Vic polling booths close, counting starts

Polling booths have closed, Victorian voters have had their say, and they could know who won the state election in just a few hours.

Of the 3.8 million eligible voters in Victoria, a record 1.1 million of them cast their votes before election day.

Counting has begun at 1784 voting centres, and the Victorian Electoral Commission is predicting first results will start trickling through from 7pm.

About 2000 pre-poll votes will be counted in each seat.

Last-minute opinion polls still have Labor's Daniel Andrews ahead of Premier Denis Napthine.

But some have the coalition making up ground.

If the outcome is tight, the result of the election might not be known until next week.