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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Tarneit District
Location: Hoppers Crossing, Mount Cottrell, Tarneit
Legislative Council:
Western Metropolitan Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 48,792
Enrolment June 2026: 58,694 (up 20.3%)
Relevant demographics (2021 census)
High income: 22.6% (Aust average 22.6%)
Renting: 29.4% (Aust average 30.6%)
Paying a mortgage: 51.0% (Aust average 35.0%)
Couples with children: 73.0% (Aust average 43.7%)
Born overseas: 52.7% (Aust average 27.7%)
Born in India: 22.6% (Aust average 2.8%)
Punjabi speakers: 11.2% (Aust average 0.9%)
Hindi speakers: 5.3% (Aust average 0.8%)
No religion: 16.8% (Aust average 38.9%)
Hinduism: 17.0% (Aust average 2.7%)
Islam: 15.0% (Aust average 3.2%)
University graduate: 34.1% (Aust average 26.3%)
Professional / managerial: 29.5% (Aust average 37.7%)
Sitting member: Dylan Wight (Labor): Elected 2022
2018 Labor majority over Liberal: 18.0%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 12.6%
Status: Safe Labor
Tarneit was created in 2002, and has been held by five Labor members in succession since then. It is a very young seat with a high proportion of couples with childrwen. It is the centre of the fast-growing Indian-Australian community in the outer western suburbs. Members (all Labor): Mary Gillett 2002-06, Tim Pallas 2006-14 (later MP for Warribee), Telmo Languiller 2014-18, Sarah Connolly 2018-22 (now MP for Laverton), Dylan Wight since 2022. The West Party candidate, Andrew Elsbury, is a former Liberal MLC.
2022 results
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Boundaries following
2021 redistricting |
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Candidates:
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Andrew Elsbury
West Party |
Rifai Rameem
Victorian Greens |
Leah Van Koulen
Victorian Socialists |
Dylan Wight
Australian Labor Party |
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