The Greens candidate stood down over rape allegations just two days before Saturday's state election has been identified as running in the seat of Sandringham.

The candidate, whose name will still appear on ballot papers, was stood down on Thursday after a woman wrote to Greens leader Samantha Ratnam by email accusing the him of raping her.

The Greens did not name the man who was the subject of the complaint on Thursday, but on Friday morning Ms Ratnam revealed his electorate on ABC radio, saying she wanted to quell rumours on social media.

"We have acted swiftly and decisively, we're taking it very seriously and the candidate has been stood down," Ms Ratnam told the ABC.

"All campaign activities in the seat of Sandringham have ceased and there'll be no further campaign activities in that seat.