Benambra
Elected at the 2022 State election:Bill Tilley (Liberal)
Benambra seat guide on The Tally Room ↗2022 results from the VEC ↗
2022 result
- LiberalLiberal: 42.9%42.9%
- Jacqui Hawkins (Ind)Jacqui Hawkins (Ind): 31.7%31.7%
- LaborLabor: 13.1%13.1%
- GreensGreens: 3.9%3.9%
- OthersOthers: 8.5%8.5%
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Tilley | Liberal | 17,658 | 42.9% |
| Jacqui Hawkins | Independent | 13,038 | 31.7% |
| Mark Tait | Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch | 5,375 | 13.1% |
| Luke Brady | Australian Greens | 1,592 | 3.9% |
| Mike Fuery | Animal Justice Party | 1,170 | 2.8% |
| Janelle Stratton | Family First Victoria | 815 | 2.0% |
| Dean Rossiter | Liberal Democrats | 804 | 2.0% |
| Adrian James O'Brien | Freedom Party of Victoria | 683 | 1.7% |
Two-candidate-preferred
Bill Tilley
Liberal · 50.9%
Jacqui Hawkins
Ind · 49.1%
- Enrolled
- 50,045
- Turnout
- 86.4%
- Formal votes
- 41,135
- Informal
- 4.9%
How people voted
Early votes are counted later than election-day votes, so on the night the count can lean towards one kind of vote. The VEC's 2026 estimates show how the mix may shift.
| Vote type | 2022 votes | Share | 2026 VEC estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election day | 16,773 | 38.8% | 18,288 | |
| Early | 21,488 | 49.7% | 27,529 | |
| Absent | 799 | 1.8% | 1,470 | |
| Postal | 3,891 | 9.0% | — | |
| Provisional | 282 | 0.7% | — | |
| Other | 1 | 0.0% | — | |
| Total | 43,234 | 100% | — |
The VEC publishes 2026 estimates for election-day, early and absent votes only, so there is no 2026 total to compare.
Election-day voting centres
Each 2026 voting centre is compared with a 2022 booth. * marks the 2 where that isn't the same building: the venue moved, merged with another, or is compared with the closest 2022 booth, as shown. These comparisons are approximate.
Shares shown: 2022 two-candidate-preferred there (indicative count).
- Baranduda Baranduda Primary School, Baranduda2026 est.901
Compared with Baranduda · 958 votes in 2022
Liberal 48.0% Hawkins (Ind) 52.0%
- Barnawartha Barnawartha Soldiers Memorial Hall, Barnawartha2026 est.587
Compared with Barnawartha · 557 votes in 2022
Liberal 55.8% Hawkins (Ind) 44.2%
- Beechworth Beechworth Servicemen's Memorial Hall, Beechworth2026 est.1,304
Compared with Beechworth · 1,238 votes in 2022
Liberal 27.8% Hawkins (Ind) 72.2%
- Bethanga Bethanga Soldiers Memorial Hall, Bethanga2026 est.427
Compared with Bethanga · 406 votes in 2022
Liberal 58.5% Hawkins (Ind) 41.5%
- Bonegilla Bonegilla Hall, Bonegilla2026 est.418
Compared with Bonegilla · 382 votes in 2022
Liberal 55.0% Hawkins (Ind) 45.0%
- Chiltern Chiltern Memorial Hall, Chiltern2026 est.757
Compared with Chiltern · 750 votes in 2022
Liberal 47.9% Hawkins (Ind) 52.1%
- Corryong Corryong Memorial Hall, Corryong2026 est.894
Compared with Corryong · 834 votes in 2022
Liberal 62.4% Hawkins (Ind) 37.6%
- Cudgewa Cudgewa Hall, Cudgewa2026 est.184
Compared with Cudgewa · 170 votes in 2022
Liberal 71.0% Hawkins (Ind) 29.0%
- Eskdale Eskdale Public Hall, Eskdale2026 est.298
Compared with Eskdale · 269 votes in 2022
Liberal 68.1% Hawkins (Ind) 31.9%
- Kergunyah Kergunyah Memorial Hall, Kergunyah2026 est.113
Compared with Kergunyah · 101 votes in 2022
Liberal 61.5% Hawkins (Ind) 38.5%
- Rutherglen Rutherglen Primary School, Rutherglen2026 est.1,092
Compared with Rutherglen · 1,054 votes in 2022
Liberal 53.9% Hawkins (Ind) 46.1%
- Stanley Stanley Safer Place, Stanley2026 est.331
Compared with Stanley · 320 votes in 2022
Liberal 27.5% Hawkins (Ind) 72.5%
- Tallangatta Tallangatta Memorial Hall, Tallangatta2026 est.772
Compared with Tallangatta · 719 votes in 2022
Liberal 56.9% Hawkins (Ind) 43.1%
- Tallangatta Valley Tallangatta Valley Public Hall, Tallangatta Valley2026 est.62
Compared with Tallangatta Valley · 55 votes in 2022
Liberal 75.0% Hawkins (Ind) 25.0%
- Tangambalanga Tangambalanga Community Centre, Tangambalanga2026 est.764
Compared with Tangambalanga · 681 votes in 2022
Liberal 54.5% Hawkins (Ind) 45.5%
- Victory Victory Lutheran College, West Wodonga2026 est.1,454
Compared with Victory · 1,564 votes in 2022
Liberal 54.8% Hawkins (Ind) 45.2%
- Wahgunyah Wahgunyah School of Arts Hall, Wahgunyah2026 est.715
Compared with Wahgunyah · 686 votes in 2022
Liberal 53.8% Hawkins (Ind) 46.2%
- Walwa Walwa Servicemen's Memorial Hall, Walwa2026 est.197
Compared with Walwa · 201 votes in 2022
Liberal 60.4% Hawkins (Ind) 39.6%
- West Wodonga* Silva Drive Community Facility, West Wodonga2026 est.1,095
Compared with Wodonga Birallee · Closest 2022 booth · 0.2 km · 493 votes in 2022
Liberal 41.6% Hawkins (Ind) 58.4%
- Wodonga* Saints Peter and Paul Serbian Orthodox Church Hall, Wodonga2026 est.1,172
Compared with Wodonga · Moved · 2.4 km · 1,168 votes in 2022
Liberal 48.2% Hawkins (Ind) 51.8%
- Wodonga Central Wodonga Senior Secondary College, Wodonga2026 est.1,478
Compared with Wodonga Central · 1,482 votes in 2022
Liberal 48.2% Hawkins (Ind) 51.8%
- Wodonga South Wodonga Middle Years College - Huon Campus, Wodonga2026 est.1,827
Compared with Wodonga South · 1,296 votes in 2022
Liberal 51.8% Hawkins (Ind) 48.2%
- Wooragee Wooragee Centenary Hall, Wooragee2026 est.457
Compared with Wooragee · 439 votes in 2022
Liberal 37.5% Hawkins (Ind) 62.5%
- Yackandandah Yackandandah Senior Citizens Centre, Yackandandah2026 est.989
Compared with Yackandandah · 950 votes in 2022
Liberal 37.0% Hawkins (Ind) 63.0%
Early voting centres
Open 18 to 27 November. Early votes are reported for the seat as a whole and compared with 2022's early-vote total. Figures are the VEC's estimates of early votes at each centre.
- Silva Drive Community FacilityWest Wodonga≈ 13,911 early votes
- Saints Peter and Paul Serbian Orthodox Church HallWodonga≈ 13,618 early votes