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Calwell

Calwell is a federal electorate in Victoria, held by Basem Abdo of the Australian Labor Party since the 2025 election, by a margin of 5.08 points — a marginal seat.

Member for Calwell

Basem Abdo

Australian Labor Party

Their voting record and expenses →

The 2025 result

Final two candidates after preferences were distributed, from the election held 3 May 2025.

  • Basem ABDOAustralian Labor Party55.08%49,481 votes
  • Carly MOOREIndependent44.92%40,350 votes
Margin
5.08%
Marginal
Two-party-preferred swing
+2.32%
to Australian Labor Party
Turnout
86.97%
115,542 enrolled

First preferences in 2025

How the seat voted before preferences were distributed. The Coalition is counted as one figure across its four registrations, and the Greens across both of theirs — in Victoria they contest as GVIC and elsewhere as GRN, which read as two separate minor parties if left unmerged.

  • Independents30.6%
  • Labor30.5%
  • Coalition15.7%
  • Minor parties11.1%
  • Greens8.3%
  • One Nation3.8%

Suburbs in Calwell

14 suburbs and localities have residents in this electorate. 3of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • Craigieburn 100%
  • Roxburgh Park
  • Greenvale (Vic.)
  • Mickleham
  • Meadow Heights
  • Broadmeadows (Vic.)
  • Dallas
  • Westmeadows
  • Attwood
  • Coolaroo
  • Jacana
  • Campbellfield 28%
  • Oaklands Junction 35%
  • Yuroke

Postcodes in Calwell

7 postcodes have residents in this electorate. 3of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • 3064 93%
  • 3047
  • 3059
  • 3048
  • 3049
  • 3061 28%
  • 3063 49%

Where this comes from

  • Results, margins and turnout are the AEC’s published 2025figures. The margin is derived — the winner’s two-candidate-preferred share minus 50 — and the seat status is the AEC’s own classification.
  • Suburbs and postcodes come from 2021 Census mesh blocks matched to CED_2025 boundaries, weighted by resident population rather than by area — otherwise a large, largely uninhabited postcode is assigned to whichever division holds the most empty land.
  • These are an approximation of the AEC’s legal boundaries, so close to a boundary they can differ. To confirm where you are enrolled, check the AEC.

Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 allocation files and 2021 Census Mesh Block Counts, © Australian Bureau of Statistics.