Legislative Assembly · District of Greenvale
Kirill Smelov
Last verified 30 Sept 2026
Seat context — Greenvale›
Greenvale is a Labor-held seat in Melbourne's outer north-west, covering Greenvale, Attwood, Meadow Heights, Roxburgh Park, Somerton and Westmeadows. It was created for the 2022 election from parts of the former seat of Yuroke, and Labor's Iwan Walters won it with 41.5% of first preferences and 57.1% two-party-preferred against the Liberals' Usman Ghani, a 14.9-point swing against Labor and a margin of about 7 points. He is recontesting. The Tally Room notes an east-west divide between areas with larger Muslim populations and areas that are more European in background. The 2026 field found is five candidates: Walters, the Liberals' Jim Overend, One Nation's Chris Moore, the Victorian Socialists' Kirill Smelov and the Animal Justice Party's Rosanna Furina. No Greens candidate has been found, and Wikipedia's 2026 table leaves Moore and Smelov without party labels.
Background
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
Properly funded public services, accessible hospitals and schools, environmental protection and local parks, workers' rights and wages, economic equality, climate action and Palestinian rights.
"In a wealthy society like Australia, everyone should have the chance to live a decent life."
What Victorians say matters most
5 poll-led issuesCost of living and crime have ranked 1st or 2nd in every Victorian poll since mid‑2025, with debt and housing close behind — see schema §3 for the polling this grouping is based on (DemosAU, Ipsos Issues Monitor, Roy Morgan). The 0-10 'priorityScore' on each candidate's issue entries is NOT a measure of true importance or an independent ranking of what a candidate actually cares about. It reflects how much detail and specificity exists in what that candidate has actually said publicly on that issue -- a named policy mechanism and a verified voting record score higher than a one-line stated priority, regardless of the issue's real-world weight. Render this distinction in the UI wherever the score appears; do not label it just 'Priority' without the qualifier.
Cost of living
Wants improved wages and conditions, economic equality and wealth redistribution.
The party's fiscal policy would fund services with a 10% annual wealth tax on billionaires and a 20% bank profits tax.
Crime and community safety
A summary of the party's policing policy says it would raise the age of criminal responsibility to 16; nothing is attributed to Smelov personally.
Housing affordability and supply
The party's housing policy would cut all residential rents 25% then freeze them for five years, and build at least 15,000 public housing units a year for ten years; nothing on housing is attributed to Smelov personally.
State government debt and fiscal management
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
A summary of the party's transport policy says it would make public transport free; nothing is attributed to Smelov personally.
Also on the record
6 substance issuesThese don't top “biggest issue” polling, but carry real 2026 policy weight and genuine differences between parties.
Education and training
Wants properly funded, accessible schools.
A summary of the party's education policy says it would provide universal preschool and childcare and end NAPLAN testing.
Health and healthcare access
Wants properly funded, accessible hospitals.
A summary of the party's health policy says it would fully fund public healthcare and expand free community clinics.
Urban planning and housing density
Wants local parks maintained and protected.
Climate and energy transition
Wants climate action and environmental protection.
A summary of the party's energy policies says it would move to 100% publicly owned renewable energy.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
A summary of the party's First Nations policy says it wants a treaty with material change beyond symbolic recognition; nothing is attributed to Smelov personally.
Regional and rural Victoria
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Local & party context
2 fieldsNot scored the way the eleven issues above are — these are fixed facts about the seat and the party, not positions with more or less emphasis behind them.
Their priorities match the Victorian Socialists' statewide platform. SSelf-stated — VS-KS, VS-POLICIES, VS-SMELOVVictorian Socialists, "Kirill Smelov"View sourceVictorian Socialists, "Policies"View sourceVictorian Socialists, "Candidates"View source
No point of divergence was found.
Track record & prior candidacies
Their profile mentions no prior candidacy. SSelf-stated — VS-KSVictorian Socialists, "Kirill Smelov"View source
They are not among the candidates in the 2022 Greenvale results; the Victorian Socialists' candidate was Mutullah Can Yolbulan (6.9%). VVerified — WIKI-GRV-RESWikipedia, "Electoral results for the district of Greenvale"View source
Campaign, money & endorsements
Campaign logistics
Endorsements & Donations
Per the Victorian Electoral Commission's funding guidance (vec.vic.gov.au, accessed 2026-09-29 via search snippets of its independent-candidate and registered-party funding pages), a candidate is eligible for public election funding if they receive at least 4% of first-preference votes in their contest, or are elected. Funding is reimbursed against an audited statement of campaign expenditure, and advance funding must be repaid in full if the threshold is missed.
Smelov has not previously contested an election. The Victorian Socialists' 2022 Greenvale candidate polled 6.9%, above the 4% mark.