLA (Wendouree) – announced 31 July 2017
* Telmo Languiller MLA (Tarneit) – announced 26 August 2017
* Hong Lim MLA (Clarinda) – announced 5 September 2017
* Wade Noonan MLA (Williamstown) – announced 4 October 2017
* Jude Perera MLA (Cranbourne) – announced 15 September 2017
* Marsha Thomson MLA (Footscray) – announced 21 September 2017
* Khalil Eideh MLC (Western Metropolitan Region) – announced 21 September 2017
* Daniel Mulino MLC (Eastern Victoria Region) – retiring to run for federal House of Representatives

### Liberal

* Louise Asher MLA (Brighton) – announced 11 August 2016
* Martin Dixon MLA (Nepean) – announced 10 August 2016
* Christine Fyffe MLA (Evelyn) – announced 21 October 2016
* Murray Thompson MLA (Sandringham) – announced 24 November 2016
* Richard Dalla-Riva MLC (Eastern Metropolitan Region) – announced 10 February 2017
* Simon Ramsay MLC (Western Victoria Region) – announced 24 July 2018

### Independent

* Don Nardella MLA (Melton) – announced 28 February 2017

## Candidates for Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Greens candidates | Other candidates |
| Albert Park | Labor | Martin Foley | Andrew Bond (Lib) | Ogy Simic | Steven Armstrong (Sus) Jarryd Bartle (RP) Tamasin Ramsay (AJP) Joseph Toscano (Ind) |
| Altona | Labor | Jill Hennessy | Christian Martinu (Lib) | Emma-Jane Byrne | Maria Aylward (Ind) Tony Hooper (Ind) |
| Bass | Liberal | Jordan Crugnale | Brian Paynter (Lib) | David Arnault | Ron Bauer (Ind) Clare Le Serve (Ind) Kate Lempriere (Ind) Ross McPhee (DLP) Frank Ripa (SFFP) |
| Bayswater | Liberal | Jackson Taylor | Heidi Victoria (Lib) | Asher Cookson | Nathan Schram (AJP) |
| Bellarine | Labor | Lisa Neville | Brian McKiterick (Lib) | Rachel Semmens | Naomi Adams (AJP) Jackie Kriz (Soc) |
| Benambra | Liberal | Mark Tait | Bill Tilley (Lib) | John Bardsley | Jacqui Hawkins (Ind) Josh Knight (SFFP) Jenny O'Connor (Ind) |
| Bendigo East | Labor | Jacinta Allan | Gaelle Broad (Nat) Ian Ellis (Lib) | Nakita Thomson | Michael Belardinelli (Ind) Helen Leach (DLP) |
| Bendigo West | Labor | Maree Edwards | Kevin Finn (Lib) | Laurie Whelan | Marilyn Nuske (AJP) |
| Bentleigh | Labor | Nick Staikos | Asher Judah (Lib) | Sarah Dekiere | Naren Chellappah (AJP) Fi Fraser (DLP) Oscar Lobo (Ind) George Mavroyeni (Ind) Dave Stott (RP) Ellie Jean Sullivan (DHJP) Hans Verzijl (Sus) |
| Box Hill | Liberal | Paul Hamer | Robert Clark (Lib) | Sophia Sun | – |
| Brighton | Liberal | Declan Martin | James Newbury (Lib) | Katherine Copsey | John Casley (Ind) Alison Pridham (Sus) Cathy Taylor (AJP) |
| Broadmeadows | Labor | Frank McGuire | Jenny Dow (Lib) | Sheriden Tate | Jerome Small (Soc) |
| Brunswick | Labor | Cindy O'Connor | Adam Wojtonis (Lib) | Tim Read | Christopher Anderson (Ind) Noel Collins (LDP) Catherine Deveny (RP) George Georgiou (Ind) Christopher Miles (AJP) Kerry Sourasis (Ind) |
| Bulleen | Liberal | Fiona Mackenzie | Matthew Guy (Lib) | Chris Kearney | – |
| Bundoora | Labor | Colin Brooks | Jenny Mulholland (Lib) | Clement Stanyon | Jacob Andrewartha (Soc) Bryce Baker (RP) Rodney Whitfield (AJP) |
| Buninyong | Labor | Michaela Settle | Andrew Kilmartin (Lib) | Linda Zibell | Dianne Colbert (Ind) Brendan Eckel (Ind) Jane McKendrick (Soc) Wendy Morrison (AJP) Lindsay Watters (Ind) |
| Burwood | Liberal | Will Fowles | Graham Watt (Lib) | Graham Ross | Amanda Beattie (AJP) Andrew Williams (Sus) |
| Carrum | Labor | Sonya Kilkenny | Donna Bauer (Lib) | Braeden Thompson | Jennifer Bowden (DLP) Simone Philpott-Smart (DHJP) Michael Tellesson (Ind) Santosh Yadav (TMP) |
| Caulfield | Liberal | Sorina Grasso | David Southwick (Lib) | Dinesh Mathew | Aviya Bavati (Sus) Troy Evans (AJP) |
| Clarinda | Labor | Meng Heang Tak | Gandhi Bevinakoppa (Lib) | Josh Fergeus | Michael Gardner (Ind) Zhi Gang Zhuang (TMP) |
| Cranbourne | Labor | Pauline Richards | Ann-Marie Hermans (Lib) | Jake Tilton | Norman Fosberry (Ind) Susan Jakobi (Ind) Ravi Ragupathy (Ind) Tarlochan Singh (TMP) Edward Sok (DLP) Jason Soultanidis (DHJP) |
| Croydon | Liberal | Josh Cusack | David Hodgett (Lib) | Caleb O'Flynn | Vinita Costantino (AJP) |
| Dandenong | Labor | Gabrielle Williams | Virosh Perera (Lib) | Rhonda Garad | Afroz Ahmed (TMP) |
| Eildon | Liberal | Sally Brennan | Cindy McLeish (Lib) | Ken Deacon | Michelle Dunscombe (Ind) |
| Eltham | Labor | Vicki Ward | Nick McGowan (Lib) | Matthew Goodman | Peter O'Brien (DLP) |
| Essendon | Labor | Danny Pearson | Gino Potenza (Lib) | James Williams | Kate Baker (Ind) Dermot Connors (DLP) Richard Lawrence (Ind) |
| Euroa | National | Fionna Deppeler-Morton | Steph Ryan (Nat) | Keppel Cassidy | Don Firth (Ind) |
| Evelyn | Liberal | Gail Ritchie | Bridget Vallence (Lib) | Brodie Everist | – |
| Ferntree Gully | Liberal | Julie Buxton | Nick Wakeling (Lib) | Steve Raymond | – |
| Footscray | Labor | Katie Hall | Emete Joesika (Lib) | Angus McAlpine | Shan Sun (AJP) |
| Forest Hill | Liberal | Manoj Kumar | Neil Angus (Lib) | Naresh Bhalla | Claude Bai (Ind) |
| Frankston | Labor | Paul Edbrooke | Michael Lamb (Lib) | Colin Lane | Henry Kelsall (Ind) Michael Long (DLP) Lachlan O'Connell (DHJP) James Persson (AJP) Jyothi Rudra (TMP) |
| Geelong | Labor | Christine Couzens | Freya Fidge (Lib) | Lois Newman | Sarah Hathway (Soc) Jacki Jacka (AJP) Stephen Juhasz (Ind) Darryn Lyons (Ind) Gottfried Wolf (Ind) |
| Gembrook | Liberal | Michael Galea | Brad Battin (Lib) | Amy Gregorovich | – |
| Gippsland East | National | Mark Reeves | Tim Bull (Nat) | Deb Foskey | Sonia Buckley (LDP) Benjamin Garrett (Ind) George Neophytou (Ind) Matt Stephenson (Ind) |
| Gippsland South | National | Denise Ryan | Danny O'Brien (Nat) | Ian Onley | – |
| Hastings | Liberal | Simon Meyer | Neale Burgess (Lib) | Nathan Lesslie | Georgia Knight (AJP) |
| Hawthorn | Liberal | John Kennedy | John Pesutto (Lib) | Nicholas Bieber | Richard Grummet (Ind) Sophie Paterson (Sus) Catherine Wright (AJP) |
| Ivanhoe | Labor | Anthony Carbines | Monica Clark (Lib) | Andrew Conley | Philip Jenkins (DLP) Craig Langdon (Ind) |
| Kew | Liberal | Marg D'Arcy | Tim Smith (Lib) | Alex Marks | Bronwyn Gardiner (AJP) Paul Scaturchio (Sus) |
| Keysborough | Labor | Martin Pakula | Darrel Taylor (Lib) | Ken McAlpine | Usman Afzal (TMP) Helen Jeges (AJP) Hung Vo (Ind) |
| Kororoit | Labor | Marlene Kairouz | Golam Haque (Lib) | Rohan Waring | Katherine Divita (AJP) |
| Lara | Labor | John Eren | Melissa Di Pasquale (Lib) | Amber Forbes | Bronwen Baker (AJP) Dean Cardigan (Soc) |
| Lowan | National | Maurice Billi | Emma Kealy (Nat) | Richard Lane | Trevor Grenfell (Soc) Barry Shea (Ind) |
| Macedon | Labor | Mary-Anne Thomas | Amanda Millar (Lib) | Ralf Thesing | Rob Bakes (Ind) Tony O'Brien (DLP) Ruth Parramore (AJP) |
| Malvern | Liberal | Oliver Squires | Michael O'Brien (Lib) | Polly Morgan | Candace Feild (AJP) Michaela Moran (Sus) |
| Melbourne | Greens | Jennifer Kanis | Darin Schade (Lib) | Ellen Sandell | Leo Close (RP) Kim Fuhrmann (ABP) Peter Hanlon (Ind) Lawrence Pope (AJP) Benjamin Rookes (LDP) |
| Melton | Labor | Steve McGhie | Ryan Farrow (Lib) | Harkirat Singh | Victor Bennett (DLP) Jarrod Bingham (Ind) Ian Birchall (Ind) Ron Guy (Soc) Daryl Lang (Ind) Tania Milton (AJP) Sophie Ramsey (Ind) Grant Stirling (Ind) Bob Turner (Ind) |
| Mildura | National | Tony Alessi | Peter Crisp (Nat) | Cathryn Milne | Ali Cupper* (Ind) Steve Timmis (Ind) |
| Mill Park | Labor | Lily D'Ambrosio | Lakhwinder Dillon (Lib) | Alexander Edwards | Nicholas Reich (Soc) Marcia Simons (AJP) |
| Monbulk | Labor | James Merlino | John Schurink (Lib) | Liz Hicks | Jordan Crook (Ind) Joshua Norman (DLP) |
| Mordialloc | Labor | Tim Richardson | Geoff Gledhill (Lib) | Hamish Taylor | Bronwyn Currie (AJP) Robyn Nolan (Ind) Peter Phillips (DLP) Phil Reid (Ind) Peter Sullivan (DHJP) Amit Verma (TMP) Stephen Watson (Ind) |
| Mornington | Liberal | Ryan White | David Morris (Lib) | David Sinclair | Tyson Jack (AJP) |
| Morwell | National | Mark Richards | Sheridan Bond (Nat) Dale Harriman (Lib) | Daniel Caffrey | Ray Burgess (Ind) Reece Diggins (ABP) Nathan Keen (DLP) Tracie Lund (Ind) Ricky Muir (SFFP) Russell Northe* (Ind) Christine Sindt (Ind) |
| Mount Waverley | Liberal | Matt Fregon | Michael Gidley (Lib) | Justin McCarthy | – |
| Mulgrave | Labor | Daniel Andrews | Maree Davenport (Lib) | Ovi Rajasinghe | Des Kelly (DLP) Nadeem Malik (TMP) |
| Murray Plains | National | Peter Williams | Peter Walsh (Nat) | Ian Christoe | Daniel Straub (SFFP) |
| Narracan | Liberal | Christine Maxfield | Gary Blackwood (Lib) | William Hornstra | Carlo Ierfone (Ind) Guss Lambden (Ind) |
| Narre Warren North | Labor | Luke Donnellan | Vikki Fitzgerald (Lib) | Stefanie Bauer | Sami Greiss (DLP) Zeeshan Mahmood (TMP) |
| Narre Warren South | Labor | Gary Maas | Susan Serey (Lib) | Michael Butler | Gagandeep Singh (TMP) |
| Nepean | Liberal | Chris Brayne | Russell Joseph (Lib) | Paul Saunders | Rodger Gully (Ind) Simon Mulvany (Ind) |
| Niddrie | Labor | Ben Carroll | Ben Reeson (Lib) | Jean-Luke Desmarais | Rebbecca Primmer (AJP) |
| Northcote | Greens | Kat Theophanous | John MacIsaac (Lib) | Lidia Thorpe | David Bramante (AJP) Bryony Edwards (Ind) Samuel Fink (LDP) Franca Smarrelli (RP) |
| Oakleigh | Labor | Steve Dimopoulos | Andrew Edmonds (Lib) | Peter Morgan | Brandon Hoult (Sus) Parashos Kioupelis (Ind) Suzanne Parker (AJP) |
| Ovens Valley | National | Kate Doyle | Tim McCurdy (Nat) | Vicki Berry | Tammy Atkins (Ind) Ray Dyer (Ind) Julian Fidge (ACP) |
| Pascoe Vale | Labor | Lizzie Blandthorn | Genevieve Hamilton (Lib) | Phil Jackson | Gerry Beaton (Soc) John Kavanagh (Ind) Graeme Linsell (AJP) Francesco Timpano (Ind) Oscar Yildiz (Ind) |
| Polwarth | Liberal | Douglas Johnston | Richard Riordan (Lib) | Courtney Gardner | Brendan Murphy (Soc) Damien Pitts (AJP) |
| Prahran | Greens | Neil Pharaoh | Katie Allen (Lib) | Sam Hibbins | Dennis Bilic (Sus) Leon Kofmansky (DLP) Jennifer Long (AJP) Alan Menadue (Ind) Wendy Patterson (ABP) Tom Tomlin (Ind) |
| Preston | Labor | Robin Scott | Guido Lilio (Lib) | Susanne Newton | Margee Glover (RP) Gaetano Greco (Ind) Stephanie Price (Soc) Nadine Richings (AJP) |
| Richmond | Labor | Richard Wynne | – | Kathleen Maltzahn | Craig Kealy (AJP) Herschel Landes (Ind) Emma Manning (Ind) Judy Ryan (RP) Kevin Tran (Ind) Adrian Whitehead (Ind) |
| Ringwood | Liberal | Dustin Halse | Dee Ryall (Lib) | Robert Humphreys | – |
| Ripon | Liberal | Sarah De Santis | Louise Staley (Lib) | Serge Simic | Peter Fava (SFFP) Sandra Gibbs (DHJP) Anna Hills (AJP) Bronwyn Jennings (Soc) Maria Mayer (Ind) Peter Mulcahy (DLP) Jeff Truscott (Ind) |
| Rowville | Liberal | Muhammad Shahbaz | Kim Wells (Lib) | Natasha Sharma | Joe Cossari (Ind) |
| Sandringham | Liberal | Anita Horvath | Brad Rowswell (Lib) | Dominic Phillips (disendorsed) | Liz Freeman (DLP) Creighton King (Sus) Clarke Martin (Ind) Snezana Redford (AJP) |
| Shepparton | Independent | Bill Heath | Cheryl Hammer (Lib) Peter Schwarz (Nat) | Nickee Freeman | Suzanna Sheed* (Ind) Murray Willaton (SFFP) |
| South Barwon | Liberal | Darren Cheeseman | Andrew Katos (Lib) | Marian Smedley | David Ball (Soc) Stephen Campbell (DLP) Damien Cole (Ind) Peter Oseckas (AJP) Robert Ripa (SFFP) |
| South-West Coast | Liberal | Kylie Gaston | Roma Britnell (Lib) | Thomas Campbell | Jim Doukas (ACP) Michael McCluskey (Ind) Michael Neoh (Ind) James Purcell (Ind) Joseph Purtill (DLP) Terry Riggs (Soc) |
| St Albans | Labor | Natalie Suleyman | Trung Luu (Lib) | Cylene Magri | Jenny Isa (Ind) |
| Sunbury | Labor | Josh Bull | Cassandra Marr (Lib) | Ryan Keable | – |
| Sydenham | Labor | Natalie Hutchins | Maria Kerr (Lib) | Clinton Hare | Ramanjit Singh (Ind) |
| Tarneit | Labor | Sarah Connolly | Glenn Goodfellow (Lib) | Beck Sheffield-Brotherton | Aaron An (Ind) Harkamal Batth (Ind) Arnav Sati (Ind) Zulfi Syed (Ind) |
| Thomastown | Labor | Bronwyn Halfpenny | Gurdawar Singh (Lib) | Cynthia Smith | Alahna Desiato (Ind) Kath Larkin (Soc) Tess Nagorka-Tsindos (AJP) Ibrahim Saba (Ind) Nikola Stavreski (Ind) David Thirkettle-Watts (RP) |
| Warrandyte | Liberal | Elizabeth McGrath | Ryan Smith (Lib) | Ben Ramcharan | Lachlan McGill (AJP) |
| Wendouree | Labor | Juliana Addison | Amy Johnson (Lib) | Alice Barnes | Bryn Hills (AJP) Alison Smith (Ind) Jeremy Smith (Soc) |
| Werribee | Labor | Tim Pallas | Gayle Murphy (Lib) | Jay Dessi | Kathryn Breakwell (DLP) Rachel Carling-Jenkins (Ind) Joe Garra (Ind) Thanh Nga Ly (Ind) Pratibha Sharma (Ind) |
| Williamstown | Labor | Melissa Horne | Pallavee Joshi (Lib) | Sam Long | Lisa Bentley (Ind) Peter Hemphill (Ind) Virginia Saint-James (AJP) |
| Yan Yean | Labor | Danielle Green | Meralyn Klein (Lib) (disendorsed) | Hugh McKinnon | Yassin Albarri (Ind) Arthur Bablis (DLP) Munish Bansal (Ind) Siobhann Brown (ALA) David Snelling (SFFP) |
| Yuroke | Labor | Ros Spence | Jim Overend (Lib) | Louise Sampson | Emma Dook (Soc) Golda Zogheib (Ind) |

## Candidates for Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

### Eastern Metropolitan

The Labor Party were defending one seat. The Liberal Party were defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Reason candidates | SFFP candidates | Justice candidates |
| Shaun Leane* Sonja Terpstra* Nildhara Gadani Abhimanyu Kumar Barry Terzic | Mary Wooldridge* Bruce Atkinson* Emanuele Cicchiello Grace Roy Shilpa Hegde | Samantha Dunn Helen Harris Liezl Shnookal Monique Edwards Daniela Tymms | Douglas Leitch Glenn Lynch | Monique Ruyter Grant Poulton | Linda De Rango Kathryn Lavell |
| AJP candidates | Sustainable candidates | Health Australia candidates | Socialists candidates | Hudson candidates | Transport Matters candidates |
| Rosemary Lavin Theresa Weymouth | Lynnette Saloumi Perrin Wilkins | Andrew Hicks Gabrielle Brodie | Norrian Rundle Liam Ward | Shelley van Luenen Deidre Bailey | Rod Barton* Toni Peters |
| ALA candidates | Country candidates | DLP candidates | VEP candidates | LDP candidates | Battler candidates |
| Indhira Bivieca Aquino Royston Wilding | Mil Erikozu Russel Proud | Jeremy Orchard Benjamin Cronshaw | Dermot Ryan Tara Nipe | Brenton Ford Marcos Fernandes | Bryce Larson Clyde Sterry |

### Eastern Victoria

The Labor Party were defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition were defending two seats. The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party were defending one seat.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Greens candidates | SFFP candidates | Reason candidates | Justice candidates |
| Jane Garrett* Harriet Shing* Patrick Kelly Jane Clarke Onno van den Eynde | Edward O'Donohue* (Lib) Melina Bath* (Nat) Meg Edwards (Lib) Karen Chipperfield (Lib) Darren Howe (Nat) | Tom Cummings Lachlan Mackenzie Neale Adams David Gentle Donald Stokes | Jeff Bourman* Kerrie-Anne Muir | Carmel Close Gregory Bell | Rhonda Crooks Philip Seabrook |
| Country candidates | Health Australia candidates | Sustainable candidates | Transport Matters candidates | Socialists candidates | Hudson candidates |
| Rob Danieli Tony Geitenbeek | Geoff Pain Katherine Holmes | Reade Smith Donna Hannaford | Trevor Salmon Joshua Roperto | Lainie Cruse Russell Forden | Megan Whittaker Kristy Hudson |
| AJP candidates | VEP candidates | LDP candidates | DLP candidates | ALA candidates | Battler candidates |
| Leah Folloni Jennifer McAdam | Michelle Hain Martin Barnes | Ben Buckley Rob McCathie | Padraig O'Hea Larry Norman | Mark Brown Daniel Jones | Vern Hughes Paula Mattson |
| Ungrouped candidates | | | | | |
| Michael Fozard (Ind) | | | | | |

### Northern Metropolitan

The Labor Party were defending two seats. The Liberal Party were defending one seat. The Greens were defending one seat. The Sex Party, rebranded as the Reason Party, were defending one seat.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Reason candidates | SFFP candidates | Justice candidates |
| Jenny Mikakos* Nazih Elasmar* Burhan Yigit Ash Verma Karen Douglas | Craig Ondarchie* Evan Mulholland Neelam Rai Kate Drake Mark Polistena | Samantha Ratnam* Christina Zigouras Edward Crossland Josef Rafalowicz Campbell Gome | Fiona Patten* Helena Melton Ange Hopkins Rachel Payne Dominique Musico | Ethan Constantinou Chris Tzelepis | Carmela Dagiandis Prudence Mercieca |
| AJP candidates | Socialists candidates | Health Australia candidates | Sustainable candidates | Hudson candidates | DLP candidates |
| Bruce Poon Miranda Smith Chris Delforce | Stephen Jolly Sue Bolton Colleen Bolger | Pippa Campbell Emily Oldmeadow | Mark McDonald William Clow | Madison Wright Marylynn Meneghini | John McBride Jackie Gwynne |
| VEP candidates | LDP candidates | Country candidates | Local Jobs candidates | Transport Matters candidates | Battler candidates |
| Sandra McCarthy Stefan Nott | Louise Hitchcock Richard Wright | Cameron Stoddart Domenic Greco | Nathan Purcell Aaron Purcell | Moti Ram Visa Afshan Mian | Walter Mikac David Graham |
| ALA candidates | | | | | |
| Russell Gomez John Reisner | | | | | |

### Northern Victoria

The Labor Party were defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition were defending two seats. The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party were defending one seat.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Greens candidates | SFFP candidates | Reason candidates | Justice candidates |
| Mark Gepp* Jaclyn Symes* Sukhraj Singh Jan Morgiewicz Glenn Matthews | Wendy Lovell* (Lib) Luke O'Sullivan (Nat) Brad Hearn (Lib) Emma Williamson (Nat) Robyne Head (Lib) | Nicole Rowan Damien Stevens-Todd Elizabeth Matchett Julie Rivendell Matthew Thomas | Daniel Young Ben Podger | Martin Leahy Callum Chapman | Tania Maxwell* Jodi Ayres |
| Country candidates | Sustainable candidates | Hudson candidates | Socialists candidates | AJP candidates | Health Australia candidates |
| Phil Larkin David Couston | Madeleine Wearne Ian Chivers | Josh Hudson Shane O'Sullivan | Moira Macdonald Michael McKenna | Glynn Jarrett Robyn Masih | Isaac Golden Anne Sash |
| Transport Matters candidates | ALA candidates | VEP candidates | LDP candidates | Battler candidates | DLP candidates |
| Scott Cowie Eleanore Fitz | Ewan McDonald James Wylie | Miranda Jones Craig Hill | Tim Quilty* Iain King | Dennis Lacey Erin Bruhn | Chris McCormack Jarred Vehlen |

### South Eastern Metropolitan

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Greens were defending one seat.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Reason candidates | SFFP candidates | Justice candidates |
| Gavin Jennings* Adem Somyurek* Tien Kieu* Nessie Sayar Ian Spencer | Gordon Rich-Phillips* Inga Peulich George Hua Kuldeep Kaur Robert Hicks | Nina Springle Matthew Kirwan Jacqueline Mitchell Jake Vos Tasma Minifie | Laura Chipp Brett Kagan | Chris Banhidy Vincent Leone | Peter Davy Kerri Guy |
| Country candidates | Hudson candidates | Sustainable candidates | Transport Matters candidates | Socialists candidates | DLP candidates |
| Andrew Hepner Marilyn Danieli | Jannette Sinclair Holly Madill | Anthony Cresswell Daryl Budgeon | Ali Khan Chetan Sharma Roona Fazal Inderpal Singh Deepakbir Kaur | Aran Mylvaganam Ben Reid | Peter Stevens Michael Palma |
| Health Australia candidates | AJP candidates | VEP candidates | ALA candidates | LDP candidates | Battler candidates |
| Tamsin King Carly Meaden | Elizabeth Johnston Derrin Craig | Kassandra Hall Mardi Hill | David Maddison Ralf Schumann | David Limbrick* Matt Ford | David Armstrong Michael Chamberlain |
| Group D candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Tarang Chawla Nicole Lee | Stewart Hine (Ind) Peter Mack (Ind) Bobby Singh (Ind) |

### Southern Metropolitan

The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens was defending one seat.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Reason candidates | SFFP candidates | Justice candidates |
| Philip Dalidakis* Nina Taylor* Judith Armstrong Graeme Kendall Danny Bellote | David Davis* Georgie Crozier* Margaret Fitzherbert Gavan MacRides Miaosheng Yang | Sue Pennicuik Earl James Rose Read Duncan Forster James Bennett | Jill Mellon-Robertson Edmund Munday | Nicole Bourman Ryan Lindfors-Beswick | Nikki Nicholls Julie Doidge |
| AJP candidates | DLP candidates | Health Australia candidates | Sustainable candidates | Socialists candidates | Hudson candidates |
| Ben Schultz Fiona McRostie | Joel van der Horst Lucia De Summa | Ben Moore Cindy Cerecer | Clifford Hayes* Cathryn Houghton | Catheryn Lewis Ivan Mitchell | Matthew Perriam Grace Perriam |
| Transport Matters candidates | ALA candidates | VEP candidates | Country candidates | LDP candidates | Battler candidates |
| Kim Guest Saeed Muhammad | Avi Yemini Kaylah Jones | Jane Morris Imelda Ryan | Nicola Clow Michele Armstrong | Robert Kennedy Kirsty O'Sullivan | Mark Hillard Stacey Wain |

### Western Metropolitan

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The Greens was defending one seat. The Democratic Labour Party was defending one seat, although MLC Rachel Carling-Jenkins, initially defecting to the Australian Conservatives and then sitting as an independent, unsuccessfully contested the lower house seat of Werribee.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Reason candidates | SFFP candidates | Justice candidates |
| Cesar Melhem* Ingrid Stitt* Kaushaliya Vaghela* Kirsten Psaila Louise Persse | Bernie Finn* Dinesh Gourisetty Moira Deeming David Wood Nathan Di Noia | Huong Truong Emely Cash Bernadette Thomas Elena Pereyra Annie Chessells-Beeby | Chris Botha Jamie Twidale | Wayne Rigg Geoff Ashby | Catherine Cumming* Daniel Cumming |
| DLP candidates | Health Australia candidates | Hudson candidates | Sustainable candidates | Transport Matters candidates | Socialists candidates |
| Walter Villagonzalo Mark Royal | Briony Jenkinson Deanne Glenn | Hayley Webb Casey Eckel | Allan Doensen Richard Belcher | Daniel Lowinger Ramy Abdelnour | Jorge Jorquera Andrew Charles |
| AJP candidates | ALA candidates | VEP candidates | LDP candidates | Country candidates | Battler candidates |
| Terri Beech Karina Leung | Francine Cohen Terri Franklin | Joan Beckwith Nia Sims | Adam Karlovsky Mark Thompson Christopher Reeves | Benito Caruso Tony Leen | Stuart O'Neill Ian Kearns |
| Ungrouped candidates |
| Kathy Majdlik (Ind) Diana Grima (Ind) |

### Western Victoria

The Labor Party were defending two seats. The Liberal/National Coalition were defending two seats. Vote 1 Local Jobs were defending one seat, although founder James Purcell unsuccessfully contested the lower house South-West Coast district.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Greens candidates | SFFP candidates | Reason candidates | Justice candidates |
| Jaala Pulford* Gayle Tierney* Dylan Wight Lorraine O'Dal Bernard Gartland | Bev McArthur* (Lib) Josh Morris (Lib) Jo Armstrong (Nat) Jennifer Lowe (Lib) Andrew Black (Nat) | Lloyd Davies Judy Cameron Peter Mewett David Jefferson Judith Baldacchino | Geoff Collins Graeme Standen | Michael Bell Liam Hastie | Stuart Grimley* Michelle Tedesco |
| Country candidates | DLP candidates | Hudson candidates | Sustainable candidates | Socialists candidates | Transport Matters candidates |
| Costa Di Biase John Buchholtz | Frances Beaumont Christian Schultink | Sally Hudson Mark Wright | Robert Pascoe Christopher Lynch | Tim Gooden Nada Iskra | Nicholas Croker Francesco Raco |
| AJP candidates | VEP candidates | LDP candidates | ALA candidates | Health Australia candidates | Battler candidates |
| Andy Meddick* Jen Gamble | Katrina Nugent John Berenyi | Lachlan Christie Paul Robson | Kenneth Nicholls Daniel Macdonald | Sonja Ljavroska Kayleen Thoren | Anthony Prelorenzo Mark Mitchell |
| Ungrouped candidates |
| Karl Pongracic (Ind) |