Bendigo West
Elected at the 2022 State election:Maree Edwards (Labor)
Bendigo West seat guide on The Tally Room ↗2022 results from the VEC ↗
2022 result
- LaborLabor: 46.5%46.5%
- LiberalLiberal: 25.0%25.0%
- GreensGreens: 11.5%11.5%
- Legalise CannabisLegalise Cannabis: 5.4%5.4%
- OthersOthers: 11.6%11.6%
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maree Edwards | Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch | 18,704 | 46.5% |
| Ken Price | Liberal | 10,057 | 25.0% |
| James Searle | Australian Greens | 4,634 | 11.5% |
| Wayne Taylor | Legalise Cannabis Victoria | 2,175 | 5.4% |
| Steve Serpell | Family First Victoria | 1,704 | 4.2% |
| Victoria Maxwell | Animal Justice Party | 1,040 | 2.6% |
| Matt Bansemer | Independent | 979 | 2.4% |
| Richard James Woolley | Freedom Party of Victoria | 606 | 1.5% |
| Marilyn Nuske | Independent | 349 | 0.9% |
Two-candidate-preferred (indicative count)
Maree Edwards
Labor · 64.3%
Ken Price
Liberal · 35.7%
- Enrolled
- 47,808
- Turnout
- 89.2%
- Formal votes
- 40,248
- Informal
- 5.6%
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 | 14,230 | 33.4% | 16,863 | |
| Early | 23,385 | 54.8% | 31,236 | |
| Absent | 1,830 | 4.3% | 2,625 | |
| Postal | 3,002 | 7.0% | — | |
| Provisional | 199 | 0.5% | — | |
| Other | 3 | 0.0% | — | |
| Total | 42,649 | 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 5 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. Joint venues also take votes for neighbouring districts.
Shares shown: 2022 two-candidate-preferred there (indicative count).
- Bendigo Central* Joint venue St Pauls Cathedral Hall, Bendigo2026 est.675
Compared with Bendigo Central · Moved · 0.3 km · 692 votes in 2022
Labor 68.7% Liberal 31.3%
- Bendigo North* St Peter's Primary School (Long Gully), Bendigo North2026 est.666
Compared with Bendigo North · Moved · 332 votes in 2022
Labor 68.9% Liberal 31.1%
- Campbells Creek Campbells Creek Primary School, Campbells Creek2026 est.691
Compared with Campbells Creek · 584 votes in 2022
Labor 70.5% Liberal 29.5%
- Castlemaine* Castlemaine Goods Shed, Castlemaine2026 est.1,045
Compared with Castlemaine · Moved · 0.8 km · 844 votes in 2022
Labor 78.8% Liberal 21.2%
- Chewton Chewton Primary School, Chewton2026 est.372
Compared with Chewton · 233 votes in 2022
Labor 82.2% Liberal 17.8%
- Comet Hill Joint venue Lightning Reef Primary School, North Bendigo2026 est.596
Compared with Comet Hill · 591 votes in 2022
Labor 66.7% Liberal 33.3%
- Eaglehawk* Joint venue Eaglehawk Presbyterian Church, Eaglehawk2026 est.237
Compared with California Gully · Closest 2022 booth · 1.8 km · 188 votes in 2022
Labor 58.8% Liberal 41.2%
- Eaglehawk West Bendigo Badminton and Table Tennis Complex, Eaglehawk2026 est.477
Compared with Eaglehawk West · 339 votes in 2022
Labor 60.2% Liberal 39.8%
- Golden Square Golden Square Primary School - Maple Street Campus, Golden Square2026 est.1,058
Compared with Golden Square · 957 votes in 2022
Labor 64.2% Liberal 35.8%
- Golden Square South Golden Square Girl Guide Hall, Golden Square2026 est.464
Compared with Golden Square South · 377 votes in 2022
Labor 63.7% Liberal 36.3%
- Guildford Guildford Public Hall, Guildford2026 est.217
Compared with Guildford · 189 votes in 2022
Labor 67.9% Liberal 32.1%
- Harcourt Harcourt Valley Primary School, Harcourt2026 est.487
Compared with Harcourt · 415 votes in 2022
Labor 69.0% Liberal 31.0%
- Ironbark Violet Street Primary School, Bendigo2026 est.670
Compared with Ironbark · 374 votes in 2022
Labor 68.1% Liberal 31.9%
- Kangaroo Flat Crusoe Secondary College, Kangaroo Flat2026 est.1,554
Compared with Kangaroo Flat · 1,386 votes in 2022
Labor 61.9% Liberal 38.1%
- Kangaroo Flat South* Joint venue St Monica's Primary School (Kangaroo Flat), Kangaroo Flat2026 est.1,536
Compared with Kangaroo Flat South · Moved · 0.1 km · 1,286 votes in 2022
Labor 61.1% Liberal 38.9%
- Kangaroo Flat South West Kangaroo Flat Community and Neighbourhood House, Kangaroo Flat2026 est.401
Compared with Kangaroo Flat South West · 281 votes in 2022
Labor 66.7% Liberal 33.3%
- Lockwood Lockwood Primary School, Lockwood2026 est.835
Compared with Lockwood · 621 votes in 2022
Labor 55.4% Liberal 44.6%
- Maiden Gully Joint venue Maiden Gully Primary School, Maiden Gully2026 est.2,103
Compared with Maiden Gully · 1,215 votes in 2022
Labor 53.3% Liberal 46.7%
- Maldon Maldon Community Centre, Maldon2026 est.775
Compared with Maldon · 728 votes in 2022
Labor 66.1% Liberal 33.9%
- Newstead Newstead Community Centre, Newstead2026 est.504
Compared with Newstead · 458 votes in 2022
Labor 65.6% Liberal 34.4%
- Specimen Hill Specimen Hill Primary School, Golden Square2026 est.693
Compared with Specimen Hill · 417 votes in 2022
Labor 69.9% Liberal 30.1%
- Winters Flat Winters Flat Primary School, Castlemaine2026 est.807
Compared with Winters Flat · 484 votes in 2022
Labor 86.3% Liberal 13.7%
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.
- Bendigo East Public HallEast Bendigo≈ 1,627 early votes
- Eaglehawk Presbyterian ChurchEaglehawk≈ 6,837 early votes
- Castlemaine Goods ShedCastlemaine≈ 9,875 early votes
- St Pauls Cathedral HallBendigo≈ 12,897 early votes
2022 booths not used in 2026
These booths stay in the 2022 totals but have no 2026 venue to compare with.
- Castlemaine NorthCastlemaine Secondary College, Castlemaine215 votes
- MarongMarong Community Centre, Marong638 votes
- SandhurstCatherine McAuley College - Marion Centre Theatre, Bendigo197 votes
- SparrowhawkLong Gully Neighbourhood Centre, Long Gully189 votes