Electoral district of Eureka

Eureka
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Eureka; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Eureka (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2022
MP	Michaela Settle
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Eureka
Electors	52,476
Area	3,915 km2 (1,511.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Regional city
	Electorates around Eureka:

The Electoral district of Eureka is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and came into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election.^[1]

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It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Buninyong, covering the east and southeast suburbs of Ballarat, including the suburbs of Eureka, Brown Hill, Ballarat East, Golden Point, Canadian, Mount Pleasant, Mount Clear, Mount Helen and Buninyong. It also covers large parts of the Golden Plains Shire and Moorabool Shire areas, including the towns of Ballan, Bacchus Marsh, Meredith, Lethbridge, Teesdale and Inverleigh.^[2]

The abolished seat of Buninyong was held by Labor MP Michaela Settle, who recontested Eureka and retained the seat at the 2022 election.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michaela Settle	18,531	41.0	−3.6
	Liberal	Paul Tatchell	14,320	31.6	+0.7
	Greens	Sam McColl	4,887	10.8	+1.7
	Democratic Labour	Tabitha Rickard	1,821	4.0	+3.4
	Animal Justice	Wendy Morrison	1,519	3.4	−0.5
	Family First	Adrian Garcia	1,233	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Nicola Reid	1,083	2.4	+2.4
	Freedom	Anthony Joseph Giampaolo	967	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Michael Ray	666	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Mark William Banwell	220	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			45,247	93.2	+1.0
Informal votes			3,297	6.8	−1.0
Turnout			48,544	89.1	−18
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michaela Settle	25,869	57.2	−2.4
	Liberal	Paul Tatchell	19,378	42.8	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.4

Election results