Federal and State Election Dates Since 1901

This table shows the date of every Federal, State and Territory election since 1901.

The original table – Federal and State Election Dates Since 1945 – was taken from Abiding Interests, a book by former prime minister Gough Whitlam, published in 1997. The table has been extended to show every election since 1901.

Elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council take place every May and are not shown here. Where separate elections were held for other Legislative Councils, or for the Senate, the dates are given in brackets.

The table shows that 1942 and 2000 are the only years since Federation in which no federal, state or territory elections were held.

A full list and analysis of Federal Election Dates Since 1901 is available here.

Australian Federal, State & Territory Election Dates Since 1901
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
1901	Mar 29-30	Jul 03	(Sep 12)	–	Apr 24	–	–	–	–
1902	–	–	(Sep 12) 1 Oct	Mar 11	–	May 03	–	–	–
1903	Dec 16	–	–	–	–	–	Apr 02	–	–
1904	–	Aug 06	Jun 01	Aug 27	Jun 28	–	–	–	–
1905	–	–	–	–	27/10-24/11	May 27	–	–	–
1906	Dec 12	–	–	–	–	Nov 03	Mar 29	–	–
1907	–	Sep 10	Mar 15 (Jun 04)	May 18	–	–	–	–	–
1908	–	–	Dec 29	Feb 05	11/9-23/10	–	–	–	–
1909	–	–	–	Oct 02	–	–	Apr 30	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
1910	Apr 13	Oct 14	(Jun 02)	–	–	Apr 02	–	–	–
1911	–	–	Nov 16	–	Oct 03	–	–	–	–
1912	–	–	–	Apr 27	–	Feb 10	Apr 30	–	–
1913	May 31	Dec 06	(Jun 06)	–	–	–	Jan 23	–	–
1914	Sep 05 (DD)	–	Nov 26	–	Oct 21	–	–	–	–
1915	–	–	–	May 22	–	Mar 27	–	–	–
1916	–	–	(Jun 01)	–	–	–	Mar 23	–	–
1917	May 05	Mar 24	Nov 15	–	Sep 29	–	–	–	–
1918	–	–	–	Mar 16	–	Apr 06	–	–	–
1919	Dec 13	–	(Jun 05)	–	–	–	May 31	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
1920	–	Mar 20	Oct 21	Oct 09	–	–	–	–	–
1921	–	–	Aug 30	–	Mar 12	Apr 09	–	–	–
1922	Dec 16	Mar 25	(May 31)	–	–	–	Jun 10	–	–
1923	–	–	–	May 12	–	–	–	–	–
1924	–	–	Jun 26	–	Mar 22	Apr 05	–	–	–
1925	Nov 14	May 30	(Jun 04)	–	–	–	Jun 03	–	–
1926	–	–	–	May 08	–	–	–	–	–
1927	–	Oct 08	Apr 09	–	Mar 26	Mar 26	–	–	–
1928	Nov 17	–	(Jun 02)	–	–	–	May 30	–	–
1929	Oct 12	–	May 30	May 11	–	–	–	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
1930	–	Oct 25	–	–	Apr 12	Apr 05	–	–	–
1931	Dec 19	–	(Jun 06)	–	–	–	May 09	–	–
1932	–	Jun 11	May 14	Jun 11	–	–	–	–	–
1933	–	–	–	–	Apr 08	Apr 08	–	–	–
1934	Sep 15	–	(Jun 09)	–	–	–	Jun 09	–	–
1935	–	May 11	Mar 02	May 11	–	–	–	–	–
1936	–	–	–	–	Feb 15	–	–	–	–
1937	Oct 23	–	(Jun 12) Oct 02	–	–	–	Feb 20	–	–
1938	–	Mar 26	–	Apr 02	–	Mar 19	–	–	–
1939	–	–	–	–	Mar 18	–	–	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
1940	Sep 21	–	Mar 16 (Jun 15)	–	–	–	–	–	–
1941	–	May 10	–	Mar 29	–	Mar 29	Dec 13	–	–
1942	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1943	Aug 21	–	Jun 12	–	Nov 20	–	–	–	–
1944	–	May 27	–	Apr 15	–	Apr 29	–	–	–
1945	–	–	Nov 10	–	–	–	–	–	–
1946	Sep 28	–	(June 15)	–	May 04	–	Nov 23	–	–
1947	–	May 03	Nov 08	May 03	Mar 15	Mar 08	–	–	–
1948	–	–	–	–	(May 08)	–	(Aug 21)	–	–
1949	Dec 10	–	(June 18)	–	–	–	–	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
1950	–	Jun 17	May 13	Apr 29	Mar 25 (May 06)	Mar 04	May 06	–	–
1951	Apr 28 (DD)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1952	–	–	(Jun 21) Dec 06	–	(May 03)	–	–	–	–
1953	(May 09)	Feb 14	–	Mar 07	Feb 14	Mar 07	–	–	–
1954	May 29	–	–	–	(May 08)	–	–	–	–
1955	Dec 10	–	May 28 (June 18)	–	–	–	Feb 19	–	–
1956	–	Mar 03	–	May 19	Apr 07	Mar 03	Oct 13	–	–
1957	–	–	–	Aug 03	–	–	–	–	–
1958	Nov 22	–	May 31 (Jun 21)	–	(May 10)	–	–	–	–
1959	–	Mar 21	–	–	Mar 21	Mar 07	May 02	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
1960	–	–	–	May 28	(Apr 30)	–	–	–	–
1961	Dec 09	–	July 15	–	–	–	–	–	–
1962	–	Mar 03	–	–	Mar 31 (May 12)	Mar 03	–	–	–
1963	Nov 30	–	–	Jun 01	–	–	–	–	–
1964	(Dec 05)	–	Jun 27	–	–	–	May 02	–	–
1965	–	May 01	–	–	Feb 20	Mar 06	–	–	–
1966	Nov 26	–	–	May 28	–	–	–	–	–
1967	(Nov 25)	–	Apr 29	–	–	–	–	–	–
1968	–	Feb 24	–	–	Mar 23	Mar 02	–	–	–
1969	Oct 25	–	–	May 17	–	–	May 10	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
1970	(Nov 21)	–	May 30	–	–	May 30	–	–	–
1971	–	Feb 13	–	–	Feb 20	–	–	–	–
1972	Dec 02	–	–	May 27	–	–	Apr 22	–	–
1973	–	Nov 17	May 19	–	–	Mar 10	–	–	–
1974	May 18 (DD)	–	–	Dec 07	Mar 30	–	–	Oct 19	–
1975	Dec 13 (DD)	–	–	–	–	Jul 12	–	–	–
1976	–	May 01	Mar 20	–	–	–	Dec 11	–	–
1977	Dec 10	–	–	Nov 12	Feb 19	Sep 17	–	Aug 13	–
1978	–	Oct 07	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1979	–	–	May 05	–	–	Sep 15	Jul 28	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
1980	Oct 18	–	–	Nov 29	Feb 23	–	–	Jun 07	–
1981	–	Sep 19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1982	–	–	Apr 03	–	–	Nov 06	May 15	–	–
1983	Mar 05 (DD)	–	–	Oct 22	Feb 19	–	–	Dec 03	–
1984	Dec 01	Mar 24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1985	–	–	Mar 02	–	–	Dec 07	–	–	–
1986	–	–	–	Nov 01	Feb 08	–	Feb 08	–	–
1987	Jul 11 (DD)	–	–	–	–	–	–	Mar 07	–
1988	–	Mar 19	Oct 01	–	–	–	–	–	–
1989	–	–	–	Dec 02	Feb 04	Nov 25	May 13	–	Mar 04
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
1990	Mar 24	–	–	–	–	–	–	Oct 27	–
1991	–	May 25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1992	–	–	Oct 03	Sep 19	–	–	Feb 01	–	Feb 15
1993	Mar 13	–	–	–	Feb 06	Dec 11	–	–	–
1994	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Jun 04	–
1995	–	Mar 25	–	Jul 15	–	–	–	–	Feb 18
1996	Mar 02	–	Mar 30	–	Dec 14	–	Feb 24	–	–
1997	–	–	–	–	–	Oct 11	–	Aug 30	–
1998	Oct 03	–	–	Jun 13	–	–	Aug 29	–	Feb 21
1999	–	Mar 27	Sep 18	–	–	–	–	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
2000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	Nov 10	–	–	Feb 17	Feb 10	–	–	Aug 18	Oct 20
2002	–	–	Nov 30	–	–	Feb 09	Jul 20	–	–
2003	–	Mar 22		–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Oct 09	–	–	Feb 07	–	–	–	–	Oct 16
2005	–	–	–	–	Feb 26	–	–	Jun 18	–
2006	–	–	Nov 25	Sep 09	–	Mar 18	Mar 18	–	–
2007	Nov 24	Mar 24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	–	–	–	–	Sep 06	–	–	Aug 09	Oct 18
2009	–	–	–	Mar 21	–	–	–	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
2010	Aug 21	–	Nov 27	–	–	Mar 20	Mar 20	–	–
2011	–	Mar 26	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	–	–	–	Mar 24	–	–	–	Aug 25	Oct 20
2013	Sep 07	–	–	–	Mar 09	–	–	–	–
2014	(Apr 05 WA)	–	Nov 29	–	–	Mar 15	Mar 15	–	–
2015	–	Mar 28	–	Jan 31	–	–	–	–	–
2016	Jul 02 (DD)	–	–	–	–	–	–	Aug 27	Oct 15
2017	–	–	–	Nov 25	Mar 11	–	–	–	–
2018	–	–	Nov 24	–	–	Mar 17	Mar 03	–	–
2019	May 18	Mar 23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
YEAR	AUST	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT	ACT
2020	–	–	–	Oct 31	–	–	–	Aug 22	Oct 17
2021	–	–	–	–	Mar 13	–	May 01	–	–
2022	May 21	–	Nov 26	–	–	Mar 19	–	–	–
2023	–	Mar 25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Forthcoming Elections

All states and territories have fixed-term election dates, except for Tasmania. The next federal election is also not fixed, although a half-Senate election must be held by June 30, 2025, so a House and Senate election is most likely to be held between August 2024 and May 2025.

– New South Wales – Saturday, March 25, 2023

– Northern Territory – Saturday, August 24, 2024
– Australian Capital Territory – Saturday, October 19, 2024
– Queensland – Saturday, October 26, 2024

– Federal – between August 2024 and May 2025 – non-fixed House term

– Western Australia – Saturday, March 8, 2025
– Tasmania – due around May 2025 – non-fixed-term

– South Australia – Saturday, March 21, 2026
– Victoria – Saturday, November 28, 2026

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