Publications and research
State election reports and plans
Latest State election service plans
Latest State election reports
Research
We conduct our own research and commission suitable external organisations to research electoral issues as they arise.
Latest research
- Review of informal voting at the 2022 State election (pdf, 965.7 kb)
- Voter expectations for the 2022 State election (pdf, 313.6 kb)
- Methodology of estimating 2018 election results on new electoral boundaries (pdf, 541.3 kb)
- Understanding non-voters of the 2018 State election (pdf, 730.2 kb)
- Understanding non-voters of Victorian State and Council elections - June 2018 (pdf, 1.4 mb)
Local council election reports and plans
Latest council election service plans
- 2024 local government elections - draft service plan (pdf, 660.0 kb)
- 2021 South Gippsland Shire Council election - Service plan (pdf, 5.2 mb)
- 2021 South Gippsland Shire Council election - Service plan (docx, 19.4 mb)
- 2020 local council elections - Service plan (pdf, 3.4 mb)
- 2020 local council elections - Service plan (docx, 34.7 mb)
Latest council election reports
Annual reports
Latest annual report
Local council representation and subdivision review reports
Under the Local Government Act 1989, we were responsible for conducting electoral representation reviews of all local councils in Victoria. We completed 31 representation reviews and 7 subdivision reviews in the 2019-20 program. This report summarises our process and the outcomes of those reviews.
Latest reports
Local council public notices
We are required to publish election notices in local newspapers at several points in a local council election or by-election. We began to publish these notices on our website from the 2020 local council election.