Electoral district of Essendon

Essendon is an electoral district of Victoria. It was created in 1904, abolished in 1955 and recreated in 1958. It is in the Northern Metropolitan Region.

Essendon Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State	Victoria
Dates current	1904–1955 1958–present
MP	Danny Pearson
Party	Labor
Namesake	Essendon
Electors	48,427 (2018)
Area	24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Electorates around Essendon: Niddrie Broadmeadows Pascoe Vale Niddrie Essendon Pascoe Vale Footscray Melbourne Brunswick

Essendon is in Melbourne.

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Essendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Danny Pearson	17,196	41.1	−5.1
	Liberal	Angelo Baronessa	12,331	29.5	+1.9
	Greens	Jared Prentis	6,344	15.1	−1.7
	Victorian Socialists	Daniel Nair Dadich	1,951	4.7	+4.7
	Animal Justice	Gayle Williams	1,173	2.8	+2.8
	Reason	Nicholas Hope	1,018	2.4	+2.4
	Freedom	David Wright	1,006	2.4	+2.4
	Family First	Margaret Muir	848	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			41,867	96.0	+0.7
Informal votes			1,761	4.0	−0.7
Turnout			43,628	88.1	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Danny Pearson	26,146	62.5	−3.4
	Liberal	Angelo Baronessa	15,721	37.5	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.4