Next Australian federal election

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.

Next Australian federal election

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
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 20 72   Leader Bob Katter Rebekha Sharkie Party Katter's Australian Centre Alliance Leader's seat Kennedy (Qld.) Mayo (SA) Last election 1 seat, 0.38% 1 seat, 0.25% Current seats 1 seat 1 seat Seats needed 75 75
Incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Labor

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
		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	1	26	26	0
	Coalition	58	55	3	32	31	1
	The Greens	4	4	0	12	11	1
	One Nation	0	0	0	2	2	0
	United Australia	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	2	0
	Independents	10	12	2	1	3	2
Total seats		151			76

Redistribution

See the main article: Redistribution (Australia)

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.