Bendigo East

Labor-held. Held by Labor on a two-candidate-preferred margin of 10.8.

ABC Tally Room Wikipedia

What is happening herethe 2026 record for this seat

2026 note

Retiring; NAT chasing

Member

Allan (Labor). Jacinta Allan is not recontesting the seat.

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Who is coming for it

The research does not name a projected challenger for this seat.

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Who is standing

6 candidates announced · 5 with a party logo instead

Andrew Lethlean The Nationals
Cheryl Hawken One Nation
Denali Norsen Victorian Socialists
Liz Wright Independent
Michael Tolhurst The Greens
Tim Rickwood Labor

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 runs an incumbent win figure for the seven districts on its own list, and Bendigo East is not among them.

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Evidence

No separate evidence line is recorded for this seat.

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Where it sits

Bendigo East 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)

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The district

Bendigo East 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 Labor Allan, since the 2022 election.
Challenging Not named in the research

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Are you in this seat?

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

3550 21,815 voters · 70% Bendigo, East Bendigo, Flora Hill, Ironbark, Kennington and 7 more
3551 21,461 voters · 77% Arnold, Arnold West, Ascot, Axe Creek, Axedale and 30 more
3556 8,336 voters · 76% California Gully, Campbells Forest, Eaglehawk, Eaglehawk North, Jackass Flat and 5 more
3555 1,308 voters · 8% Big Hill, Golden Gully, Golden Square, Kangaroo Flat
3558 702 voters · 90% Burnewang, Elmore, Hunter, Runnymede
3557 676 voters · 93% Barnadown, Fosterville, Goornong, Muskerry
3570 632 voters · 100% Auchmore, Drummartin, Kamarooka, Neilborough, Raywood
3453 263 voters · 17% Harcourt, Harcourt North, Ravenswood, Ravenswood South
3571 229 voters · 100% Dingee, Kamarooka North, Pompapiel, Tandarra
3517 190 voters · 17% Bears Lagoon, Brenanah, Glenalbyn, Inglewood, Jarklin and 6 more
3559 35 voters · 9% Avonmore, Burramboot, Colbinabbin, Corop, Gobarup
3572 30 voters · 21% Milloo, Prairie, Tennyson

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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.