Next Australian federal election

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Next Australian federal election

← 2022 On or before 24 May 2025 (half-Senate)
On or before 28 September 2025 (House of Representatives)

All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats are needed for a majority
40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate
Opinion polls
 
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Leader Anthony Albanese Peter Dutton Adam Bandt
Party Labor Liberal/National Coalition Greens
Leader's seat Grayndler (NSW) Dickson (Qld.) Melbourne (Vic.)
Last election 77 seats 58 seats 4 seats
Current seats 78 seats 56 seats 4 seats
Seats needed Steady Increase 20 Increase 72

 
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Leader Bob Katter Rebekha Sharkie Dai Le
Party Katter's Australian Centre Alliance DLFCN
Leader's seat Kennedy (Qld.) Mayo (SA) Fowler (NSW)
Last election 1 seat, 0.38% 1 seat, 0.25% Did not exist
Current seats 1 seat 1 seat 1 seat
Seats needed Increase 75 Increase 75 Increase 75

Incumbent Prime Minister

Anthony Albanese
Labor



The next Australian federal election will be held some time in or before 2025 to elect members of the 48th Parliament of Australia. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and likely 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate will be up for election.[1]

Background[change | change source]

At the previous election, the three-term incumbent centre-right Liberal-National Coalition government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese. Albanese became the new Prime Minister. Morrison resigned as Liberal leader and was replaced by Peter Dutton, who became Opposition Leader, while Barnaby Joyce lost the National Party leadership to David Littleproud in a leadership spill.

Current standings[change | change source]

Affiliation House Senate
Results of the
2022 election
As of
3 December 2023
Change Results of the
2022 election
As of
3 December 2023
Change
Labor 77 78 Increase 1 26 26 Steady 0
Coalition 58 55 Decrease 3 32 31 Decrease 1
The Greens 4 4 Steady 0 12 11 Decrease 1
One Nation 0 0 Steady 0 2 2 Steady 0
United Australia 0 0 Steady 0 1 1 Steady 0
Katter's Australian 1 1 Steady 0 0 0 Steady 0
Centre Alliance 1 1 Steady 0 0 0 Steady 0
Lambie Network 0 0 Steady 0 2 2 Steady 0
Independents 10 12 Increase 2 1 3 Increase 2
Total seats 151 76

Redistribution[change | change source]

There will be a redistribution of the electoral divisions in three states before the election: New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. Even though Australia's population has grown, New South Wales and Victoria have too many seats over the quota, so they will both have one less seat each, while Western Australia will gain an extra seat, meaning the House of Representatives will have 150 seats instead of 151. The Northern Territory will also have a redistribution, but there will still be two seats in the Northern Territory.

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory will not undergo a redistribution until after this election.

References[change | change source]

  1. Hitch, Georgia (30 May 2022). "Peter Dutton elected new Liberal Party leader, Sussan Ley becomes deputy leader". ABC News.