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ABC's election daddy Antony Green called the win for Labor.

Despite ‘incredibly challenging’ few years negotiating Covid, Labor cruises to victory, while the Greens and Nationals gain seats

Premier Daniel Andrews declares victory for Labor in his third-straight election win as leader, saying "hope always defeats hate".

The Greens are likely to expand their numbers in Victoria's lower house, but with Labor projected to retain its majority the government won't need their support.

The Victorian Labor government has been returned with a comfortable majority, as Premier Daniel Andrews hailed the result a triumph of hope over hate.

The Victorian state election is today. There are 88 single-member lower house seats with members elected by preferential voting, and 40 upper house seats in eight five-member electorates. The election in the lower house seat of Narracan has been postponed owing to a candidate’s death.

Polls have closed in Victoria, but on the final day of voting, some centres ran out of ballot papers and hand-written ones had to be given out.

Teachers are overworked and in need of a major pay bump at the coming election to avert a worsening education crisis, the NSW Greens say.

The countdown to the close of polls is on as people across Victoria queue up at voting centres to have their say. Premier Daniel Andrews has urged voters to give Labor a third term, while Opposition Leader Matthew Guy is asking the state to "move on".

Sources say the Liberal strategy of focusing the campaign around the premier is working, with Labor unsure of how to respond