ALP 2.4%
Incumbent MP
Zhi Soon, since 2025.
Geography
Southern Sydney. Banks covers large parts of the St George area and neighbouring suburbs. It includes a majority of the Georges River council area and south-western parts of the Canterbury-Bankstown council area. Key suburbs include East Hills, Panania, Padstow, Picnic Point, Revesby, Mortdale, Peakhurst, Penshurst, Blakehurst, Carss Park, Kyle Bay and Oatley.
History
Banks was created for the 1949 election, and was held by Labor continuously until 2013.
The seat was first won in 1949 by Labor candidate Dominic Costa. Costa held the seat for twenty years, always as a member of the opposition, retiring in 1969.
Vince Martin was elected in 1969, and held the seat until he was defeated for preselection in 1980 by John Mountford. Mountford held the seat until his retirement in 1990.
In 1990, Banks was won by Labor candidate Daryl Melham. Melham held the seat for over two decades, serving in the Opposition shadow ministry from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2001 to 2004. Successive swings against the ALP wore his margin down to 1.06% in 2004, although a favourable redistribution before the 2007 election, combined with a swing of almost 8%, made the seat much safer.
Daryl Melham narrowly held on in 2010 despite a 9% swing, and in 2013 he lost to Liberal candidate David Coleman with a further 3.3% swing. Coleman retained his seat for the next twelve years.
Coleman was defeated by Labor candidate Zhi Soon in 2025.
Assessment
This section will be filled in closer to the election.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| David Coleman | Liberal | 38,683 | 39.1 | -5.5 |
| Zhi Soon | Labor | 36,039 | 36.4 | +0.6 |
| Natalie Hanna | Greens | 11,756 | 11.9 | +3.3 |
| Todd Nicol | One Nation | 3,666 | 3.7 | +0.4 |
| Allan Taruste | Trumpet of Patriots | 3,430 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Marika Momircevski | Libertarian | 2,678 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| John Coyne | Independent | 1,995 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Phillip Pearce | Australian Democrats | 688 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Informal | 10,998 | 10.0 | +3.2 |
2025 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Zhi Soon | Labor | 51,830 | 52.4 | +5.0 |
| David Coleman | Liberal | 47,105 | 47.6 | -5.0 |
Polling places in Banks have been divided into three parts: central, east and west. The west covers the former Bankstown council area, while the other two cover the Georges River council area and the small part of the former Canterbury council area.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in al three areas, ranging from 52.3% in the east to 55.1% in the centre. Labor’s lead in the pre-poll and other votes was much narrower.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 12.3% in the east to 14.5% in the west.
| Voter group | GRN prim | ALP 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| Central | 13.9 | 55.1 | 17,164 | 17.3 |
| West | 14.5 | 53.2 | 17,113 | 17.3 |
| East | 12.3 | 52.3 | 13,403 | 13.5 |
| Pre-poll | 10.0 | 51.4 | 36,128 | 36.5 |
| Other votes | 10.8 | 50.8 | 15,127 | 15.3 |
Election results in Banks at the 2025 federal election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal Party, Labor and the Greens.