Divisions · Victoria · 116,238 enrolled
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Catherine King (Labor) won Ballarat in 2025 with 60.66% of the final two-candidate vote against Paula Doran (Liberal), a safe margin of 10.66 points.
Member now Catherine King Labor · in Parliament since 10 November 2001
- Turnout
- 93.34%
- Informal
- 3.65%
- Labor TPP
- 60.66%
- TPP swing to Labor
- −2.32
- Formal votes
- 104,540
- 2022 winner
- Catherine King (Labor)
2025 · first preferences
7 candidates
- Catherine KingLabor · sitting member · elected 44,273 42.35% −2.40
- Paula DoranLiberal 29,883 28.59% +1.50
- John BarnesGreens 14,984 14.33% −0.26
- Terri Pryse-SmithOne Nation 8,029 7.68% +4.08
- Ian Maxwell HarknessFamily First 3,057 2.92% +2.92
- Luke ParkerIndependent 2,934 2.81% +2.81
- Ryan RedfernLibertarian 1,380 1.32% +1.32
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Catherine King · Labor 60.66% 63,419
Paula Doran · Liberal 39.34% 41,121
Lead: 22,298 of 104,540 votes.
Distribution of preferences · 6 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paula Doran · Liberal | 29,883 | 30,036 | 30,450 | 31,579 | 38,313 | 41,121 |
| John Barnes · Greens | 14,984 | 15,068 | 15,623 | 16,292 | 18,017 | excl. |
| Terri Pryse-Smith · One Nation | 8,029 | 8,378 | 8,999 | 10,772 | excl. | |
| Catherine King · Labor | 44,273 | 44,387 | 44,996 | 45,897 | 48,210 | 63,419 |
| Luke Parker · Independent | 2,934 | 3,329 | excl. | |||
| Ryan Redfern · Libertarian | 1,380 | excl. | ||||
| Ian Maxwell Harkness · Family First | 3,057 | 3,342 | 4,472 | excl. |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
Photos: Catherine King — Office of Catherine King, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.