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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

Victorian election 2022: what you need to know ahead of voting on 26 November

Victoria’s Labor premier Daniel Andrews and Liberal leader Matthew Guy are each hoping to win the state election on 26 November. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2022 Victorian election before voting this weekend.
Victoria’s Labor premier Daniel Andrews and Liberal leader Matthew Guy are each hoping to win the state election on 26 November. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2022 Victorian election before voting this weekend. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP

On 26 November, Victorians will vote in the 2022 state election and decide whether to give the Labor government and premier, Daniel Andrews, a third term in office, or if the Coalition, under the opposition leader, Matthew Guy, should take the reins.

It is the first time Victoria will go to the polls since the pandemic, during which Andrews fronted an extraordinary 120 consecutive daily press conferences as Melbourne endured one of the world’s longest lockdowns and the state recorded the nation’s highest death toll.

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