Elections for the House of Representatives have been held on forty-seven occasions on the dates shown below.
Every election since 1913 has been held on a Saturday, following an amendment to the electoral legislation by the Fisher Labor government. The 1901 election was held over two days, Friday and Saturday. The 1903, 1906 and 1910 elections were held on a Wednesday.
House of Representatives elections are usually held in conjunction with a half-Senate election. Just four stand-alone half-Senate elections have been held, all since 1949. They were on May 9, 1953; December 5, 1964; November 25, 1967; and November 21, 1970. A half-Senate election in Western Australia was held on April 5, 2014, following the invalidation of the election of September 7, 2013.
- Election Campaign Lengths – Announcement & Polling Dates Since 1966
- Federal and State Election Dates Since 1901
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The table below shows the number of elections held in each month.
Of the 47 general elections, 34 (72%) were held in the second half of the year, and 25 (53%) were held in October-December.
December is the single most popular month for elections with 12 (26%).
Elections in the first half of the year have been held on 13 occasions (28%). Of these, 5 were held in March, 2 in April, and 6 in May.
The two elections held in July were both double dissolutions.
No election has ever been held in January, February or June.
Three elections have been held on December 10, the most for any single day. Two elections have been held on each of May 18, August 21, December 13 and December 16.
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05 March 1983 13 March 1993 24 March 1990 29 March 1901 |
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28 April 1951 |
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18 May 1974 18 May 2019 21 May 2022 29 May 1954 31 May 1913 |
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11 July 1987 |
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21 August 2010 |
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07 September 2013 15 September 1934 21 September 1940 28 September 1946 |
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09 October 2004 12 October 1929 18 October 1980 23 October 1937 25 October 1969 |
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14 November 1925 17 November 1928 22 November 1958 24 November 2007 26 November 1966 30 November 1963 |
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02 December 1972 09 December 1961 10 December 1949 10 December 1955 10 December 1977 12 December 1906 13 December 1919 13 December 1975 16 December 1903 16 December 1922 19 December 1931 |
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The table below shows the number of elections in descending order of popularity by month.
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