ALP 1.4%
Incumbent MP
Paul Mercurio, since 2022.
Geography
South-eastern fringe of Melbourne, including the western shore of Western Port. The seat covers Hastings, Somerville, Langwarrin and French Island, in the City of Frankston, and Mornington Peninsula Shire.
History
The electoral district of Hastings was created in 2002. At the time it was considered to have a notional Liberal margin of 7.3%, but was won in 2002 by the ALP candidate, Rosy Buchanan, who won the seat with 50.85% of the vote.
In 2006, a small swing to the Liberal Party saw Buchanan defeated by Neale Burgess. Burgess was re-elected three times, barely holding on in 2018.
Burgess retired in 2022, and Labor candidate Paul Mercurio won the seat.
Assessment
This section will be filled in closer to the election.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Briony Hutton | Liberal | 16,415 | 39.8 | -5.0 |
| Paul Mercurio | Labor | 15,361 | 37.3 | -1.4 |
| Paul Saunders | Greens | 4,118 | 10.0 | -0.2 |
| Tyson Jack | Animal Justice | 1,736 | 4.2 | -1.9 |
| Janet Felicity Benson | Freedom Party | 1,235 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Tom Sabo | Family First | 1,001 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| Camille De Wit | Democratic Labour | 833 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Robert Whitehill | Independent | 533 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Informal | 2,369 | 5.4 |
2022 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Paul Mercurio | Labor | 21,174 | 51.4 | +1.3 |
| Briony Hutton | Liberal | 20,058 | 48.6 | -1.3 |
Booths have been divided into three areas: north, central and south.
Labor won the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 51.3% in the centre to 54.3% in the south. The Liberal Party narrowly won the pre-poll vote.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 9.5% in the centre to 16.1% in the south.
| Voter group | GRN prim | ALP 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| Central | 9.5 | 51.3 | 4,864 | 11.7 |
| North | 9.7 | 53.8 | 4,834 | 11.6 |
| South | 16.1 | 54.3 | 3,580 | 8.6 |
| Pre-poll | 8.8 | 49.8 | 22,729 | 54.7 |
| Other votes | 10.9 | 52.5 | 5,543 | 13.3 |
Election results in Hastings at the 2022 Victorian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal Party, Labor and the Greens.