There was a major push to woo Indian-Australian voters during the recently held Federal Elections. This was clearly in evidence with all the promises of grants and freebies being offered to Indian communities with a single aim to win their favour. Here is a look at how they performed.
Indian-Australian voters make up the second-largest migrant community in Australia today and every political party was aware of the influence the community could have on the results. Not surprisingly, there were plenty of candidates of Indian origin contesting seats in all the major states.
Here is a list we have compiled of these candidates and how they have fared:
| CANDIDATE | PARTY | SEAT | PERFORMANCE |
| Jugandeep Singh | Liberal | Chifley, NSW | Lost |
| Sahil Tomar | Liberal | Jagajaga, VIC | Lost |
| Vivek Singha | Liberal | McMahon, NSW | Lost |
| Manish Patel | Liberal | Corio, VIC | Lost |
| Bill Koul | Liberal | Freemantle, WA | Lost |
| Pradip Pathi | Liberal | Greenway, NSW | Lost |
| Binod Paudel | Liberal | Macarthur, NSW | Lost |
| Dave Sharma | Liberal | Wentworth, NSW | Lost |
| Vivian Lobo | Liberal | Lilley, Queensland | Lost |
| Ravi Gaddipati | Liberal | Lalor, VIC | Lost |
| Mira D’Silva | Liberal | Maribyrnong, VIC | Lost |
| Savitri Bevinakoppa | Liberal | Hotham, VIC | Lost |
| Immanuel Selvaraj | Labor | Mitchell, NSW | Lost |
| Abhimanyu Kumar | Labor | La Trobe | Lost |
| Surbhi Snowball | Labor | Flinders, VIC | Lost |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas | Labor | Swan, WA | Won |
| Rachel Jacobs | Greens | Grayndler, NSW | Lost |
| Rajan Vaid | One Nation | Makin, Adelaide | Lost |
| Rabin Bangaar | Animal Justice Party | Cooper, VIC | Lost |
| Amit Batish | One Nation | Chifley, NSW | Lost |
| Ravi Ragupathy | Independent | Holt, VIC | Lost |
| Chetan Sahai | Greens | Sydney, NSW | Lost |
| Apurva Shukla | Greens | Werriwa, NSW | Lost |
| Sanjeev Sabhlok | Australian Federation Party | Menzies, VIC | Lost |
| Lovepreet Singh Nanda | Independent | Greenway, NSW | Lost |
| Trimann Gill | Labor | Senate, SA | Awaited |
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