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2025 Tasmania Election
19 July 2025 Tasmanians are going to the polls three years early after the Liberal Premier lost confidence of the house. Will this snap election resolve the state's political instability?
2025 Federal Election - Australia Votes
A Federal Election is due to be held by the end of May in 2025.
2025 Western Australia Election
8 March 2025 After a landslide Labor victory in 2021, can the Liberal and National Parties restore some equilibrium at the WA state election on March 8?
2025 Werribee and Prahran by-elections
8 February – Prahran and Werribee Victorian by-elections. All three Victorian parties face a test with two by-elections on February 8.
2024 Black by-election
16 November – The South Australian Liberal Party faces a crucial by-election following the controversial resignation of former Leader David Spiers.
US Election 2024
Follow all the latest news from the 2024 US presidential election. ABC News experts will help you understand the campaign and the results as they come in with live coverage, results and analysis.
2024 Queensland Election
26 October – Almost ten years after coming to office, the Labor government now headed by Steven Miles goes to the polls facing possible defeat.
2024 Australian Capital Territory Election
19 October 2024 The ACT goes to the polls to pass judgement on Australia’s longest serving government, and on the longest serving head of government in Chief Minister Andrew Barr.
2024 Epping, Hornby and Pittwater by-elections
19 October – The NSW Liberal Party faces by-elections in Epping, Hornby and Pittwater with Pittwater under threat from an Independent.
2024 Northern Territory Election
24 August - Voters in the Northern Territory are set to choose between returning Labor for a third term in office, or handing the reins of government to the Country Liberals.
2024 Cook by-election
13 April - The resignation of former Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison will trigger a by-election in his safe southern Sydney seat of Cook.
2024 Tasmanian Election
23 March - Premier Jeremy Rockliff has called an early election in the hope to regaining majority government in an expanded Tasmanian House of Assembly.
2024 Dunstan by-election
23 March - Voters in the eastern Adelaide seat of Dunstan will vote at a by-election following the resignation of former Premier Steven Marshall.
2024 Brisbane City Council and State by-elections
16 March - Australia's largest local government body, Brisbane City Council, goes to the polls on March 16 along with councils across Queensland. There will also be state by-elections in Inala and Ipswich West.
2024 Dunkley by-election
2 March - The sad death of Labor MP Peta Murphy will trigger an early 2024 by-election in the Melbourne seat of Dunkley.
2023 Mulgrave by-election
18 November - Voters in the Melbourne seat of Mulgrave face a by-election following Dan Andrews' resignation as Premier.
2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum
14 October - Australia votes in a referendum on a proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
2023 Warrandyte by-election
26 August - At a time when the political focus should be on the Andrews government, the Warrandyte by-election has created a new challenge for the Victorian Liberal Party.
2023 Fadden by-election
15 July - Voters in the Gold Coast seat of Fadden face a by-election following the resignation of former minister Stuart Robert.
2023 NSW Election
25 March - After 12 years of Coalition government, NSW voters decide on 25 March whether to re-elect the government led by Premier Dominic Perrottet, or whether it is time for Chris Minns and the Labor Party to take power.
2023 Aston by-election
The resignation of former Minister Alan Tudge creates a by-election in Melbourne's east that could be a test for both the Albanese government and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
2022 Victorian Election
26 November - After a difficult few years in charge of the state's Covid response, the Andrews Labor government will seek a third term in office at the Victorian state election.
2022 WA North West Central by-election
17 September - The remote WA seat of North West Central faces a by-election this weekend. Despite being a marginal seat, there is no Labor candidate. In a 12 candidate field, the contest will be between the Liberals and Nationals and could determine who is the Opposition Leader.
2022 Bragg by-election
2 July - The resignation of former Deputy Premier Vicki Chapman will see voters in the Adelaide seat of Bragg go to the polls for a by-election.
2022 Callide by-election
Saturday 18 June. The by-election has been caused by resignation of former member Colin Boyce.
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