Victoria hot seats LIVE results: It's decision day in Kooyong, Bruce, Goldstein and Wills
Here's a quick refresher on the margins, history and candidates in our Hot Seat contests.
Wills is our Labor v Greens contest with incumbent Peter Khalil facing off against Samantha Ratnam, a former local mayor and leader of the Greens state parliamentary party.
'Win Bruce, win the election': that was the mantra for hopeful local Liberal Party members heading into the campaign which sees Zahid Safi vying to become the party's first Muslim MP. To do so he'll need to defeat Labor minister Julian Hill.
Goldstein is one of the two teal v Liberal Party seats we've covered. It's a rematch between independent MP Zoe Daniel and Tim Wilson who lost the seat in 2022.
Kooyong is one of the highest profile contests in the country. Teal MP Monique Ryan famously defeated former treasurer Josh Frydenberg in 2022 and faces a strong challenge from the Liberal Party's Amelia Hamer.
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