Divisions · Victoria · 120,088 enrolled
Bendigo
Lisa Chesters (Labor) won Bendigo in 2025 with 51.40% of the final two-candidate vote against Andrew Lethlean (Nationals), a marginal margin of 1.40 points.
Member now Lisa Chesters Labor · in Parliament since 7 September 2013
- Turnout
- 93.97%
- Informal
- 5.52%
- Labor TPP
- 51.40%
- TPP swing to Labor
- —
- Formal votes
- 106,617
- 2022 winner
- Lisa Chesters (Labor)
2025 · first preferences
10 candidates
- Lisa ChestersLabor · sitting member · elected 35,771 33.55% −8.56
- Andrew LethleanNationals 31,707 29.74% +28.84
- Avery Barnett-DaceyGreens 12,079 11.33% −2.42
- Matt EvansLiberal 11,176 10.48% −15.90
- Heather FreemanOne Nation 5,262 4.94% −0.61
- Wayne TaylorLegalise Cannabis 3,666 3.44% +3.44
- Evelyn KeetelaarFamily First 3,153 2.96% +2.96
- Rohan TylerVictorian Socialists 1,708 1.60% +1.60
- David VincentIndependent 1,121 1.05% +1.05
- Matt BansemerLibertarian 974 0.91% +0.91
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Lisa Chesters · Labor 51.40% 54,800
Andrew Lethlean · Nationals 48.60% 51,817
Lead: 2,983 of 106,617 votes.
Distribution of preferences · 9 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evelyn Keetelaar · Family First | 3,153 | 3,316 | 3,468 | 3,542 | excl. | ||||
| Avery Barnett-Dacey · Greens | 12,079 | 12,115 | 12,275 | 13,425 | 14,111 | 15,624 | 16,716 | 17,845 | excl. |
| Heather Freeman · One Nation | 5,262 | 5,637 | 5,772 | 5,806 | 7,044 | 7,890 | excl. | ||
| Lisa Chesters · Labor | 35,771 | 35,834 | 36,008 | 36,210 | 36,526 | 37,553 | 38,626 | 40,082 | 54,800 |
| Andrew Lethlean · Nationals | 31,707 | 31,829 | 31,941 | 32,001 | 32,563 | 33,202 | 37,237 | 48,690 | 51,817 |
| Matt Bansemer · Libertarian | 974 | excl. | |||||||
| Rohan Tyler · Victorian Socialists | 1,708 | 1,743 | 1,852 | excl. | |||||
| David Vincent · Independent | 1,121 | 1,178 | excl. | ||||||
| Wayne Taylor · Legalise Cannabis | 3,666 | 3,724 | 3,995 | 4,305 | 4,578 | excl. | |||
| Matt Evans · Liberal | 11,176 | 11,241 | 11,306 | 11,328 | 11,795 | 12,348 | 14,038 | excl. |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
Photos: Lisa Chesters — Thescrubbythug, CC BY-SA 4.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.