Electoral district of Melbourne

Melbourne Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State	Victoria
Dates current	1856–1859 1889–present
MP	Ellen Sandell
Party	Greens
Namesake	Melbourne
Electors	50,393 (2018)
Area	25 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Central Metropolitan
Coordinates	37°48′14″S 144°56′28″E
Electorates around Melbourne: Essendon Brunswick Brunswick Footscray Melbourne Richmond Footscray Albert Park Prahran

Melbourne is an electoral district of Victoria. It was created in 1856, abolished in 1859 and recreated in 1889. It is in the Northern Metropolitan Region.

Melbourne is in the Melbourne CBD.

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Ellen Sandell	15,855	37.3	−1.3
	Labor	Rebecca Thistleton	13,033	30.6	−5.1
	Liberal	George Palackalody	7,522	17.7	+0.3
	Victorian Socialists	Colleen Bolger	2,323	5.5	+5.5
	Reason	Nicola Foxworthy	1,601	3.8	0.0
	Animal Justice	Rabin Bangaar	701	1.6	−0.3
	Family First	Michael Janson	535	1.3	+1.3
	Freedom	Steven J. Smith	521	1.2	+1.2
	Indigenous-Aboriginal	Laylah Al-Saimary	428	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			42,519	96.6	+1.3
Informal votes			1,485	3.4	−1.3
Turnout			44,004	80.7	+0.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Rebecca Thistleton	31,895	75.0	+0.6
	Liberal	George Palackalody	10,624	25.0	-0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Ellen Sandell	25,593	60.2	+8.5
	Labor	Rebecca Thistleton	16,926	39.8	−8.5
	Greens hold		Swing	+8.5