When is the Australia legislative election 2028?

Polling day is 2028-05-20, not yet officially confirmed.

When will the final result of the House of Representatives race be official?

Expected between 2028-06-02T10:00:00Z and 2028-07-26T15:59:59Z (UTC), confidence estimate. The official result is each Divisional Returning Officer's public declaration of the elected candidate, then the Electoral Commissioner's return of the writs to the Governor-General (Electoral Act s.284). 'Final' here means all 150 seats declared. Precedent, AEC declaration events 2025: first seats declared Thursday 15 May 2025 (Maranoa, day 12); last Friday 6 June 2025 (Bradfield, after a recount, day 34); writs returned Thursday 12 June 2025 (day 40, AEC 2025 timetable). Day 34 after 20 May 2028 would be 23 June. The window ERRS LATE: it opens at the 13-day declaration-vote deadline (2 Jun; a few safe seats may be declared a day or two earlier) and closes at the latest lawful return of the writs — s.159 allows 100 days after issue, and for a 20 May poll the writs are issued at least 33 days before (by 17 Apr 2028), so 26 Jul 2028 at the latest; end of day taken in AWST. The writs themselves will fix the actual return date. A petition to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns is possible within 40 days after the return of the writs (s.355(e)), but no court must confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage. If the House election is held without the half-Senate (lawful as late as 23 Sep 2028) or earlier (an early dissolution), every date here moves with polling day.

When will the final result of the Senate (half-Senate) race be official?

Expected between 2028-06-02T10:00:00Z and 2028-07-26T15:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The official result is each Australian Electoral Officer's declaration of the state's or territory's result after the computer distribution of preferences, then the return of the writ to the Governor (states) or the Governor-General (territories) (Electoral Act s.283). 'Final' here means all eight declared. Precedent, AEC declaration events 2025 (election 3 May): SA 27 May, NT 28 May, Vic, Tas and ACT 29 May, Qld 30 May, NSW 2 June, WA 3 June 2025 (day 31). Day 31 after 20 May 2028 is 20 June. The Parliamentary Library treats 20 May 2028 as the latest practical half-Senate date because the writs must be returned by 30 June 2028 so that state senators can begin on 1 July (FlagPost 2025, Table 4: 'allows the AEC 5 weeks'). The window ERRS LATE: it opens at the 13-day declaration-vote deadline and closes at the latest lawful return of the writs (s.159: 100 days after issue; writs for a 20 May poll are issued by 17 Apr 2028, so 26 Jul 2028), end of day AWST. A recount can delay one state. Petitions to the Court of Disputed Returns run 40 days from the last writ returned for the same polling day (s.355(e)(ii)); no court confirmation is required.

Where are the official House of Representatives results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Australian Electoral Commission (https://www.aec.gov.au/).

Where are the official Senate (half-Senate) results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Australian Electoral Commission (https://www.aec.gov.au/).

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Australia legislative election 2028

Name: Australia legislative election 2028
Start: 2028-05-20
Location: Australia

Polling day Sat, 20 May 2028 Date not yet official. 2 races. Counted by Australian Electoral Commission. Times are Sydney time; hover for UTC.

House of Representatives Scheduled

2 Jun – 27 Jul 2028

Final result window, our estimate: treat with care. Treat as final after Thu 27 Jul, 01:59 Sydney time.

Polls close: Sat 20 May, 20:00
First count by: Mon 22 May, 01:59
Counted by: Australian Electoral Commission
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: aec.gov.au

Senate (half-Senate) Scheduled

2 Jun – 27 Jul 2028

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Thu 27 Jul, 01:59 Sydney time.

Polls close: Sat 20 May, 20:00
First count by: Mon 22 May, 01:59
Counted by: Australian Electoral Commission
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: aec.gov.au

House of Representatives 150 seats

18 May1 Jun15 Jun29 Jun13 Jul27 Jul

Election-night count

20–22 MayElection-night count: Sat 20 May, 18:00 → Mon 22 May, 01:59, estimate.

Intermediate count

22 May – 2 JunIntermediate count: Mon 22 May, 08:00 → Fri 2 Jun, 20:00, announced.

Final result

2 Jun – 27 JulFinal result: Fri 2 Jun, 20:00 → Thu 27 Jul, 01:59, estimate.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateSydney time. Polls close in 596 days.

Government. Days from polling day to the swearing-in of the ministry: 2022 (2, interim ministry), 2025 (10), 2019 (11). From Wikipedia, not yet checked against an official source. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent, and a hung parliament (2010: 17 days) can take longer. Not before Sat 20 May. Precedents: 2 and 10 and 11 days from polling day.

Stage windows and their sources 4 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Sat 20 May, 18:00 → Mon 22 May, 01:59
estimate

DATE (tentative, latest lawful date for a joint election): House — Constitution s.28: the House 'shall continue for three years from the first meeting', first met 22 Jul 2025, so it expires 21 Jul 2028; s.32: writs within ten days, by 31 Jul 2028; Electoral Act s.156: nominations at most 27 days after the writ (27 Aug); s.157: polling at most 31 days after nominations (27 Sep, a Wednesday); s.158: a Saturday, so 23 Sep 2028 for a House-only election. Half-Senate — Constitution s.13: the election 'shall be made within one year before the places are to become vacant'; the state senators elected in 2022 leave on 30 Jun 2028, so the writs can issue from 1 Jul 2027 (earliest polling 7 Aug 2027). The law sets no latest polling day; the Parliamentary Library takes 5 weeks for the count and return of the writs before 1 July: polling by 26 May, Saturday 20 May 2028. House and half-Senate have been held together since 1970 (FlagPost), so this file uses 20 May 2028, the latest date for both together. The Prime Minister can advise an earlier dissolution at any time (snap-election risk); a double dissolution would need a s.57 trigger and is latest 25 Mar 2028. The 2026 entitlement determination (AEC, 23 Jul 2026) keeps 150 House seats: NSW 46, Vic 38, Qld 30, WA 16, SA 10, Tas 5, ACT 3, NT 2. Polls close at 6 pm local time (Electoral Act s.220(c); AEC 2025 timetable: 'from 8am to 6pm local time'). On 20 May 2028 no state is on daylight saving (it ends the first Sunday of April), so the closes are: Norfolk Island polling place (UTC+11) 07:00 UTC; NSW, Vic, Qld, Tas, ACT (AEST, UTC+10) 08:00 UTC; SA, NT (ACST, UTC+9:30) 08:30 UTC; WA (AWST, UTC+8) 10:00 UTC. pollsCloseUtc is the LAST close, WA's 10:00 UTC, the convention of the Russia, Mexico and US models. The 2025 Lingiari tally room lists no ordinary election-day polling place on Christmas Island (UTC+7) or Cocos (Keeling) Islands (UTC+6:30), only mobile teams; if one opens there in 2028 its 6 pm close would be 11:00 or 11:30 UTC. Ordinary votes, and House ordinary votes from pre-poll centres, are counted from 6 pm in each place (AEC 2025 timetable), and the AEC tally room shows first preferences and an indicative two-candidate-preferred count as booths report. The window opens at the first mainland close (08:00 UTC; Norfolk Island's small booth closes an hour earlier) and closes at the end of Sunday 21 May AWST — an ESTIMATE of when the election-night count stops moving, not a published time. Many declaration (postal, absent, early) votes are still to come, so this is never the result.
Replaced on the live page by the intermediate count from Mon 22 May, 08:00.
Intermediate count
Mon 22 May, 08:00 → Fri 2 Jun, 20:00
announced

Post-election count on the same tally room page: declaration votes are scrutinised and added, and preferences distributed. Electoral Act s.228(5A) and s.266(1)(b): postal votes count if received 'within 13 days after the close of the poll' — Friday 2 June 2028 for a 20 May poll (AEC 2025 timetable: 'Friday 16 May 6:00PM Last day for receipt of declaration votes' for 3 May). The window opens Monday 22 May 08:00 AEST (an estimate) and closes at that statutory deadline, taken at 6 pm AWST. Close seats keep counting after it.
Replaced on the live page by the final result from Fri 2 Jun, 20:00.
Final result
Fri 2 Jun, 20:00 → Thu 27 Jul, 01:59
estimate

The official result is each Divisional Returning Officer's public declaration of the elected candidate, then the Electoral Commissioner's return of the writs to the Governor-General (Electoral Act s.284). 'Final' here means all 150 seats declared. Precedent, AEC declaration events 2025: first seats declared Thursday 15 May 2025 (Maranoa, day 12); last Friday 6 June 2025 (Bradfield, after a recount, day 34); writs returned Thursday 12 June 2025 (day 40, AEC 2025 timetable). Day 34 after 20 May 2028 would be 23 June. The window ERRS LATE: it opens at the 13-day declaration-vote deadline (2 Jun; a few safe seats may be declared a day or two earlier) and closes at the latest lawful return of the writs — s.159 allows 100 days after issue, and for a 20 May poll the writs are issued at least 33 days before (by 17 Apr 2028), so 26 Jul 2028 at the latest; end of day taken in AWST. The writs themselves will fix the actual return date. A petition to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns is possible within 40 days after the return of the writs (s.355(e)), but no court must confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage. If the House election is held without the half-Senate (lawful as late as 23 Sep 2028) or earlier (an early dissolution), every date here moves with polling day.
Government formed
—
precedent

No statutory step: the Governor-General commissions a Prime Minister who can command the confidence of the House, usually once the outcome is clear and before all seats are declared. Precedent: the second Morrison ministry was sworn in 29 May 2019 (election 18 May, day 11); the first Albanese (interim) ministry 23 May 2022 (election 21 May, day 2); the second Albanese ministry 13 May 2025 (election 3 May, day 10) — dates from Wikipedia 'List of Australian ministries', not yet checked against pmc.gov.au or gg.gov.au. The new Parliament must meet within 30 days of the day appointed for the return of the writs (Constitution s.5). No expectedFrom is set because the commission can come before the final result.

Results sources 9 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
results.aec.gov.au	results-live	results index	no (results host, but its root lists many elections)	not checked yet
aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments/Parliamentary_Library/Research/FlagPost/2025/August/When_is_the_next_federal_election	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
aec.gov.au/learn/election-timetable.htm	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
legislation.gov.au/C1918A00027/latest/text	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
aec.gov.au/elections/federal_elections/2025/timetable.htm	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
aec.gov.au/election/results-events.htm	timetable	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Australian_federal_election	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
aec.gov.au/media/mediafeed/index.htm	open-data	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
aec.gov.au	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

Senate (half-Senate) 40 seats

18 May1 Jun15 Jun29 Jun13 Jul27 Jul

Election-night count

20–22 MayElection-night count: Sat 20 May, 18:00 → Mon 22 May, 01:59, estimate.

Intermediate count

22 May – 2 JunIntermediate count: Mon 22 May, 08:00 → Fri 2 Jun, 20:00, announced.

Final result

2 Jun – 27 JulFinal result: Fri 2 Jun, 20:00 → Thu 27 Jul, 01:59, precedent.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateSydney time. Polls close in 596 days.

Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Sat 20 May, 18:00 → Mon 22 May, 01:59
estimate

DATE (tentative, latest lawful date for a joint election): House — Constitution s.28: the House 'shall continue for three years from the first meeting', first met 22 Jul 2025, so it expires 21 Jul 2028; s.32: writs within ten days, by 31 Jul 2028; Electoral Act s.156: nominations at most 27 days after the writ (27 Aug); s.157: polling at most 31 days after nominations (27 Sep, a Wednesday); s.158: a Saturday, so 23 Sep 2028 for a House-only election. Half-Senate — Constitution s.13: the election 'shall be made within one year before the places are to become vacant'; the state senators elected in 2022 leave on 30 Jun 2028, so the writs can issue from 1 Jul 2027 (earliest polling 7 Aug 2027). The law sets no latest polling day; the Parliamentary Library takes 5 weeks for the count and return of the writs before 1 July: polling by 26 May, Saturday 20 May 2028. House and half-Senate have been held together since 1970 (FlagPost), so this file uses 20 May 2028, the latest date for both together. The Prime Minister can advise an earlier dissolution at any time (snap-election risk); a double dissolution would need a s.57 trigger and is latest 25 Mar 2028. The 2026 entitlement determination (AEC, 23 Jul 2026) keeps 150 House seats: NSW 46, Vic 38, Qld 30, WA 16, SA 10, Tas 5, ACT 3, NT 2. Polls close at 6 pm local time (Electoral Act s.220(c); AEC 2025 timetable: 'from 8am to 6pm local time'). On 20 May 2028 no state is on daylight saving (it ends the first Sunday of April), so the closes are: Norfolk Island polling place (UTC+11) 07:00 UTC; NSW, Vic, Qld, Tas, ACT (AEST, UTC+10) 08:00 UTC; SA, NT (ACST, UTC+9:30) 08:30 UTC; WA (AWST, UTC+8) 10:00 UTC. pollsCloseUtc is the LAST close, WA's 10:00 UTC, the convention of the Russia, Mexico and US models. The 2025 Lingiari tally room lists no ordinary election-day polling place on Christmas Island (UTC+7) or Cocos (Keeling) Islands (UTC+6:30), only mobile teams; if one opens there in 2028 its 6 pm close would be 11:00 or 11:30 UTC. 40 seats: 6 for each of the six states (half of each state's 12 senators, whose terms end 30 Jun 2028 — Constitution s.13) and both senators for the ACT and for the NT, whose terms run with the House (AEC 'When elections are held'). On election night polling places count Senate first preferences only (above-the-line by group); the tally room shows them as they arrive. The window closes at the end of Sunday 21 May AWST — an ESTIMATE. A first-preference tally does not elect anyone: seats are decided by the full preference distribution after central scanning.
Replaced on the live page by the intermediate count from Mon 22 May, 08:00.
Intermediate count
Mon 22 May, 08:00 → Fri 2 Jun, 20:00
announced

After polling day all Senate ballot papers are scanned and data-entered centrally, and declaration votes are added; the tally room's Senate first-preference figures keep growing. Postal votes count if received within 13 days after the close of the poll (Electoral Act s.228(5A), s.266(1)(b)) — 2 June 2028. The opening (Monday 22 May 08:00 AEST) is an estimate; the close is that deadline at 6 pm AWST. Scanning continues after it.
Replaced on the live page by the final result from Fri 2 Jun, 20:00.
Final result
Fri 2 Jun, 20:00 → Thu 27 Jul, 01:59
precedent

The official result is each Australian Electoral Officer's declaration of the state's or territory's result after the computer distribution of preferences, then the return of the writ to the Governor (states) or the Governor-General (territories) (Electoral Act s.283). 'Final' here means all eight declared. Precedent, AEC declaration events 2025 (election 3 May): SA 27 May, NT 28 May, Vic, Tas and ACT 29 May, Qld 30 May, NSW 2 June, WA 3 June 2025 (day 31). Day 31 after 20 May 2028 is 20 June. The Parliamentary Library treats 20 May 2028 as the latest practical half-Senate date because the writs must be returned by 30 June 2028 so that state senators can begin on 1 July (FlagPost 2025, Table 4: 'allows the AEC 5 weeks'). The window ERRS LATE: it opens at the 13-day declaration-vote deadline and closes at the latest lawful return of the writs (s.159: 100 days after issue; writs for a 20 May poll are issued by 17 Apr 2028, so 26 Jul 2028), end of day AWST. A recount can delay one state. Petitions to the Court of Disputed Returns run 40 days from the last writ returned for the same polling day (s.355(e)(ii)); no court confirmation is required.

Results sources 9 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
results.aec.gov.au	results-live	results index	no (results host, but its root lists many elections)	not checked yet
aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments/Parliamentary_Library/Research/FlagPost/2025/August/When_is_the_next_federal_election	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
aec.gov.au/learn/election-timetable.htm	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
legislation.gov.au/C1918A00027/latest/text	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
aec.gov.au/elections/federal_elections/2025/timetable.htm	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
aec.gov.au/election/results-events.htm	timetable	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Australian_federal_election	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
aec.gov.au/media/mediafeed/index.htm	open-data	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
aec.gov.au	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-02: Constitution ss.5, 13, 28, 32 and Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ss.156-159, 220, 228, 266, 283, 284, 355 (legislation.gov.au); Parliamentary Library FlagPost 'When is the next federal election?' (aph.gov.au, 6 Aug 2025); AEC election timetable, 2025 timetable, 2025 declaration events, 2026 entitlement determination (aec.gov.au); AEC tally room archive (results.aec.gov.au) (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-10-02.

Questions and answers

When is the Australia legislative election 2028?: Polling day is 2028-05-20, not yet officially confirmed.
When will the final result of the House of Representatives race be official?: Expected between 2028-06-02T10:00:00Z and 2028-07-26T15:59:59Z (UTC), confidence estimate. The official result is each Divisional Returning Officer's public declaration of the elected candidate, then the Electoral Commissioner's return of the writs to the Governor-General (Electoral Act s.284). 'Final' here means all 150 seats declared. Precedent, AEC declaration events 2025: first seats declared Thursday 15 May 2025 (Maranoa, day 12); last Friday 6 June 2025 (Bradfield, after a recount, day 34); writs returned Thursday 12 June 2025 (day 40, AEC 2025 timetable). Day 34 after 20 May 2028 would be 23 June. The window ERRS LATE: it opens at the 13-day declaration-vote deadline (2 Jun; a few safe seats may be declared a day or two earlier) and closes at the latest lawful return of the writs — s.159 allows 100 days after issue, and for a 20 May poll the writs are issued at least 33 days before (by 17 Apr 2028), so 26 Jul 2028 at the latest; end of day taken in AWST. The writs themselves will fix the actual return date. A petition to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns is possible within 40 days after the return of the writs (s.355(e)), but no court must confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage. If the House election is held without the half-Senate (lawful as late as 23 Sep 2028) or earlier (an early dissolution), every date here moves with polling day.
When will the final result of the Senate (half-Senate) race be official?: Expected between 2028-06-02T10:00:00Z and 2028-07-26T15:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The official result is each Australian Electoral Officer's declaration of the state's or territory's result after the computer distribution of preferences, then the return of the writ to the Governor (states) or the Governor-General (territories) (Electoral Act s.283). 'Final' here means all eight declared. Precedent, AEC declaration events 2025 (election 3 May): SA 27 May, NT 28 May, Vic, Tas and ACT 29 May, Qld 30 May, NSW 2 June, WA 3 June 2025 (day 31). Day 31 after 20 May 2028 is 20 June. The Parliamentary Library treats 20 May 2028 as the latest practical half-Senate date because the writs must be returned by 30 June 2028 so that state senators can begin on 1 July (FlagPost 2025, Table 4: 'allows the AEC 5 weeks'). The window ERRS LATE: it opens at the 13-day declaration-vote deadline and closes at the latest lawful return of the writs (s.159: 100 days after issue; writs for a 20 May poll are issued by 17 Apr 2028, so 26 Jul 2028), end of day AWST. A recount can delay one state. Petitions to the Court of Disputed Returns run 40 days from the last writ returned for the same polling day (s.355(e)(ii)); no court confirmation is required.
Where are the official House of Representatives results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Australian Electoral Commission (https://www.aec.gov.au/).
Where are the official Senate (half-Senate) results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Australian Electoral Commission (https://www.aec.gov.au/).