Seven seats going down to the wire in Victorian election

Former Darebin mayor, Gaetano Greco, ran as an independent in the seat of Preston in the Victorian election. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Seven seats are still in play in the Victorian lower house after Saturday’s state election, with just eight votes separating two candidates in Pakenham.

The seat, along with Bass, Hastings, Hawthorn, Mornington, Northcote, Preston, remain in doubt, with some results expected to take another week as the Victorian Electoral Commission sorts absentee, pre-poll and postal votes.