Electoral district of Melton

Melton Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Melton (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1992
MP	Don Nardella
Party	Labor
Electors	44,915 (2014)
Area	249 km^2 (96.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

The Electoral district of Melton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.^[1] It contains the towns of Bacchus Marsh, Balliang, Balliang East, Blackwood, Brookfield, Greendale, Kurunjang, Melton, Melton South, Melton West, Mount Cottrell, Sydenham West, and Toolern Vale as well as parts of Diggers Rest, Plumpton, Rockbank and Truganina.

Members for Melton

Member		Party	Term
	David Cunningham	Labor	1992–1999
	Don Nardella	Labor	1999–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Melton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Nardella	19,272	50.5	+0.4
	Liberal	Daryl Lang	11,783	30.8	+0.9
	Greens	Marie-Anne Cooper	2,777	7.3	−1.5
	Voice for the West	Monika Thomas	1,544	4.0	+4.0
	Independent	Matt DeLeon	1,392	3.6	+0.2
	Christians	Mabor Chaudhuol	532	1.4	+1.4
	Country Alliance	Sav Mangion	443	1.2	−1.3
	Independent	Victor Bennett	338	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Mohamad Aljofan	114	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			38,195	91.9	−0.9
Informal votes			3,379	8.1	+0.9
Turnout			41,574	92.6	+4.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Nardella	23,495	61.2	−2.4
	Liberal	Daryl Lang	14,885	38.8	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.4

External links

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission

References

1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.