Electoral results for the district of Lara

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Lara in Victorian state elections.

Members for Lara

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Loney	Labor	2002–2006
	John Eren	Labor	2006–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Lara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Eren	22,926	57.9	+2.0
	Liberal	Melissa Di Pasquale	9,551	24.1	−4.8
	Greens	Amber Forbes	2,962	7.5	-1.4
	Animal Justice	Bronwen Baker	2,737	6.9	+6.9
	Victorian Socialists	Dean Cardigan	2,737	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			42,047	94.1	-1.3
Informal votes			2,464	5.9	−1.3
Turnout			42,047	89.4	-4.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Eren	27,398	69.1	+2.0
	Liberal	Melissa Di Pasquale	12,235	30.9	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

2014 Victorian state election: Lara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Eren	21,457	55.9	+2.9
	Liberal	Tony McManus	11,090	28.9	−2.3
	Greens	Gregory Lacey	3,413	8.9	+0.5
	Family First	Rami Fosberry	1,256	3.3	−1.6
	Country Alliance	George Reed	1,148	3.0	+0.8
Total formal votes			38,364	95.4	+0.9
Informal votes			1,851	4.6	−0.9
Turnout			40,215	93.5	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Eren	25,746	67.1	+3.3
	Liberal	Tony McManus	12,618	32.9	−3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

2010 Victorian state election: Lara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Eren	20,778	53.61	-5.59
	Liberal	Robert Eyton	11,366	29.33	+3.39
	Greens	Rob Leach	3,401	8.77	+2.12
	Family First	Glenn Colla	2,324	6.00	-2.21
	Country Alliance	Keith McDermott	889	2.29	+2.29
Total formal votes			38,758	94.23	+0.25
Informal votes			2,373	5.77	-0.25
Turnout			41,131	93.29	+0.68
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Eren	25,299	65.40	-2.53
	Liberal	Robert Eyton	13,387	34.60	+2.53
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.53

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Lara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Eren	23,872	67.7	-4.6
	Liberal	Angelo Kakouros	9,139	25.9	+0.3
	Family First	Peter Haines	2,894	8.2	+8.2
	Greens	Catherine Jones	2,344	6.7	+0.0
Total formal votes			35,237	94.0	-2.2
Informal votes			2,258	6.0	+2.2
Turnout			37,495	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Eren	23,872	67.7	-4.6
	Liberal	Angelo Kakouros	11,365	32.3	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

2002 Victorian state election: Lara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Loney	22,673	65.0	+2.7
	Liberal	Linda Ristevski	8,921	25.6	-11.4
	Greens	Kim Baranowski	2,341	6.7	+6.2
	Socialist Alliance	Brigitte Ellery	965	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			34,900	96.2	-0.7
Informal votes			1,395	3.8	+0.7
Turnout			36,295	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Loney	25,211	72.3	+9.6
	Liberal	Linda Ristevski	9,638	27.7	-9.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.6

References

• "Lara District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.