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Labor expected to secure new seat

18/11/2022

Laverton Electorate. (Victorian Electoral Commission)

The new seat of Laverton will be contested by 10 candidates.

The electorate was established following the 2020-21 redistribution of state electoral boundaries.

There are 16,786 voters from Laverton North, Truganina, Williams Landing, parts of Laverton and Tarneit.

The candidates are: Gurneet Soni (New Democrats), Braishna Durzada (Greens), David Fry (Family First Victoria), Rufo Paredes (independent), Michael Wirth (Labour DLP), Catherine Robertson (Victorian Socialists), Trent Raymond (Freedom Party of Victoria), Pouya Bagheri (Animal Justice Party), Sarah Connolly (Labor) and Raja Reddy (Liberal).

The Victorian Electoral Commission estimates the Labor party will procure 73.4 per cent of the two party preferred vote, and expects the Liberals to retain 26.6 per cent of votes.

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