Some voters in independent MP Cathy McGowan's electorate of Indi will be investigated by the Australian Federal Police after the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) found a number of laws may have been breached.

The AEC was looking into voters' enrolment details after reports that a number of Ms McGowan's supporters had changed their voting addresses to Indi, despite not living in the electorate.

Ms McGowan defeated senior Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella by 439 votes in last year's federal election.

The federal independent MP's campaign was backed by a grassroots group Voice for Indi, which ran a strong social media and community campaign in the lead-up to the election.

There have since been reports the group encouraged young voters living elsewhere to enrol in the seat.

The AEC said it had taken the allegations of potential electoral irregularities very seriously.

"The current allegations involve 27 electors enrolled in the division of Indi at the time of the 7 September 2013 election," the commission said in a statement.

The AEC said Tom Rogers, the Acting Electoral Commissioner, had asked the Electoral Integrity Unit to look into the allegations before handing the case over to police.

"The Electoral Integrity Unit has completed its examination and Mr Rogers subsequently determined that questions remain regarding the accuracy of the information that the electors concerned provided to the AEC when they were enrolled in the division of Indi," it said.

"As a number of Commonwealth laws may have been breached, Mr Rogers has referred the allegations to the Australian Federal Police."

Cathy McGowan says AEC has not contacted her

Ms McGowan said she had not been contacted by the AEC or the AFP.

"In line with my earlier comments, while this matter is under investigation I will not be making any further comment," she said in a statement.

"If individuals have made unlawful declarations these should be fully investigated by the AEC and relevant authorities," she said on September 28.

"An enrolment is a declaration made by an individual to the AEC and is up to the individual to ensure it is accurate and lawful.

"It's important the Australian people have the utmost confidence in the AEC and electoral process and I know they will undertake an extensive and professional investigation.

"But we must be mindful these are allegations so let's wait and see the results before making a judgement."