Victorian voters set to have to wait to find out results of decide in two tight by-elections

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Victorian voters set to have to wait to find out results of decide in two tight by-elections

Voters in two Victorian by-elections will have to wait until at least Sunday to find out who has won.

Voters in Werribee and Prahran took to the polls on Saturday following the resignation of their respective MPs.

As of 11pm on Saturday, both races remained too close to call.

In the Melbourne inner-south seat of Prahran, Liberal candidate Rachel Westaway maintained a 51.6 per cent to 48.4 per cent lead over the Greens’ Angelica Di Camillo.

Further west in the seat of Werribee, Labor’s John Lister held a slim lead of 53 per cent to 47 per cent over the Liberal’s Steve Murphy.

Despite leading the race the current margin is an eight-point swing away Labor compared to 2022.

Speaking on Saturday night while counting was ongoing, Mr Lister said the vote was extremely tight.

“We knew it was going to be a close count, but this might be longer than we expected,” he said.

“This was never going to be an easy election, and I was never going to take it for granted.”

Labor is battling to hold onto a seat it has held since 1979.

Despite winning it in 2022 with more than 60 per cent of the two-party-preferred vote, Labor is facing a tough challenge.

Former State Minister Tim Pallas announced his retirement in December sparking the by-election.

Voters in Prahran have been forced back to the polls following the resignation of former-Greens member Sam Hibbins.

Mr Hibbins was forced to resign in October after admitting an affair with a staff member.

The seat has been held by the Greens since 2014.

An environmental engineer, Ms Di Camillo is hoping to continue on the Greens’ grip on the seat, but faces a tough challenge from the Liberal party’s Rachel Westaway, while Labor declined to run a candidate.

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