Electoral results for the district of Lara

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Lara in Victorian state elections.

Members for Lara[]

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Loney	Labor	2002–2006
	John Eren	Labor	2006–present

2018 Victorian state election: Lara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Eren	22,951	57.9	+2.0
	Liberal	Melissa Di Pasquale	9,559	24.1	−4.8
	Greens	Amber Forbes	2,966	7.5	-1.4
	Animal Justice	Bronwen Baker	2,740	6.9	+6.9
	Victorian Socialists	Dean Cardigan	1,408	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			42,047	94.1	-1.3
Informal votes			2,464	5.9	−1.3
Turnout			42,047	89.4	-4.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Eren	27,398	69.1	+2.0
	Liberal	Melissa Di Pasquale	12,235	30.9	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

2014 Victorian state election: Lara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Eren	21,457	55.9	+2.9
	Liberal	Tony McManus	11,090	28.9	−2.3
	Greens	Gregory Lacey	3,413	8.9	+0.5
	Family First	Rami Fosberry	1,256	3.3	−1.6
	Country Alliance	George Reed	1,148	3.0	+0.8
Total formal votes			38,364	95.4	+0.9
Informal votes			1,851	4.6	−0.9
Turnout			40,215	93.5	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Eren	25,746	67.1	+3.3
	Liberal	Tony McManus	12,618	32.9	−3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

2010 Victorian state election: Lara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Eren	20,778	53.61	-5.59
	Liberal	Robert Eyton	11,366	29.33	+3.39
	Greens	Rob Leach	3,401	8.77	+2.12
	Family First	Glenn Colla	2,324	6.00	-2.21
	Country Alliance	Keith McDermott	889	2.29	+2.29
Total formal votes			38,758	94.23	+0.25
Informal votes			2,373	5.77	-0.25
Turnout			41,131	93.29	+0.68
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Eren	25,299	65.40	-2.53
	Liberal	Robert Eyton	13,387	34.60	+2.53
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.53

2006 Victorian state election: Lara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Eren	20,860	59.2	-4.6
	Liberal	Angelo Kakouros	9,139	25.9	+0.3
	Family First	Peter Haines	2,894	8.2	+8.2
	Greens	Catherine Jones	2,344	6.7	+0.0
Total formal votes			35,237	94.0	-2.2
Informal votes			2,258	6.0	+2.2
Turnout			37,495	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Eren	23,872	67.7	-4.6
	Liberal	Angelo Kakouros	11,365	32.3	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

2002 Victorian state election: Lara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Loney	22,673	65.0	+2.7
	Liberal	Linda Ristevski	8,921	25.6	-11.4
	Greens	Kim Baranowski	2,341	6.7	+6.2
	Socialist Alliance	Brigitte Ellery	965	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			34,900	96.2	-0.7
Informal votes			1,395	3.8	+0.7
Turnout			36,295	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Loney	25,211	72.3	+9.6
	Liberal	Linda Ristevski	9,638	27.7	-9.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.6

"Lara District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.