--- title: "Bendigo East: candidates and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Bendigo East: who holds the seat, who's running at the Victorian election on 28 November, and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/vic/bendigo-east" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) Victorian state district # Bendigo East In the Northern Victoria region. Votes on Saturday 28 November, in 15 days. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacinta_Allan-2024.jpg?width=96)**Jacinta Allan** Labor, Bendigo East ](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-allan) ## On the ballot: 9 candidates In ballot-paper order, as the Victorian Electoral Commission published them. 1. 1 Des John Family First 2. 2 Bonnie Dunn Animal Justice Party 3. 3 Denali Norsen Victorian Socialists 4. 4 Cheryl Hawken One Nation 5. 5 Andrew Lethlean Nationals 6. 6 Liz Wright Independent 7. 7 Kristie Hoskins Independent 8. 8 Tim Rickwood Labor 9. 9 Michael Tolhurst Greens Source: [Victorian Electoral Commission nominations](https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/electoral-boundaries/state-districts/bendigo-east-district/nominations) (© Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0). Linked names are sitting members. About ## About Bendigo East Bendigo East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, covering the eastern part of the city of Bendigo and surrounding rural areas. It is held by Jacinta Allan of the Australian Labor Party. Allan served as Premier from 2023 until 2026. Created 1904 Area 2,711 square kilometres Recreated 1985 as a marginal seat Won at 1999 general election Jacinta Allan, Labor, defeating Liberal incumbent Re-elected 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 elections Upper house region Northern Victoria Region, Legislative Council Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FBendigo%5FEast), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Bendigo East whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Bendigo East yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Bendigo East are on the [Victorian race](https://politics.computer/victoria) page. ## Other districts in Northern Victoria - [Benambra](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/benambra) - [Bendigo West](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/bendigo-west) - [Eildon](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/eildon) - [Euroa](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/euroa) - [Macedon](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/macedon) - [Mildura](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/mildura) - [Murray Plains](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/murray-plains) - [Ovens Valley](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/ovens-valley) - [Shepparton](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/shepparton) - [Yan Yean](https://politics.computer/seats/vic/yan-yean) --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.