The Victorian Labor government has made big inroads into the traditionally Liberal territory in eastern Melbourne, helping it secure a solid victory in the state election.
The Victorian Electoral Commission has counted over 42 per cent of votes, with Labor claiming more than 43 per cent of first preference votes.
ABC election analyst Antony Green says the government of Daniel Andrews will be returned for a second term with an increased majority.
He says there's a significant swing to Labor of around 5.4 per cent on a two- party preferred basis and a lot of the change is in the eastern suburbs.
"In other words, if the Liberal Party vote is collapsing in eastern Melbourne the Liberal Party can't win this election. This may actually be a very big result for Labor," he said.
Labor secures 51 seats
As of 7.45pm, Labor has been given 51 seats - six more than the 45 it had going into Saturday's election. It will give the government a comfortable majority in the 88-seat parliament for its second term.
The Liberal-National coalition will struggle to get close to the 37 seats it held going into Saturday's election, with only 16 confirmed so far.
Health Minister Jill Hennessy said Labor was doing well in areas it did not usually perform in and in the Melbourne sandbelt seats.
