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Australia legislative election 2025

Polling day . 2 races. Counted by Australian Electoral Commission. Times are Sydney time; hover for UTC.

House of Representatives 150 seats

Final count

150 seats; a majority is 76.
CandidatePartyVotesShareSeats
Australian Labor Party—5,354,13894
Liberal—3,205,21618
The Greens—1,889,9771
Independent—1,126,05110
Liberal National Party of Queensland—1,099,62316
Pauline Hanson's One Nation—991,8140
The Nationals—588,7789
Trumpet of Patriots—296,0760
Family First Party Australia—273,6810
Legalise Cannabis Australia—186,3350
Katter's Australian Party (KAP)—51,7751
Centre Alliance—37,4531
Total votes15,490,236150

Turnout 90.7%: 16,409,748 ballots from 18,091,591 registered voters.

National first-preference votes per party (AEC party names) and seats won, from the AEC's final-results file (Phase:FinalResults, generated 16 Jun 2025). House seats are won in 150 single-member divisions by full preferential voting, so first preferences do not determine seats. Rows: every party that won a seat ('Independent' is the AEC's aggregate of all independent candidates, 10 elected) plus parties above 1% of first preferences without a seat; the AEC lists 27 lines, the 15 others (all below 1%, no seats) are left out (their votes are in totalVotes). The Liberal Party, the Liberal National Party of Queensland, The Nationals and the Country Liberal Party (NT, 35,785 votes, 0 seats, not listed) are separate lines as in the AEC table. Seats sum to 150 (AEC 'Elected' column; ALP 94). Formal votes 15,490,236; informal 919,512; total votes 16,409,748 (AEC 'Informal votes by state', summed); enrolment 18,091,591 (AEC 'Enrolment by state', summed); turnout 90.70%. publishedAt is the return of the writs. Licence: the AEC applies CC BY 4.0 to all material on its website except the Coat of Arms, logos, maps and third-party content (https://www.aec.gov.au/footer/Copyright.htm). Published by Australian Electoral Commission (AEC tally room, 2025 federal election, event 31496), 12 Jun 2025: results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/Downloads/HouseFirstPrefsByPartyDownload-31496.csv. CC BY 4.0 (© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Electoral Commission).

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    Polling day Saturday 3 May 2025 (AEC 2025 timetable: 'Polling will occur in all designated polling places from 8am to 6pm local time'; Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 s.220). No state was on daylight saving (it ended Sunday 6 April 2025), so 6 pm was 08:00 UTC in NSW, Vic, Qld, Tas and ACT, 08:30 UTC in SA and NT, and 10:00 UTC in WA; pollsCloseUtc is the last close (WA), as in australia-legislative-2028. The result is each Divisional Returning Officer's declaration of the elected candidate, then the return of the writs to the Governor-General (Electoral Act s.284). The AEC said the writ 'was required to be returned no later than 9 July 2025' (media release, 12 Jun 2025); expectedBy is the end of that day AEST. Declarations ran from 15 May (Maranoa) to Friday 6 June 2025 9:00 am AEST (Bradfield, the last seat, after a recount; AEC 'Declaration events', scheduled times). The final act is the return of the writs: 'The Acting Electoral Commissioner today returned the writs for the 2025 federal election to the Governor-General' (AEC media release dated 12 June 2025), covering 'all 150 House of Representatives elections'. The release gives the date only, so observedAt is the end of 12 June 2025 AEST (UTC+10), stated as such. Day 40 after polling day; all 150 seats were declared by day 34. No court must confirm the result (a petition to the Court of Disputed Returns was possible until 22 July 2025, s.355(e)).
    Observed
Results sources 9 pages, 2 can answer a results question
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results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/Downloads/HouseFirstPrefsByPartyDownload-31496.csvresults-finalfeedyesnot checked yet
results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-31496-NAT.htmresults-finalrace resultsyesnot checked yet
aec.gov.au/media/2025/06-12.htmsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
aec.gov.au/election/results-events.htmsee-alsoresults indexno (results section without an election code)not checked yet
aec.gov.au/elections/federal_elections/2025/timetable.htmtimetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Australian_federal_electionsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
results.aec.gov.auresults-indexresults indexno (results host, but its root lists many elections)not checked yet
aec.gov.au/media/mediafeed/index.htmopen-dataotherno (no election or results marker)not checked yet
aec.gov.auauthority-homeemb homeno (site root: cannot answer a results question)not checked yet

Senate (half-Senate) 40 seats

Final count

40 seats; a majority is 21.
CandidatePartyVotesShareSeats
Australian Labor Party—5,573,02816
Liberal/Nationals—2,756,2964
The Greens—1,859,9746
Liberal National Party of Queensland—997,4042
Pauline Hanson's One Nation—899,2963
Liberal—892,1886
Legalise Cannabis Australia—553,1630
Trumpet of Patriots—413,2380
Family First Party Australia—236,7280
Animal Justice Party—198,6110
Jacqui Lambie Network—166,0851
David Pocock—114,9151
Country Liberals (NT)—34,9541
Total votes15,871,18940

Turnout 90.9%: 16,438,494 ballots from 18,091,591 registered voters.

National first-preference votes per Senate group, with the AEC's national group names, from the AEC table 'First preferences by Senate group' (national; checked against the final-results CSV SenateFirstPrefsByStateByGroupByVoteTypeDownload-31496.csv, summed per group: identical). Seats from 'Senate party representation' (sum 40). Senators are elected per state/territory by quota and preferences, so national first preferences do not determine seats. 'Liberal/Nationals' is the joint ticket in NSW and Vic (4 seats); 'Liberal' ran in WA, SA, Tas and ACT; the LNP in Qld; the Country Liberals in the NT. Rows: every group that won a seat plus groups above 1% without one; the AEC table lists 34 lines, the other 21 (all below 1%, no seats, including a zero line for amalgamated ghost groups) are left out and are in totalVotes. Formal 15,871,189; informal 567,305; total 16,438,494; enrolment 18,091,591 (the same roll as the House; AEC 'Enrolment by state', summed); turnout 90.86%. publishedAt is the return of the last writs (ACT, NT). Licence: AEC CC BY 4.0 (https://www.aec.gov.au/footer/Copyright.htm). Published by Australian Electoral Commission (AEC tally room, 2025 federal election, event 31496), 12 Jun 2025: results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/SenateStateFirstPrefsByGroup-31496-NAT.htm. CC BY 4.0 (© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Electoral Commission).

1 May15 May29 May12 Jun26 Jun10 Jul
Final result
by 9 JulFinal result: by Wed 9 Jul, 23:59, announced. Published Thu 12 Jun, 23:59.
announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateSydney time. Every window on this chart has passed.
Stage windows and their sources 1 stage, each cited
  1. Final result
    — →
    announced
    Polling day Saturday 3 May 2025 (AEC 2025 timetable: 'Polling will occur in all designated polling places from 8am to 6pm local time'; Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 s.220). No state was on daylight saving (it ended Sunday 6 April 2025), so 6 pm was 08:00 UTC in NSW, Vic, Qld, Tas and ACT, 08:30 UTC in SA and NT, and 10:00 UTC in WA; pollsCloseUtc is the last close (WA), as in australia-legislative-2028. 40 seats: 6 for each state (half-Senate) and 2 each for the ACT and NT. Each Australian Electoral Officer declares the state's or territory's result after the distribution of preferences and returns the writ to the Governor (states) or the Governor-General (territories) (Electoral Act s.283). Declarations (AEC 'Declaration events', scheduled times): SA 27 May, NT 28 May, Vic, Tas and ACT 29 May, Qld 30 May, NSW 2 June, WA Tuesday 3 June 2025 10:00 am AWST (the last). The six state writs were returned to the Governors 'throughout the past couple of weeks' before 12 June (dates not given); the ACT and NT writs were returned to the Governor-General with the House writs: 'The Acting Electoral Commissioner today returned the writs for the 2025 federal election to the Governor-General' (AEC media release dated 12 June 2025), including 'Writs for the two Senate elections in the territories (ACT and NT)'. That is the last act of the half-Senate election; the release gives the date only, so observedAt is the end of 12 June 2025 AEST, stated as such. expectedBy: the AEC said the writs were required back by 9 July 2025, end of day AEST. No court must confirm the result.
    Observed
Results sources 9 pages, 2 can answer a results question
URLRoleKindCan answer a results questionLast check
results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/Downloads/SenateFirstPrefsByStateByGroupByVoteTypeDownload-31496.csvresults-finalfeedyesnot checked yet
results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/SenateStateFirstPrefsByGroup-31496-NAT.htmresults-finalrace resultsyesnot checked yet
aec.gov.au/media/2025/06-12.htmsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
aec.gov.au/election/results-events.htmsee-alsoresults indexno (results section without an election code)not checked yet
aec.gov.au/elections/federal_elections/2025/timetable.htmtimetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Australian_federal_electionsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
results.aec.gov.auresults-indexresults indexno (results host, but its root lists many elections)not checked yet
aec.gov.au/media/mediafeed/index.htmopen-dataotherno (no election or results marker)not checked yet
aec.gov.auauthority-homeemb homeno (site root: cannot answer a results question)not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-03: AEC tally room 2025 federal election (results.aec.gov.au/31496, final-results CSV downloads and national tables); AEC media release 12 Jun 2025 (return of writs); AEC 2025 timetable and declaration events; AEC copyright page (CC BY 4.0) (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index); vote counts CC BY 4.0 (© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Electoral Commission)). Last verified 2026-10-03.

Questions and answers

When is the Australia legislative election 2025?
Polling day is 2025-05-03 (officially set).
When will the final result of the House of Representatives race be official?
Expected between polls close and 2025-07-09T13:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Polling day Saturday 3 May 2025 (AEC 2025 timetable: 'Polling will occur in all designated polling places from 8am to 6pm local time'; Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 s.220). No state was on daylight saving (it ended Sunday 6 April 2025), so 6 pm was 08:00 UTC in NSW, Vic, Qld, Tas and ACT, 08:30 UTC in SA and NT, and 10:00 UTC in WA; pollsCloseUtc is the last close (WA), as in australia-legislative-2028. The result is each Divisional Returning Officer's declaration of the elected candidate, then the return of the writs to the Governor-General (Electoral Act s.284). The AEC said the writ 'was required to be returned no later than 9 July 2025' (media release, 12 Jun 2025); expectedBy is the end of that day AEST. Declarations ran from 15 May (Maranoa) to Friday 6 June 2025 9:00 am AEST (Bradfield, the last seat, after a recount; AEC 'Declaration events', scheduled times). The final act is the return of the writs: 'The Acting Electoral Commissioner today returned the writs for the 2025 federal election to the Governor-General' (AEC media release dated 12 June 2025), covering 'all 150 House of Representatives elections'. The release gives the date only, so observedAt is the end of 12 June 2025 AEST (UTC+10), stated as such. Day 40 after polling day; all 150 seats were declared by day 34. No court must confirm the result (a petition to the Court of Disputed Returns was possible until 22 July 2025, s.355(e)).
When will the final result of the Senate (half-Senate) race be official?
Expected between polls close and 2025-07-09T13:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Polling day Saturday 3 May 2025 (AEC 2025 timetable: 'Polling will occur in all designated polling places from 8am to 6pm local time'; Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 s.220). No state was on daylight saving (it ended Sunday 6 April 2025), so 6 pm was 08:00 UTC in NSW, Vic, Qld, Tas and ACT, 08:30 UTC in SA and NT, and 10:00 UTC in WA; pollsCloseUtc is the last close (WA), as in australia-legislative-2028. 40 seats: 6 for each state (half-Senate) and 2 each for the ACT and NT. Each Australian Electoral Officer declares the state's or territory's result after the distribution of preferences and returns the writ to the Governor (states) or the Governor-General (territories) (Electoral Act s.283). Declarations (AEC 'Declaration events', scheduled times): SA 27 May, NT 28 May, Vic, Tas and ACT 29 May, Qld 30 May, NSW 2 June, WA Tuesday 3 June 2025 10:00 am AWST (the last). The six state writs were returned to the Governors 'throughout the past couple of weeks' before 12 June (dates not given); the ACT and NT writs were returned to the Governor-General with the House writs: 'The Acting Electoral Commissioner today returned the writs for the 2025 federal election to the Governor-General' (AEC media release dated 12 June 2025), including 'Writs for the two Senate elections in the territories (ACT and NT)'. That is the last act of the half-Senate election; the release gives the date only, so observedAt is the end of 12 June 2025 AEST, stated as such. expectedBy: the AEC said the writs were required back by 9 July 2025, end of day AEST. No court must confirm the result.
Where are the official House of Representatives results?
https://results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/Downloads/HouseFirstPrefsByPartyDownload-31496.csv, https://results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-31496-NAT.htm
Where are the official Senate (half-Senate) results?
https://results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/Downloads/SenateFirstPrefsByStateByGroupByVoteTypeDownload-31496.csv, https://results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/SenateStateFirstPrefsByGroup-31496-NAT.htm