The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is deregistered after review by the Victorian Electoral Commission
Thursday 16 May 2024
For immediate release
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has failed to meet the statutory requirement to prove it has at least 500 eligible members on the Victorian register of electors and was removed today from the list of registered political parties in Victoria. This means that a party with the same or a similar name cannot register as a political party until after the next State election in 2026.
The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) is reviewing the registration of all political parties that received an average of less than 4% of first preference votes over all electorates they contested at the 2022 State election.
Even though the party is not registered, it can still participate in an election, but will not be able to:
- have its name and logo next to its candidates’ names or group on the ballot papers
- submit candidate nominations or how-to-vote cards in bulk with the VEC
- access enrolment information for permitted purposes.