MELTON                         44,915 enrolled, 41,574 (92.6%) voted
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2010 two-candidate majority: ALP over Liberal 12.8
Effect of redistribution: 00.8 shift to ALP
New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 13.6
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Candidate                 Party               Votes   %      Change
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Matt DeLeon                                    1,392  03.6
Daryl Lang                Liberal             11,783  30.9   +00.9
Sav Mangion                                      443  01.2
Victor Bennett                                   338  00.9
Don NARDELLA *            Labor               19,272  50.5   +00.4
Mabor Chadhuol                                   532  01.4
Marie-Anne Cooper         Greens               2,777  07.3   -01.5
Mohamad Aljofan                                  114  00.3
Monika Thomas                                  1,544  04.0
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3,379 (08.1%) informal                        38,195
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Two-candidate result
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Daryl Lang                Liberal             14,885  38.8   +02.4
Don NARDELLA *            Labor               23,495  61.2   -02.4
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Total                                         38,380  11.2
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Donato Antonio Nardella (born 1958): Elected 1992, 1999, 2002, 2006,
2010, 2014
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Nardella is retiring at the 2018 election.