A by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly district of Niddrie was held on 24 March 2012.
The by-election was triggered by the resignation on 27 January 2012 of Rob Hulls, the former Deputy Premier of Victoria, who had held the seat since 1996.
The by-election was held on 24 March, the same day as the 2012 Queensland state election.
[1] Candidates who nominated for the by-election are (in ballot paper order):[2] The Liberal Party who contested the seat at the previous election and gained 34.8 percent of the primary and 43.1 percent of the two-party vote did not run a candidate.
[3] The unregistered Australian Democrats nominated Rob Livesay as a candidate, however the party failed to correctly lodge the nomination form, with one of Livesay's supporting signatories not listed on the electoral roll in the district.