Victoria · 2022
How preferences flowed in Melton, round by round. Each time the lowest-ranked candidate is eliminated their votes redistribute to remaining candidates based on voters' next preferences.
Source: Official VEC distribution of preferences
Steve McGhieAustralian Labor Party · elected
37.7%
14,193 first-preference votes.
54.6%
20,538 votes, up 6,345 from first preferences.
Ahead of Graham Watt by 3,457 votes.
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Candidates excluded one at a time, their votes passing to the next preference.
Votes that passed to Steve McGhie when each candidate above was excluded. Bars show each candidate's share of the 6,345 votes transferred to Steve McGhie in total.
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In Victoria's lower house elections, you number every candidate on the ballot from 1 (your favourite) to last. If your first choice doesn't get enough votes, your ballot moves to your next choice — this is called a preference transfer. Counting continues round by round, eliminating the lowest candidate each time, until one candidate has more than half the remaining votes.