Divisions · Victoria · 114,579 enrolled
Macnamara
Josh Burns (Labor) won Macnamara in 2025 with 61.80% of the final two-candidate vote against Benson Saulo (Liberal), a safe margin of 11.80 points.
Member now Josh Burns Labor · in Parliament since 18 May 2019
- Turnout
- 89.53%
- Informal
- 2.19%
- Labor TPP
- 61.80%
- TPP swing to Labor
- −0.37
- Formal votes
- 100,338
- 2022 winner
- Josh Burns (Labor)
2025 · first preferences
6 candidates
- Josh BurnsLabor · sitting member · elected 36,228 36.11% +4.45
- Benson SauloLiberal 32,606 32.50% +3.38
- Sonya SemmensGreens 25,561 25.47% −4.19
- Sean RubinOne Nation 2,803 2.79% +1.40
- JB MyersIndependent 1,841 1.83% −0.06
- Michael AbelmanLibertarian 1,299 1.29% +1.29
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Josh Burns · Labor 61.80% 62,004
Benson Saulo · Liberal 38.20% 38,334
Lead: 23,670 of 100,338 votes.
Distribution of preferences · 5 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Burns · Labor | 36,228 | 36,328 | 36,831 | 37,425 | 62,004 |
| Sean Rubin · One Nation | 2,803 | 3,321 | 3,853 | excl. | |
| Sonya Semmens · Greens | 25,561 | 25,648 | 26,230 | 26,750 | excl. |
| Benson Saulo · Liberal | 32,606 | 32,913 | 33,424 | 36,163 | 38,334 |
| Michael Abelman · Libertarian | 1,299 | excl. | |||
| JB Myers · Independent | 1,841 | 2,128 | excl. |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
Photos: Josh Burns — TheScrubby, CC BY-SA 4.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.