As expected Richard Marles has retained the electorate of Corio with a 1.21 percent swing.
Marles received 43.36 percent of the primary votes with Liberal candidate Darren Buller 24.86 percent and Greens’ Emilie Flynn 15.66 percent.
With almost all of the votes counted in Corangamite, Labor’s Libby Coker has retained the seat with a 1.3 percent swing.
Based on preference count, Coker has 37.93 percent, Liberal’s Darcy Dunstan 33.31 percent and the Greens’ Mitch Pope 15.09 percent.
Wannon incumbent Dan Tehan retain his seat despite some strong competition from Independent candidate Alex Dyson.
In what was shaping up as a tight race, Tehan ended up having only a 0.16 percent swing against him. Tehan had 44.01 percent of the first preference count with Dyson 32.26 percent.
On ABC TV, Tehan dodged questions on whether he would be a candidate to replace Peter Dutton as leader of the Liberal Party. Dutton lost his seat of Dickson with an 8.25percent swing against.
Earlier on Saturday, Independent journalist Jena Carr reported at 9.30am from Lara’s community centre, which was busy with people filtering through to vote.
A line had formed outside the centre at 9.30am with emergency services workers not exempt from voting as members of Lara fire brigade stopped by the centre to cast their vote, she said.
Independent news editor Justin Flynn voted at Barwon Heads Primary School at 11am and said it was busy.
He said voters appeared to be in good spirits with many chatting about the footy and the weather rather than politics while waiting.
Independent journalist Matt Hewson voted at Newcomb Primary School and said voting had slowed by mid-afternoon.
By 3.30pm the floor of voters had slowed to a trickle, with only a handful of campaigners remaining outside with how to vote cards, he said.
