Victorian Polling Day is Saturday 28 November 2026.
State elections are held every four years on the final Saturday of November.
Pre‑poll voting usually commences around 10 business days before polling day.
All enrolled voters are required to vote and may be fined if they do not.
The electoral roll closes on 3 November 2026, which is Melbourne Cup Day.
Check which seat represents you
Albert Park | Brighton | Caulfield | Prahran
Victoria has two houses of Parliament.
The lower house is called the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It has 88 seats, known as districts. The Premier is elected by this house.
The upper house is the Victorian Legislative Council, which has 40 members representing eight regions (five metropolitan and three non‑metropolitan). Each region elects five members. All of St Kilda (and the City of Port Phillip) is within the Southern Metropolitan Region.
Four State lower house seats (Legislative Assembly) represent people living in St Kilda (and the City of Port Phillip area). These are listed below in alphabetical order.
Do not be misled by electorate names. Boundaries zig‑zag across multiple suburbs and postcodes.
Albert Park
Covers the area from Port Melbourne through to St Kilda, ending at St Kilda Road / Brighton Road and Dickens Street.
It includes Fitzroy Street and Acland Street, Albert Park Lake and the St Kilda Botanical Gardens, and also extends to Southbank, Port Melbourne and the mouth of the Yarra River.
Albert Park is currently represented by Nina Taylor MLA (ALP).
Brighton
Brighton begins south of Dickens Street and west of Brighton Road / Nepean Highway.
It starts opposite the St Kilda Botanical Gardens and St Kilda Marina, and includes the Elsternwick Hotel and the Elwood shopping village.
Brighton is currently represented by James Newbury MLA (Liberal).
Caulfield
The electorate lies east of a boundary that zig‑zags along Chapel Street, Inkerman Street and Hotham Street, then follows Dandenong Road to Grange Road.
The St Kilda Cemetery, most of the Carlisle Street shopping strip, and Balaclava and Ripponlea stations are within Caulfield.
Caulfield is currently represented by David Southwick MLA (Liberal).
Prahran
The St Kilda sections of Prahran lie east of St Kilda Road down to the Town Hall, and east and north of Chapel Street, Inkerman Street and Hotham Road — another complex boundary.
Prahran includes major St Kilda landmarks such as Temple Beth Israel, JewMu, St Kilda Shule, St Kilda Town Hall, the Astor Theatre, Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre, Alma Park and the Inkerman Public Housing Towers.
Prahran is currently represented by Rachel Westaway MLA (Liberal).
