2025 Australian federal election

2025 Australian federal election
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives; 76 seats needed for a majority ; 40 of 76 seats in the Senate
	Opinion polls
Registered	18,098,797 5.0% (98.2% of eligible)
Turnout	90.70% ( 2.45 pp)
	Results by division for the House of Representatives.
Prime Minister before election; Anthony Albanese; Labor	Subsequent Prime Minister ; Anthony Albanese; Labor

The 2025 Australian federal election was held on 3 May 2025 to elect members of the 48th Parliament of Australia. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate were up for election.^[3]

The incumbent Labor government, led by Anthony Albanese, won re-election to a second term in office in a landslide victory, growing their parliamentary majority.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Background

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

Affiliation		House			Senate
Affiliation		Results of the 2022 election	As of 24 February 2025	Change	Results of the 2022 election	As of 24 February 2025	Change
	Labor	77	77	0	26	25	1
	Coalition	58	53	5	32	30	2
	The Greens	4	4	0	12	11	1
	One Nation	0	0	0	2	2	0
	United Australia^[d]	0	0	0	1	1	0
	Katter's Australian	1	1	0	0	0	0
	Centre Alliance	1	1	0	0	0	0
	Lambie Network	0	0	0	2	1	1
	Australia's Voice^[e]	0	0	0	0	1	1
	People First^[f]	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Independents^[g]	10	13	3	1	4	3
	Vacant^[h]	0	2	2	0	0
Total seats		151			76

Redistribution

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

↑ "Enrolment statistics". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 April 2025. Certified List at the 2025 federal election. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
↑ "Turnout by state". results.aec.gov.au. 10 June 2025. Archived from the original on 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
↑ Green, Antony; Analyst, ABC Chief Election. "Federal Election Preview: Senate". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
↑ "Australia's Albanese claims election victory, riding anti-Trump wave". Reuters. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
↑ Miller, Michael E. (3 May 2025). "Australia's Labor Party, buoyed by anti-Trump bump, wins reelection". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
↑ Chatterjee, Rituparna (3 May 2025). "Labor wins Australia election as 'Trump factor' swings voters". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2025.

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- Labor gained the seat of Aston from the Liberals at a by-election in April 2023.
- The seat of Maribyrnong became vacant in January 2025 following the resignation of Bill Shorten.
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- In December 2022, Andrew Gee (MP for Calare) left the National Party and became an independent.
- In April 2023, the Liberal Party lost the seat of Aston to Labor at a by-election.
- In November 2023, Russell Broadbent (MP for Monash) left the Liberal Party following his preselection loss and sat as an independent.
- In January 2025, Ian Goodenough (MP for Moore) left the Liberal Party following a preselection loss and sat as an independent.
- The seat of Hinkler became vacant in January 2025 following the resignation of Keith Pitt.
↑ Robbie Katter is the party leader but serves as the member for Traeger in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and did not contest the federal election.
↑ The UAP was voluntarily de-registered in 2022 and, therefore, cannot appear on the ballot paper. Incumbent senator and party leader Ralph Babet is not up for election and is permitted to sit as a member of the UAP despite the party's de-registration.
↑ Fatima Payman had quit from the Labor party prior to the election being called, and formed her own.
↑ Gerard Rennick had quit from the Liberal National Party of Queensland prior to the election being called, and formed his own.
↑ Includes David Pocock, who was elected on an independent Senate platform for the ACT; however, he registered for ballot purposes an eponymous party for which he was one of 2 candidates.
↑ Division of Hinkler and Division of Maribyrnong

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[1] "Enrolment statistics". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 April 2025. Certified List at the 2025 federal election. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.

[2] "Turnout by state". results.aec.gov.au. 10 June 2025. Archived from the original on 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.

[6] Green, Antony; Analyst, ABC Chief Election. "Federal Election Preview: Senate". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2025-04-21.

[7] "Australia's Albanese claims election victory, riding anti-Trump wave". Reuters. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.

[8] Miller, Michael E. (3 May 2025). "Australia's Labor Party, buoyed by anti-Trump bump, wins reelection". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 May 2025.

[9] Chatterjee, Rituparna (3 May 2025). "Labor wins Australia election as 'Trump factor' swings voters". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2025.

[3] 
Labor gained the seat of Aston from the Liberals at a by-election in April 2023.

The seat of Maribyrnong became vacant in January 2025 following the resignation of Bill Shorten.

[mwAWk] Labor gained the seat of Aston from the Liberals at a by-election in April 2023.

[mwAWw] The seat of Maribyrnong became vacant in January 2025 following the resignation of Bill Shorten.

[4] 
In December 2022, Andrew Gee (MP for Calare) left the National Party and became an independent.

In April 2023, the Liberal Party lost the seat of Aston to Labor at a by-election.

In November 2023, Russell Broadbent (MP for Monash) left the Liberal Party following his preselection loss and sat as an independent.

In January 2025, Ian Goodenough (MP for Moore) left the Liberal Party following a preselection loss and sat as an independent.

The seat of Hinkler became vacant in January 2025 following the resignation of Keith Pitt.

[mwAXM] In December 2022, Andrew Gee (MP for Calare) left the National Party and became an independent.

[mwAXY] In April 2023, the Liberal Party lost the seat of Aston to Labor at a by-election.

[mwAXk] In November 2023, Russell Broadbent (MP for Monash) left the Liberal Party following his preselection loss and sat as an independent.

[mwAX0] In January 2025, Ian Goodenough (MP for Moore) left the Liberal Party following a preselection loss and sat as an independent.

[mwAYA] The seat of Hinkler became vacant in January 2025 following the resignation of Keith Pitt.

[robbie-5] Robbie Katter is the party leader but serves as the member for Traeger in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and did not contest the federal election.

[UAP-10] The UAP was voluntarily de-registered in 2022 and, therefore, cannot appear on the ballot paper. Incumbent senator and party leader Ralph Babet is not up for election and is permitted to sit as a member of the UAP despite the party's de-registration.

[11] Fatima Payman had quit from the Labor party prior to the election being called, and formed her own.

[12] Gerard Rennick had quit from the Liberal National Party of Queensland prior to the election being called, and formed his own.

[13] Includes David Pocock, who was elected on an independent Senate platform for the ACT; however, he registered for ballot purposes an eponymous party for which he was one of 2 candidates.

[14] Division of Hinkler and Division of Maribyrnong

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