Melbourne makes history again: Bandt Greens MP Adam Bandt says Melbourne voters have again made history by re-electing him despite the two major parties teaming up against him. With more than 60 per cent of the vote counted, the Greens lead Labor on a two-party preferred basis 55.3 to 44.7 per cent. "We've made history again," Mr Bandt told a room full of cheering supporters on Saturday night. He didn't have the benefit of the Liberal preferences that pushed him to victory three years ago but has increased the Greens' primary vote by almost eight per cent. "There was obviously a tougher competition this time in that we were working against Labor and Liberal who were working together to ensure that there were no Greens in the House of Representatives," Mr Bandt told reporters. The Greens deputy leader said the result showed those who didn't want election campaigns to be about a race to the bottom had found a voice in Melbourne. "There's lots of people who despair that every three years we have this competition about who can beat up the most on refugees and that we have old parties cutting single parent payments or university funds," Mr Bandt said. There's lots of people who think that there's a better way. The real opposition and the real alternative to Tony Abbott's agenda is going to be led by the people of Melbourne in the House of Representatives. In 2010 Mr Bandt polled less than Labor's Cath Bowtell but won the Greens their only lower house seat on the back of Liberal preferences. This time around, the Liberals preferenced the Greens last and Labor second last. Mr Bandt said he won votes from both major parties. The Greens picked up support from Liberals who were worried by Tony Abbott's conservatism and Labor supporters who had had enough, he said. The ALP had been hoping to regain the seat it had held from 1904 until Mr Bandt's historic first win in 2010. But Labor's primary vote has fallen by about 12 per cent. "We have had a fairly significant fall in our primary vote so that's the bad news," Ms Bowtell told supporters. She praised the ALP's positive campaign in Melbourne. We haven't just talked about our values, we have pointed to our record in government as proof of our values and I think that history will judge our achievements better than the country has today.