Loud cheers broke the silence at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds as Fiona Patten's re-election to the Victorian Parliament’s upper house was confirmed.

She had faced a nervous wait before the results were finally confirmed on Tuesday afternoon – more than two weeks after election day.

Fiona Patten celebrates with supporters on Tuesday afternoon. Credit:Chris Hopkins

The Reason Party leader embraced supporters as her name moved into the successful candidates column projected onto the wall of the showgrounds hall where the Victorian Electoral Commission held its final count.

Ms Patten was elected to the Victorian Parliament’s upper house for the Northern Metropolitan Region in 2014 as one of five minor party MPs.