Labor Retains Daniel Andrews’ Seat of Mulgrave in Victorian By-election

Eden Foster leads with more than 40 percent of the primary vote.

A person puts their vote into a ballot box at a polling centre at St Kilda Primary School in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 14, 2023. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Victorian Labor is set to retain Daniel Andrews’ seat of Mulgrave despite a significant swing against the government in the former premier’s seat.

With more than 75 percent of the vote counted, Dandenong mayor Eden Foster leads with more than 40 percent of the primary vote in Saturday’s by-election, which is down more than 10 percentage points from Mr. Andrews’ showing at last year’s state poll.