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Divisions · Victoria · 121,390 enrolled

Nicholls

Sam Birrell (Nationals) won Nicholls in 2025 with 64.38% of the final two-candidate vote against Kim Travers (Labor), a safe margin of 14.38 points.

Member now Sam Birrell Nationals · in Parliament since 21 May 2022

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Boundaries: AEC, March 2025 (CC BY 4.0)
Turnout
91.45%
Informal
5.01%
Labor TPP
35.62%
TPP swing to Labor
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Formal votes
105,450
2022 winner
Sam Birrell (Nationals)

2025 · first preferences

7 candidates

Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).

After preferences

The final two

Sam Birrell · Nationals 64.38% 67,887
Kim Travers · Labor 35.62% 37,563

Lead: 30,324 of 105,450 votes.

Distribution of preferences · 6 counts
CandidateFirstCount 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Kim Travers · Labor 25,56025,66726,56527,37533,67837,563
Paul Edward Bachelor · Family First 4,7174,983excl.
Glenn Francis Floyd · Trumpet of Patriots 4,9995,1155,877excl.
Aaron Tyrrell · One Nation 12,09512,30013,83317,26118,134excl.
Sam Birrell · Nationals 48,76248,96650,27651,58553,63867,887
Jeff Davy · Citizens 1,082excl.
Shelby Eade · Greens 8,2358,4198,8999,229excl.

Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.