A by-election was held for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Benalla on 13 May 2000. The by-election was triggered by the resignation on 12 April of Pat McNamara, the sitting member who was Deputy Premier of Victoria until the defeat of the Kennett government at the 1999 state election.
| Benalla by-election, 2000[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Denise Allen | 12,514 | 42.07 | −0.52 | |
| National | Bill Sykes | 12,244 | 41.16 | −16.25 | |
| Independent | Geoff Rowe | 2,072 | 6.97 | +6.97 | |
| Independent | Bill Hill | 1,983 | 6.67 | +6.67 | |
| Greens | Janet Mackenzie | 597 | 2.01 | +2.01 | |
| Independent | Maurie Smith | 234 | 0.79 | +0.79 | |
| Reform | Alf Thorpe | 101 | 0.34 | +0.34 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,745 | 97.22 | +0.79 | ||
| Informal votes | 849 | 2.78 | –0.79 | ||
| Turnout | 30,594 | 89.60 | −3.35 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Denise Allen | 14,991 | 50.40 | +7.81 | |
| National | Bill Sykes | 14,754 | 49.60 | −7.81 | |
| Labor gain from National | Swing | 7.81 | |||