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Next Australian federal election
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On or before 21 May 2022 (half-Senate)

On or before 3 September 2022
(House of Representatives)

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All 151 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats are needed for a majority
40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate
Opinion polls
  Scott Morrison Anthony Albanese Adam-Bandt-2019 (cropped).jpg
Leader Scott Morrison Anthony Albanese Adam Bandt
Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Greens
Leader since 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30) 4 February 2020 (2020-02-04)
Leader's seat Cook (NSW) Grayndler (NSW) Melbourne (VIC)
Last election 77 seats, 41.44% 68 seats, 33.34% 1 seat, 10.40%
Current seats 77 seats 68 seats 1 seat
Seats needed Steady Increase8 Increase75
2019 TPP 51.53% 48.47%
  Robbie Katter
Leader Robbie Katter No federal leader
Party Katter's Australian Centre Alliance
Leader since 3 February 2020 (2020-02-03)
Leader's seat None
Last election 1 seat, 0.49% 1 seat, 0.33%
Current seats 1 seat 1 seat
Seats needed Increase75 Increase75
Incumbent Prime Minister

Scott Morrison
Liberal/National coalition


The next Australian federal election will be held in or before 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. All 151 seats in the House of Representatives (lower house) and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate (upper house) will be up for election.

The incumbent Coalition Government, led by Scott Morrison will be seeking a fourth three-year term against the opposition Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese.

Polling

Two-party-preferred vote.
Primary vote.
Aggregate data of voting intention from all opinion polling since the last election. Local regression trends for each party are shown as solid lines.
Date Brand Firm Interview Mode Sample Size Primary vote TPP vote
L/NP ALP GRN ONP OTH L/NP ALP
15 March 2020 Newspoll YouGov Online 1501 40% 36% 12% 4% 8% 49% 51%
27 February 2020 Scott Morrison declares coronavirus pandemic
19–22 February 2020 Newspoll YouGov Online 1513 38% 34% 13% 4% 11% 49% 51%
20 January – 3 February 2020 ANU poll ANU CATI & Online 3249 34.8% 33.4% 14.7% – 10.5% – –
4 February 2020 Adam Bandt replaces Richard Di Natale as Greens leader
29 January – 1 February 2020 Newspoll YouGov Online 1510 38% 35% 13% 4% 10% 48% 52%
8–11 January 2020 Newspoll YouGov Online 1505 40% 36% 12% 4% 8% 49% 51%
January 2020 Australian bushfire season peaks
4–8 December 2019 Newspoll YouGov Online 1503 42% 33% 11% 5% 9% 52% 48%
21–23 November 2019 Newspoll YouGov Online 1519 41% 33% 12% 5% 9% 51% 49%
7–10 November 2019 Newspoll YouGov IVR/Online 1682 40% 35% 12% 7% 6% 50% 50%
17–20 October 2019 Newspoll YouGov IVR/Online 1634 42% 33% 13% 6% 6% 51% 49%
26–29 September 2019 Newspoll YouGov IVR/Online 1658 42% 33% 13% 6% 6% 51% 49%
5–7 September 2019 Newspoll YouGov IVR/Online 1661 43% 35% 12% 5% 5% 51% 49%
15–18 August 2019 Newspoll YouGov IVR/Online 1623 42% 34% 11% 4% 9% 51% 49%
25–28 July 2019 Newspoll YouGov IVR/Online 1601 44% 33% 11% 3% 9% 53% 47%
30 May 2019 Anthony Albanese replaces Bill Shorten as Labor leader
18 May 2019 election 41.44% 33.34% 10.4% 3.08% 11.74% 51.53% 48.47%
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