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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Dandenong District
Location: Dandenong, Doveton, Noble Park
Legislative Council:
South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 50,846
Enrolment June 2026: 53,208 (up 4.6%)
Relevant demographics (2021 census)
High income: 12.3% (Aust average 22.6%)
Renting: 39.3% (Aust average 30.6%)
Paying a mortgage: 30.0% (Aust average 35.0%)
Couples with children: 61.0% (Aust average 43.7%)
Born overseas: 55.4% (Aust average 27.7%)
Born in India: 7.5% (Aust average 2.8%)
No religion: 17.7% (Aust average 38.9%)
Islam: 23.0% (Aust average 3.2%)
Hinduism: 6.0% (Aust average 2.7%)
Buddhism: 6.0% (Aust average 2.4%)
University graduate: 18.8% (Aust average 26.3%)
Professional / managerial: 21.8% (Aust average 37.7%)
Sitting member: Hon Gabrielle Williams (Labor): Elected 2014, 2018, 2022
Deputy Premier
Minister for Education, Skills and Training
Minister for Treaty and First Peoples
Minister for Women and Gender Equality
2018 Labor majority over Liberal: 23.9%
2021 redistricting: Labor majority over Liberal 23.1%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 19.1%
Status: Very safe Labor
Dandenong was created in 1904, when the area was semi-rural and Dandenong was a country town. It is now the commercial and industrial centre of Melbourne's sprawling south-eastern suburbs: the City of Greater Dandenong has 158,000 residents. The area is heavily multi-cultural and mostly working-class, with substantial Indian and Chinese communities. Not surprisingly, Labor has held the seat continuously since 1969. At the 2022 election it was Labor's safest seat in two-party terms. Recent members: Rob Jolly (1979-85), Terry Norris (1985-92), John Pandazopoulos (1992-2014), Gabrielle Williams (since 2014). In July 2026 Williams was elected Deputy Leader of the Labor Party.
2022 results
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Boundaries following
2021 redistricting |
See full-size map
Candidates:
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Jack McMahon
Victorian Socialists |
Hon Gabrielle Williams
Australian Labor Party |
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