Electoral district of Richmond (Victoria)

Richmond is an electoral district of Victoria. It was created in 1856. It is in the Northern Metropolitan Region.

Richmond Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Richmond (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1856
MP	Gabrielle de Vietri
Party	Greens
Namesake	Suburb of Richmond
Electors	48,305 (2022)
Area	13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan

Richmond is in the Melbourne CBD. It is one of three Victorian electorates to have been contested at every state election, the other two being Brighton and Williamstown.

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Gabrielle de Vietri	13,771	34.7	+1.2
	Labor	Lauren O'Dwyer	13,037	32.8	−11.6
	Liberal	Lucas Moon	7,456	18.8	+12.7
	Reason	Jeremy Cowen	1,830	4.6	−2.0
	Victorian Socialists	Roz Ward	1,828	4.6	+4.6
	Animal Justice	Lis Viggers	934	2.3	−0.5
	Family First	Markus Freiverts	458	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Meca Ho	417	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			39,731	96.6	+2.5
Informal votes			1,381	3.4	−2.5
Turnout			41,112	85.1	−0.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Lauren O'Dwyer	29,451	74.1	−7.1
	Liberal	Lucas Moon	10,280	25.9	+7.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Gabrielle de Vietri	22,771	57.2	+14.1
	Labor	Lauren O'Dwyer	17,012	42.8	−14.1
	Greens gain from Labor		Swing	+14.1