Benambra

Coalition-held. Held by the Liberal Party on a two-candidate-preferred margin of 0.9 v IND / 13.3 v ALP.

ABC Tally Room Wikipedia

What is happening herethe 2026 record for this seat

2026 note

Retiring; O-N running

Member

Tilley (Liberal). The 2026 note above records a retiring member.

ABC

Who is coming for it

Independent / O-N

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Who is standing

8 candidates announced · 4 with a party logo instead

Alex Vangalen Victorian Socialists
Evette Pepper Family First
Graham Parton The Greens
Kellie Sheppard One Nation
Lachie McKeeman Independent
Mike Fuery Animal Justice
Steve Martin Liberal
Tim Quilty Libertarian

Announced candidacies as the ABC's candidate tracker records them. Nominations close 9 November 2026, so this list can change; it is not a ballot paper and the order carries no meaning. ABC VEC

Incumbent win chance

No probability is published for this seat — the model gives a winning figure for seven districts this cycle, and Benambra is not one of them. Its rank of 28 rests on the evidence beside it instead.

The Swing Is On

Evidence

Retiring Tilley; Farrer parallels

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Where it sits

Benambra is one of the 11 Legislative Assembly districts that make up the Northern Victoria Region, which elects five members to the Legislative Council. The region covers 102,170 km².

2022 Council result

Lib 1 (Lovell), ALP 1 (Symes), Nat 1 (Broad), AJP 1 (Purcell), ON 1 (Tyrrell)

VEC

The district

Benambra filled in, among all 88 districts. Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to pan, double-click to go in and back out. Boundaries: Vicmap State Assembly Polygon 2022, simplified for drawing. Vicmap

Held by, challenged by

Holding Liberal Tilley, since the 2022 election.
Challenging Independent / O-N A projected challenger, not a confirmed nomination.

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Are you in this seat?

The percentage is how much of each postcode’s enrolment falls in this district.

3690 25,994 voters · 100% West Wodonga, Wodonga
3691 10,101 voters · 95% Allans Flat, Bandiana, Baranduda, Barnawartha North, Bellbridge and 27 more
3747 3,782 voters · 98% Beechworth, Murmungee, Stanley, Wooragee
3685 2,330 voters · 99% Boorhaman North, Brimin, Browns Plains, Carlyle, Gooramadda and 1 more
3749 1,642 voters · 100% Bruarong, Yackandandah
3683 1,445 voters · 100% Chiltern, Chiltern Valley, Cornishtown
3707 1,381 voters · 100% Biggara, Colac Colac, Corryong, Nariel Valley, Thowgla Valley and 3 more
3688 1,111 voters · 100% Barnawartha, Indigo Valley
3700 1,013 voters · 100% Bullioh, Georges Creek, Jarvis Creek, Tallangatta, Tallangatta East
3701 881 voters · 100% Dartmouth, Eskdale, Granya, Mitta Mitta, Old Tallangatta and 4 more
3687 859 voters · 100% Wahgunyah
3695 380 voters · 100% Charleroi, Huon, Sandy Creek
3709 243 voters · 100% Burrowye, Guys Forest, Mount Alfred, Pine Mountain, Walwa
3705 213 voters · 100% Cudgewa
3682 148 voters · 30% Boralma, Lilliput, Norong, Springhurst
3708 61 voters · 100% Tintaldra
3704 27 voters · 100% Koetong

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Elsewhere

The full pendulum The players

Where no player is listed, the research places none here — a gap in the record, not a seat with no activity.