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Richard Marles

Member for Corio · Australian Labor Party · VIC

Minister for Defence · since 1 June 2022Deputy Prime Minister · since 23 May 2022
Compare with another member
First preferences
42.8%
47,221 votes · +0.9 pts swing
After preferences
63.2%
Against Darren Buller (Liberal)
Winning margin
13.2 pts
A safe seat

How Corio voted · 2025 federal election

Bar colours show each candidate's party.

First preferences

How Corio voted · 2025 federal election, first preferences

Richard Marles (ALP)Elected47,221 votes,42.8%
Darren Buller (LIB)27,423 votes,24.9%
Emilie Flynn (GRN)17,491 votes,15.9%
Adam Helman (ONP)10,953 votes,9.9%
John De Lorenzo (IND)3,930 votes,3.6%
Sarah Hathway (SA)3,209 votes,2.9%

Bars show each candidate's share of formal first-preference votes on a 0–100% scale. Swing is the change in share, in percentage points, as published by the AEC.

After preferences (two-candidate preferred)

63.2%36.8%
Richard Marles (ALP)Darren Buller (LIB)

The vertical line marks 50%.

Margin 13.2 pts (Labor): safe by the AEC's thresholds (under 6 points marginal, 6–10 fairly safe, over 10 safe). This describes this result, not a forecast.

Results as a table
CandidatePartyVotesFirst pref.Swing
Richard MarlesAustralian Labor Party47,22142.84%+0.9 pts
Darren BullerLiberal27,42324.88%-0.1 pts
Emilie FlynnThe Greens17,49115.87%+1.1 pts
Adam HelmanPauline Hanson's One Nation10,9539.94%+6.0 pts
John De LorenzoIndependent3,9303.57%+3.6 pts
Sarah HathwaySocialist Alliance3,2092.91%+0.5 pts

Source: Australian Electoral Commission