A BIG swing towards the federal coalition in Victoria is a popular endorsement of the East West Link road link, the state government says.
Prime minister-elect Tony Abbott has promised $1.5 billion towards the project, which would connect the Eastern Freeway to Melbourne's western suburbs.
The Victorian government has also thrown its support behind the $8 billion road.
State Health Minister David Davis said the coalition's strong showing in the eastern suburbs, including victories in the seats of Deakin and La Trobe, is a sign that voters want the East West Link to be built.
"Those swings reflect very directly the support for East West Link of both the coalition federally and the coalition at a state level," he told reporters on Sunday.
"People of Melbourne's east, northeast and southeast are clearly very supportive of the East West policy."
Opposition health spokesman Gavin Jennings said the state government should take the policy to an election.
"We say to (Premier) Denis Napthine ... you've only got one project - take it to the people to measure whether in fact there is the support," he said.
Re-elected federal Greens MP Adam Bandt says the result in his electorate of Melbourne is a "resounding no" to the East West Link.
"We campaigned very strongly in this election against Tony Abbott's mean-spirited proposal to take $1.5 billion from some of the world's poorest people to drive a polluting tollway through the middle of Melbourne," he said.
Mr Bandt says if Dr Napthine is so confident about the project he should release the full business case.
"What it will show is that the numbers just don't stack up," he said.
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