# Northern Metropolitan Region

Northern 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 comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Essendon, Greenvale, Kalkallo, Melbourne, Northcote, Pascoe Vale, Preston, Richmond and Thomastown.

## Members

Members for Northern Metropolitan Region :
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| 2006 | Greg Barber | Greens | Nazih Elasmar | Labor | Jenny Mikakos | Labor | Theo Theophanous | Labor | Matthew Guy | Liberal |
| 2010 | Greg Barber | Greens | Nazih Elasmar | Labor | Jenny Mikakos | Labor | Nathan Murphy | Labor | Matthew Guy | Liberal |
| 2010 | Greg Barber | Greens | Nazih Elasmar | Labor | Jenny Mikakos | Labor | Craig Ondarchie | Liberal | Matthew Guy | Liberal |
| 2014 | Greg Barber | Greens | Nazih Elasmar | Labor | Jenny Mikakos | Labor | Craig Ondarchie | Liberal | Fiona Patten | Sex Party |
| 2017 | Samantha Ratnam | Greens | Nazih Elasmar | Labor | Jenny Mikakos | Labor | Craig Ondarchie | Liberal | Fiona Patten | Sex Party |
| 2018 | Samantha Ratnam | Greens | Nazih Elasmar | Labor | Jenny Mikakos | Labor | Craig Ondarchie | Liberal | Fiona Patten | Reason |
| 2018 | Samantha Ratnam | Greens | Nazih Elasmar | Labor | Jenny Mikakos | Labor | Craig Ondarchie | Liberal | Fiona Patten | Reason |
| 2020 | Samantha Ratnam | Greens | Nazih Elasmar | Labor | Sheena Watt | Labor | Craig Ondarchie | Liberal | Fiona Patten | Reason |
| 2022 | Samantha Ratnam | Greens | Enver Erdogan | Labor | Sheena Watt | Labor | Evan Mulholland | Liberal | Adem Somyurek | Democratic Labour |
| 2024 | Samantha Ratnam | Greens | Enver Erdogan | Labor | Sheena Watt | Labor | Evan Mulholland | Liberal | Adem Somyurek | Independent |
| 2024 | Anasina Gray-Barberio | Greens | Enver Erdogan | Labor | Sheena Watt | Labor | Evan Mulholland | Liberal | Adem Somyurek | Independent |

## 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 (Theo Theophanous) | Liberal (Matthew Guy) | Labor (Jenny Mikakos) | Greens (Greg Barber) | Labor (Nazih Elasmar) |
| 2010 | Labor (Jenny Mikakos) | Liberal (Matthew Guy) | Greens (Greg Barber) | Labor (Nazih Elasmar) | Liberal (Craig Ondarchie) |
| 2014 | Labor (Jenny Mikakos) | Liberal (Craig Ondarchie) | Greens (Greg Barber) | Labor (Nazih Elasmar) | Sex Party (Fiona Patten) |
| 2018 | Labor (Jenny Mikakos) | Labor (Nazih Elasmar) | Greens (Samantha Ratnam) | Liberal (Craig Ondarchie) | Reason (Fiona Patten) |
| 2022 | Labor (Sheena Watt) | Liberal (Evan Mulholland) | Greens (Samantha Ratnam) | Labor (Enver Erdogan) | Democratic Labour (Adem Somyurek) |

## Election results

Labor were defending two seats. The Liberal Party, Greens, and Reason were defending one seat each.
2022 Victorian state election: Northern Metropolitan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 75,406 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Sheena Watt (elected 1) 2. Enver Erdogan (elected 4) 3. Susie Byers 4. Chloe Gaul 5. Ramy Aljalil | 151,062 | 33.39 | −9.18 |
| | Liberal | 1. Evan Mulholland (elected 2) 2. Owen Guest 3. Tim Staker-Gunn 4. Melinda Tempany 5. Hafiz Qadeer | 85,359 | 18.87 | +2.41 |
| | Greens | 1. Samantha Ratnam (elected 3) 2. Esther Kennedy 3. Sarah Jefford 4. Michael Leach 5. Kenna Morrison | 84,127 | 18.59 | +1.86 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Adem Somyurek (elected 5) 2. Cary De Wit | 21,684 | 4.79 | +0.62 |
| | Victorian Socialists | 1. Jerome Small 2. Cathy Lewis | 21,305 | 4.71 | +0.52 |
| | Reason | 1. Fiona Patten 2. Judy Ryan 3. Jenn Clark 4. Marcella Brassett 5. Tali Siani Jagielski | 16,322 | 3.61 | +0.24 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | 1. Andrew Hale 2. Renee Thompson | 13,822 | 3.06 | +3.06 |
| | Family First | 1. Imad Hirmiz 2. Denise Lowry | 11,646 | 2.57 | +2.57 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Leah Horsfall 2. Bruce Poon | 6,320 | 1.40 | −0.62 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Paul Silverberg 2. Rachel Versteegen | 5,612 | 1.24 | −0.13 |
| | United Australia | 1. Kelly Moran 2. Scott McCamish | 5,601 | 1.24 | +1.24 |
| | Freedom | 1. Damien Richardson 2. Cameron Stoddart | 4,937 | 1.09 | +1.09 |
| | Justice | 1. Simone Philpott-Smart 2. Thomas Stanfield | 4,773 | 1.05 | −0.97 |
| | One Nation | 1. Jessica Davis 2. Matthew Considine | 4,251 | 0.94 | +0.94 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Ethan Constantinou 2. Ben Podger | 3,470 | 0.77 | −0.43 |
| | Sack Dan Andrews | 1. Hatice Yesilagac 2. Berke Yolcu | 2,711 | 0.60 | +0.60 |
| | Transport Matters | 1. Georgia Diamantopoulos 2. Francesco Raco | 1,964 | 0.43 | −0.17 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Lisa Taggart 2. Gabrielle Brodie | 1,642 | 0.36 | −0.46 |
| | Companions and Pets | 1. Pauline Grutzner 2. Linda Pullen | 1,582 | 0.35 | +0.35 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. Alison Pridham 2. Daryl Budgeon | 1,480 | 0.33 | −0.38 |
| | New Democrats | 1. Amita Ros 2. Pushpinder Singh 3. Vikram Bhinder | 1,456 | 0.32 | +0.32 |
| | Angry Victorians | 1. Nickee Freeman 2. Jake Cashion | 1,186 | 0.26 | +0.26 |
| | Ind. (Indigenous) | Colin John Mancell | 118 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 452,430 | 96.33 | +1.13 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 17,223 | 4.80 | −1.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 496,653 | 85.07 | −2.94 |