IT has been described as Bendigo’s correction election.

The wash up of last week’s state election result has changed little for Bendigo, with state government ministers Jacinta Allan and Bob Cameron being returned easily.

Although both suffered severe swings against them, the results brought them back to the 1999 election figure, ignoring the once-in-a-generation 2002 poll.

Ms Allan suffered a swing of almost eight per cent against her, to bring her two-party-preferred figure back to 55.29 per cent, leaving her opponent Kevin Gibbins on 44.71 per cent.

Ms Allan said the result was a confirmation of the government’s water and education plans.

"I have pushed hard to secure funding for four new secondary schools for Bendigo under the Bendigo Education Plan," she said.

"I can now deliver on that commitment to build the new schools over the next four years."

Ms Allan acknowledged there were some issues working against her, such as the government’s handling of the water crisis and even some local government issues.

"There were a range of issues," she said.

"What was overwhelmingly rejected was the Liberal Party’s lack of a plan and lack of policies for Bendigo."

Mr Cameron said it was full steam ahead with the government’s election policies.

"We are now focussed on building four new schools, building the pipeline, the Stella Anderson Nursing Home and finding land for a fire and police stations in Castlemaine."

In the massive Northern Region upper house seat, Bendigo’s Damian Drum was returned as the only National Party member.

The Liberals and the government shared the other four spots in the region.

For Mr Drum, the Nationals’ strong result in the election was reward for hard work.

"It was a great result," he said.

"We couldn’t quite go well enough to get two up in the end.

"This is a reward for hard work. We have no doubt when we go into parliament we work harder than either of the other parties because of what we cover and the amount of members we have.

"It is a clear message that people who live outside of Melbourne now have a clear voice."