Victoria · 2022 state election
See exactly how preferences flowed in Victorian elections
Australia uses preferential voting: when your first choice can't win, your vote transfers to the next candidate you ranked. Round by round, candidates are eliminated and votes flow on until someone has a majority. Preference Tracker turns the official count data into a visual story for each Victorian lower-house district.
These are 2022 results. Upper house group voting tickets were abolished for 2026, so 2022 upper house flows were ticket-driven and are not a guide to how preferences will flow in 2026.
How preferential voting works, briefly
- 1. Voters rank candidates in order of preference instead of picking just one.
- 2. If no candidate has a majority, the lowest-ranked candidate is eliminated and their ballots transfer to each voter's next preference.
- 3. The process repeats until one candidate clears 50% — that's your local member.