ALP 14.0%
Incumbent MP
John Pandazopoulos, since 1992.
Geography
Southeastern Melbourne. Dandenong covers parts of the City of Casey and the City of Greater Dandenong, specifically the suburbs of Dandenong, Dandenong South, Doveton and Eumemmerring and parts of Dandenong North, Endeavour Hills, Noble Park and Noble Park South.
Redistribution
Dandenong expanded to cover areas to the south of the existing electorate, including Dandenong South. The electorate also expanded slightly to the north, east and west. These changes increased the Labor margin slightly from 13.9% to 14%.
History
Dandenong has existed as an electoral district continuously since 1904. For the first half of the 20th century, Dandenong was dominated by the Liberal Party and its predecessors. The ALP only won the seat twice, in 1929 and 1952. The ALP won the seat off the Liberal Party in 1969, and have held the seat ever since.
The seat was won in 1992 by John Pandazopoulos. He served as a minister in the Bracks government from 1999 to 2006.
Candidates
Sitting Labor MP John Pandazopoulos is not running for re-election.
- Noelle Walker (Family First)
- Carlton King (Rise Up Australia)
- John Gulzari (Greens)
- Joanna Palatsides (Liberal)
- Gabrielle Williams (Labor)
- Dale Key (Independent)
Assessment
Dandenong is a safe Labor seat.
2010 election result
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
John Pandazopoulos | Labor | 14,934 | 50.53 | -8.00 | 39.33 |
Dale Key | Liberal | 8,658 | 29.29 | +4.38 | 29.21 |
Matthew Kirwan | Greens | 2,591 | 8.77 | +0.5 | 20.30 |
Christopher Blackburn | Democratic Labor | 2,037 | 6.89 | +6.89 | 6.37 |
Damien Latcham | Family First | 1,337 | 4.52 | -3.77 | 4.51 |
Other independents | 0.28 |
2010 two-party-preferred result
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
John Pandazopoulos | Labor | 18,887 | 63.87 | -4.80 | 63.95 |
Dale Key | Liberal | 10,686 | 36.13 | +4.8 | 36.05 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Dandenong have been divided into three areas: east, north-west and south-west.
The ALP won a solid majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 62% in the north-west to 67.4% in the south-west.
Voter group | GRN % | ALP 2PP % | Total | % of votes |
North-West | 7.56 | 62.04 | 9,310 | 27.54 |
South-West | 9.00 | 67.41 | 7,457 | 22.06 |
East | 9.06 | 63.98 | 6,226 | 18.42 |
Other votes | 45.54 | 63.15 | 10,809 | 31.98 |
Here’s the website of independent Dale Key, who was the 2010 Liberal candidate
http://www.independent4dandenong.com/