The contest in the blue-ribbon seat is so tight, however, that it seems Labor's Sorina Grasso could still end up on top, making history for her party.

Last weekend's state election has delivered a shocking margin for shadow treasurer John Pesutto in the equally safe Hawthorn electorate.

Mr Pesutto - who is a potential candidate to be opposition leader following Matthew Guy's departure - has been tracking just behind Labor's John Ormond Kennedy for days now.

The Greens appear to have made history in the seat of Brunswick with Tim Read claiming victory with a narrow lead of 514 votes on Saturday.

The result breaks Labor's 104-year hold on the seat but it doesn't change the Green's presence in the Victorian lower house in real terms.

The devastating loss of one-year MP Lidia Thorpe in Northcote dashed the party's hopes of seizing more overall seats.

While the party retained Melbourne and looks set to keep Prahran - Sam Hibbins is ahead by 5845 votes - it's looking like they will lose an upper house spot.

The long-held Liberal seats of Bayswater and Nepean are also under serious threat as Labor is in front in both.

Victorian Liberals will be looking for a new state president after the resignation of Michael Kroger, who copped incredible pressure to step down after his party's thrashing at the polls.

Australian Associated Press