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Your lower house ballot

TL;DR

The small ballot paper. Number every box, starting with 1. Numbers only: ticks and crosses don't count.

Like I'm five

The small ballot paper lists everyone running in your district. You write 1 next to your first choice, 2 next to your next choice, and keep going until every box has a number. If your first choice can't win, your vote moves to your next one. Numbers only.

The grown-up version

For the lower house, number every box, starting with 1 for your first choice. Use numbers only: ticks and crosses don't count.

Source: VEC: How to fill out state ballot papers

You rank candidates. If your first choice can't win, your vote moves to your next choice. To win a lower house seat, a candidate needs more than half the formal votes. The VEC says around half of lower house seats are won on preferences.

Source: VEC: Preferential voting; VEC: Counting votes

Sources

Sources last read Tuesday 3 November 2026 · Not yet independently checked

Authorised by DJ Johnson, 8 Kavanagh St, Southbank

Spinder is independent. It isn't the Victorian Electoral Commission and isn't affiliated with any party or candidate.

Sources: candidates, boundaries and voting information from the Victorian Electoral Commission; postcode estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics; every position we score links to its own source. Data as at 3 November at 11:00 am.

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