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Macnamara

Macnamara is a federal electorate in Victoria, held by Josh Burns of the Australian Labor Party since the 2025 election, by a margin of 11.80 points — a safe seat.

Member for Macnamara

Josh Burns

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.

  • Josh BURNSAustralian Labor Party61.80%62,004 votes
  • Benson SAULOLiberal38.20%38,334 votes
Margin
11.80%
Safe
Two-party-preferred swing
-0.37%
to Australian Labor Party
Turnout
89.53%
114,579 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.

  • Labor36.1%
  • Coalition32.5%
  • Greens25.5%
  • One Nation2.8%
  • Independents1.8%
  • Minor parties1.3%

Suburbs in Macnamara

20 suburbs and localities have residents in this electorate. 4of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • Southbank
  • St Kilda (Vic.)
  • Port Melbourne
  • Caulfield North
  • Elwood
  • St Kilda East
  • South Melbourne
  • Melbourne 17%
  • Windsor (Vic.)
  • Albert Park (Vic.)
  • Caulfield
  • Elsternwick 52%
  • Balaclava (Vic.)
  • Middle Park (Vic.)
  • St Kilda West
  • Docklands 14%
  • Ripponlea
  • Caulfield East
  • Glen Huntly 25%
  • South Wharf

Postcodes in Macnamara

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

  • 3006
  • 3182
  • 3183
  • 3207
  • 3161
  • 3184
  • 3205
  • 3206
  • 3004 78%
  • 3181 38%
  • 3185 54%
  • 3162 32%
  • 3008 14%
  • 3145 6%
  • 3163 4%

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.