Electoral districts of Victoria are the electoral districts, commonly referred to as "seats" or "electorates", into which the

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is divided for the purpose of electing members of the

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of the State. The State is divided into 88 single-member districts. The Legislative Assembly has had 88 electorates since the 1985 election, increased from 81 previously. Electoral boundaries are redrawn from time to time, in a process called ''redivision''. The last redivision took place in 2021, when the Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission reviewed Victoria's district boundaries. The boundaries arising from the 2013 redivision applied at the 2014 and the 2018 state elections.Report on the 2012-13 redivision of electoral boundaries
Electoral Boundaries Commission Previous redivisions took place in 2005, 2001 and 1991. A redivision is currently in progress and is expected to be completed by October 2021.2020–21 State electoral boundary redivision
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Current districts

As of November 2022, there are 88 electoral districts. (Note: some current electoral districts have been previously abolished and recreated; the below table lists the year of each district’s original inception.)

2021 redistricting

Due to the redistricting process that takes place every eight years, there were nine seats that were abolished and nine new seats.

Abolished

* Altona * Burwood *

Gembrook Gembrook is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Cardinia local government area. Gembrook recorded a population of 2,559 at the 2021 census. Gembrook is a popular ...

Buninyong Buninyong is a town 11 km from Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Midland Highway, south of Ballarat on the road to Geelong. Buninyong was proclaimed a town on 27 June 1851 on the same day as Winchelsea, Portarlington, L ...

Ferntree Gully Ferntree Gully is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, 30 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Kn ...

* Forest Hill *

Keysborough Keysborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Greater Dandenong local government area. Keysborough recorded a population of 30,018 at the . ...

Mount Waverley Mount Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Monash local government area. Mount Waverley recorded a population of 35,340 at the 2021 census. It ...

Yuroke Yuroke is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Yuroke recorded a population of 123 at the . Yuroke is located adjacent ...

New districts

* Ashwood * Berwick *

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Glen Waverley Glen Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Monash local government area. Glen Waverley recorded a population of 42,642 at the 2021 census. History ...

* Greenvale *

Kalkallo Kalkallo is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Kalkallo recorded a population of 5,548 at the 2021 census. Located on the Hume Fr ...

* Laverton * Pakenham *

Point Cook Point Cook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area. Point Cook recorded a population of 66,781 at the 2021 census. Point Cook ...

Former districts

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Current districts

2021 redistricting

Abolished

New districts

Former districts

All districts with creation and abolition dates

References

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