ABC Elections

2019 Federal Election

18 May Australians go to the polls on May 18, and for the fourth election in a row, internal party politics has produced a change of Prime Minister mid-term. Will the 2019 election restore stability to the nation's top job, or will the revolving door continue?

NSW Election 2019

23 March The national political heat may be rising ahead of the Federal elections, but voters in NSW will go to the polls first on 23 March as Premier Gladys Berejiklian tries to win a third term for her Coalition government.

2019 Cheltenham and Enfield by-elections

9 February A big election year in 2019 begins with two state by-elections in South Australia. They have been caused by the resignations of former Labor Premier Jay Weatherill and former Deputy Premier John Rau.

2018 Victoria Election

24 November With NSW and Federal elections looming in the New Year, Victorian voters go to the polls first on 24 November as the Andrews Labor government campaigns for a second term.

2018 Wentworth by-election

20 October After being deposed as Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull has resigned as member for Wentworth. The loss of Mr Turnbull’s personal vote will create a tricky by-election for the Liberal Party.

2018 Wagga Wagga by-election

8 September The Berejiklian government faces another difficult regional by-election with the resignation of Wagga Wagga Liberal MP Daryl Maguire.

July 2018 Federal By-elections

28 July Another High Court decision on citizenship has triggered by-elections in the seats of Braddon (TAS), Fremantle (WA), Longman (QLD) and Mayo (SA), with a fifth caused by resignation to be held in Perth (WA) the same day.

2018 Darling Range by-election

23 June - Having won Darling Range for the first time at the 2017 election, the McGowan government faces a tricky by-election following the resignation of discredited MP Barry Urban.

2018 Federal Redistribution

2017-18 Ahead of the next Federal election, electoral boundaries are being re-drawn in four states and two territories. Major changes take place in Victoria, South Australia and the ACT where the number of members to be elected has changed.

2018 Batman by-election

17 March - David Feeney is the third lower house casualty of parliament's citizenship imbroglio. He resigned from parliament after being unable to locate documentation that he had renounced his inherited UK citizenship. He will not be a candidate for the by-election in 17 March.

2018 South Australian Election

17th March: South Australia goes to the polls on 17 March at an election where Labor is trying for a fifth term in office, and former Senator Nick Xenophon is trying to break the mould of the state’s two-party politics.

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2018 Tasmanian Election

3rd March: Tasmania goes to the polls on 3 March with new Labor Leader Rebecca White trying to prevent Premier Will Hodgman from becoming only the second Liberal to win a second term leading a majority Liberal government.

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2017 Bennelong by-election

16 December: The Turnbull government faces its second citizenship by-election test this month with voters in the Sydney seat of Bennelong heading to the polls.

2017 New England by-election

2 December: National Party leader Barnaby Joyce faces a by-election in his seat of New England following the High Court’s finding that he was not qualified to be a candidate at last year’s Federal election

2017 QLD Election

25 November: Queensland goes to the polls on 25 November on new electoral boundaries, with a changed electoral system, and following the return of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

2017 Northcote by-election

18 November: The sad passing of Labor MP Fiona Richardson has caused a by-election in the inner-Melbourne seat of Northcote, where Labor’s hold on the seat will be challenged by the Greens.

2017 Cootamundra, Blacktown & Murray by-elections

14 October - Three resignations have created a by-election test for the Berejiklian government. Labor should retain Blacktown, but the National Party faces tougher contests in rural Cootamundra and Murray.

2017 NSW Local Government Elections

9 September: Voters in 46 New South Wales local council areas go to the polls on Saturday 9 September. The elections cover new councils formed from recent amalgamations, as well as several councils that defeated the merge efforts of the state government.

UK Election 2017

In the shadow of Brexit and with rising tensions over recent terrorist incidents, Britain prepares to vote. Follow all the coverage and election results.

2017 Gosford, Manly and North Shore by-elections

New NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian faces her first electoral test on April 8 with by-elections in three seats.

2017 Western Australian Election

A booming economy and the unpopular Gillard federal government aided Colin Barnett’s re-election in 2013, but his government faces a very different economic and political climate in 2017.

2017 QLD Redistribution

Electoral boundaries have been finalised ahead of the next Queensland election. The Legislative Assembly has been increased from 89 to 93 seats and the political complexion of many seats has changed.

2016 Canterbury, Orange & Wollongong By-election

NSW faces by-elections in the state seats of Canterbury, Orange and Wollongong on 12 November. In Orange the Baird government is defending a National party seat against opponents of the government’s ban on greyhound racing, while in Wollongong Labor faces a challenge from Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery.

2016 Australian Capital Territory Election

The ACT goes to the polls on 15 October for the ninth election since self-government and the first to be held for an expanded 25 seat Legislative Assembly.

2016 Northern Territory Election

Voters in the Northern Territory go to the polls on 27 August to give their opinion on the last four years of Country Liberal government.