The next Australian federal election will be held in or before to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. All 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 next federal election is also not fixed, although a half-Senate election must be held by June 30, , so a House and Senate election is most likely to be held between August and May – Northern Territory – Saturday, August 22, – Australian Capital Territory – Saturday, October 17, The latest possible date of the next election is within 68 days from the expiry of the House. As the 46th Parliament first met on Tuesday 2 July , it is therefore due to expire on Friday 1 July T The election for the House of Representatives must therefore be held by 3 September , the last Saturday within this 68 day period. The last possible date for the next election is within 68 days from the expiry of the House. As the 42nd Parliament first met on Tuesday, 12 February , it is therefore due to expire on Friday, 11 February The election for the House of Representatives must therefore be held by 16 April , the last Saturday within this period. Saturday’s election in Australia’s third-most populous state looms as a referendum on the incumbent center-left Labor government’s handling of the pandemic, with polls showing widespread. Tasmania The Spieleentwickler Liste Act section 23 stipulates that the Tasmanian House of Assembly has a maximum four-year term from the day of the return of the writs. Electoral Act NT. It does not include supplementary elections, by-elections or separate legislative council elections. The terms of senators representing the ACT and the NT commence on the day of their election and expire at the close of the day immediately before the polling day for the next general election. The election of these senators is held at the same time as every general House of Representatives election. Election announcement: N/A - no fixed time. 10/20/ · Australians could be called to the cast their votes as early as August 7, , unless a half-senate election is called. Read Next But the Prime Minister told a joint partyroom meeting on Tuesday. Latest Australian election news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice.

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By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. The Government also usually tries to avoid having an election campaign over the Easter period, although the election was held over the Easter period.

As Easter Sunday is on 17 April in , this may be a factor if an election is considered in that year. Tables below set out the earliest and latest election dates, and possible election timetables, for these two types of elections.

Because there are limits as to when either type of election can be called, to establish the latest polling date the maximum timetable period must be used.

It should be noted that in Table 2 and Table 3 these are theoretical limits. For practical, political and financial reasons, a government is unlikely to have a maximum campaign period of 68 days or a pre-poll period of 28 days.

Dates for earliest possible election, with a minimum election period. Close of Nominations at 12 pm not less than 10 days nor more than 27 days after the issue of writs.

Declaration of Nominations at 12 pm one day after close of nominations. Pre-poll voting can begin not less than the fifth day after the declaration of nominations.

Polling Day on a Saturday not less than 23 days or more than 31 days after the close of nominations. Return of Writs no more than days after the issue of the writs.

Meeting of Parliament not later than 30 days after the date appointed for the return of the writs but may meet before that date if the writs have been returned [21].

Close of Nominations at 12 pm not less than 10 days or more than 27 days after the issue of writs. Polling Day not less than 23 days nor more than 31 days after the close of nominations.

Meeting of Parliament not later than 30 days after the date appointed for the return of the writs but may meet before that date if the writs have been returned.

Each state and territory has its own provisions as to when elections are held. Table 4 below sets out when the next elections will be held for the lower house of each state and territory with the exception of Tasmania, for which only an estimate can be offered.

All states, except Queensland, have bicameral parliaments. Queensland and the territories are unicameral. There are usually exceptional circumstances in which early elections can be called and they vary slightly from parliament to parliament.

For determining the date for a general election if the previous general election was not an extraordinary general election, the general election is to be held on the 4th Saturday in August in the 4th year after the year in which the previous general election was held.

The Legislative Assembly has a fixed term. Section of the Electoral Act [31] prescribes that elections are to be held on the third Saturday in October every four years.

If the date clashes with a Commonwealth election, then it must be deferred until the first Saturday in December.

Furthermore, the election would also not occur if there has been an extraordinary election held within six months before the October date. An extraordinary election [32] may be held for example, because the Governor-General has dissolved the Assembly, [33] or because the Chief Minister has lost the confidence of the Assembly.

At a referendum on 19 March , Queenslanders voted to approve a Bill to move from a maximum three-year term to a fixed four-year parliamentary term from the date appointed for the return of the writs.

However, this provision will not come into effect until after the election. On 11 November , the Western Australian Parliament passed the Electoral and Constitution Amendment Act [36] which established a fixed election date.

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