Australia 2028 federal election
What do we know about the 2028 federal election in Australia?
The law's term puts it in 2028. No day is in our data yet.
Australia- Date:
- No day in our data
- Term rule
When is the 2028 federal election in Australia?
As of , the law's term gives the year of the 2028 federal election in Australia: no day in our data yet.
Polling day
No day in our dataWorked out from the length of the term the law sets; no official notice sets the date yet. Source: Term rule.
Three things
- The contest
Federal election.
- The date
No day is in our data yet.
The law's term gives only the year, 2028.
- The result
No result in our data yet.
When an official source we read publishes the count, this page shows it: the results by party, or the turnout where the count is by candidate.
From the date to the official result
Date listed
Next
Polling day
Later
Published count
Later
Final record
Later
What did the newest result in our data show?
- Australian Labor Party 94 +17 seats 34.6% +2.0 points
- Liberal 18 −9 seats 20.7% −3.2 points
- The Greens 1 −3 seats 12.2% −0.1 points
- Liberal National Party of Queensland 16 −5 seats 7.1% −0.9 points
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation 0 0 seats 6.4% +1.4 points
- The Nationals 9 −1 seat 3.8% +0.2 points
- Trumpet of Patriots 0 1.9%
- Family First Party Australia 0 1.8%
- Katter's Australian Party (KAP) 1 0 seats 0.3% −0.1 points
- Centre Alliance 1 0 seats 0.2% 0.0 points
- Seats won
- Change on the previous election at the right
- Share of the vote
- Share at the previous election
- Change in points at the right
Changes are against the Australia 2022 federal election, party by party.
76 for a majority
- Australian Labor Party94
- Liberal18
- Liberal National Party of Queensland16
- Independent10
- The Nationals9
- Centre Alliance1
- Katter's Australian Party (KAP)1
- The Greens1
90.7% of the 18,091,591 registered voters cast a ballot (16,409,748 ballots), up 1.0 points on 2022. 15,490,236 of them were valid votes.
What is the background?
- The chamber had 150 seats at the newest federal election with a result in our data, and 76 made a majority.
- 7 parties held seats after the newest federal election with a result in our data.
- Our data holds the results of 31 federal elections in Australia, the first in 1946.
- Turnout at the 31 national parliament elections in our data averaged 93.9%. It was 90.7% in 2025, the latest.
- The law of Australia sets a term of 3 years between votes of this kind.
How many people usually vote?
Turnout at each election
| Election | Turnout |
|---|---|
| Saturday 28 September 1946 | 93.9% |
| Saturday 10 December 1949 | 95.9% |
| Saturday 28 April 1951 | 93.8% |
| Saturday 29 May 1954 | 90.6% |
| Saturday 10 December 1955 | 87.4% |
| Saturday 22 November 1958 | 95.4% |
| Saturday 9 December 1961 | 95.2% |
| Saturday 30 November 1963 | 95.5% |
| Saturday 26 November 1966 | 95.1% |
| Saturday 25 October 1969 | 95.0% |
| Saturday 2 December 1972 | 95.4% |
| Saturday 18 May 1974 | 95.4% |
| Saturday 13 December 1975 | 95.4% |
| Saturday 10 December 1977 | 95.1% |
| Saturday 18 October 1980 | 94.4% |
| Saturday 5 March 1983 | 94.6% |
| Saturday 1 December 1984 | 94.2% |
| Saturday 11 July 1987 | 93.8% |
| Saturday 24 March 1990 | 95.3% |
| Saturday 13 March 1993 | 95.8% |
| Saturday 2 March 1996 | 95.8% |
| Saturday 3 October 1998 | 95.0% |
| Saturday 10 November 2001 | 94.9% |
| Saturday 9 October 2004 | 94.3% |
| Saturday 24 November 2007 | 94.8% |
| Saturday 21 August 2010 | 93.2% |
| Saturday 7 September 2013 | 93.2% |
| Saturday 2 July 2016 | 91.0% |
| Saturday 18 May 2019 | 91.9% |
| Saturday 21 May 2022 | 89.7% |
| Saturday 3 May 2025 | 90.7% |
How the date changed
- Term rule gave 2028.
Time and source Data as of