Premier Denis Napthine has predicted the government will win next year's election by up to 10 seats.
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The government won the 2010 election 45 seats to 43, but has since lost one seat after Geoff Shaw quit the parliamentary Liberal party – he sits as an independent.
Responding to a question about whether a seat for Senior Minister Mary Wooldridge had been found – her Doncaster seat has been scrapped under draft proposal for new boundaries – Dr Napthine said: "We hope to win the 2014 election by five to 10 seats, so there is plenty of room for everybody."
Last month the electoral boundaries commission released draft boundaries for state seats, which included the scrapping of two seats and replacing them with seats that will probably favour Labor.
ABC election analyst Antony Green says the redistribution will favour the Coalition. Based on 2010 votes Mr Green said the Coalition would win 47 seats, with Labor at 41.
Analysis by the major parties predict the new boundaries will deliver another close result.
Dr Napthine said the party was responding appropriately to the proposed redistribution.
"We won't be making any comment on individual seats or individual members until the final boundaries are known in October," he said.
The Premier predicted some MPs would consider their future after the final boundaries were released. He said no government MPs had yet indicated they would not contest the November election.
Deputy opposition leader James Merlino said the Premier's comments showed the most arrogance since Jeff Kennett.
"Rather than arrogantly predicting his election victory the Premier should be concentrating on fixing the ambulance crisis," Mr Merlino said
"Denis Napthine thinks he has already done enough to win the next election."