Victoria 2026 · Party

Independent

Independent

• 2 Assembly seats held
• 1 Council seats held
• 3 Total, current parliament

Legislative Assembly candidates

Legislative Council seats held now

Sitting members of the upper house. Being a sitting member does not make someone a 2026 candidate — candidacies are recorded separately, and only with a source.

• Adem Somyurek · Northern Metropolitan

  Elected for the Democratic Labour Party; resigned from the DLP in March 2024 and now sits as an independent. The DLP therefore holds no seat des pite having won one at the 2022 election.

Legislative Assembly seats held now: 2 — Ringwood , South Barwon

Districts with no recorded candidate

80 of 88 districts have no individually sourced Independent candidate in our dataset. That is a statement about our records, not about the party's intentions. Send us a source if you know of one.

Albert Park , Ashwood , Bass , Bayswater , Bellarine , Benambra , Bendigo East , Bendigo West , Bentleigh , Berwick , Brighton , Broadmeadows , Brunswick , Bulleen , Carrum , Caulfield , Clarinda , Cranbourne , Croydon , Dandenong , Eildon , Eltham , Eureka , Euroa , Evelyn , Footscray , Geelong , Gippsland East , Gippsland South , Glen Waverley , Greenvale , Hastings , Ivanhoe , Kalkallo , Kororoit , Lara , Laverton , Lowan , Macedon , Malvern , Melbourne , Melton , Mildura , Mill Park , Monbulk , Mordialloc , Mornington , Morwell , Mulgrave , Murray Plains , Narracan , Narre Warren North , Nepean , Niddrie , Northcote , Oakleigh , Ovens Valley , Pascoe Vale , Point Cook , Polwarth , Prahran , Preston , Richmond , Ringwood , Ripon , Rowville , Sandringham , Shepparton , South Barwon , South-West Coast , St Albans , Sunbury , Sydenham , Tarneit , Thomastown , Warrandyte , Wendouree , Werribee , Williamstown , Yan Yean