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Candidates of the 2025 Australian federal election

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The 2025 Australian federal election was held on 3 May 2025 to elect 150 seats of the House of Representatives and 40 out of the 76 Senate seats. At the election, the Albanese government was elected to a second term of government in a landslide victory, substantially increasing its majority in the Parliament of Australia.[1]

Nominations for candidates were closed on 10 April 2025, and the Australian Electoral Commission declared the nominations on 11 April.[2] 1,456 candidates (1,126 for the House of Representatives and 330 for the Senate) contested the election. 898 candidates were male, 547 were female and 11 unspecified.[3][4]

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Retiring members

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The seats of Hinkler (Queensland) and Maribyrnong (Victoria) were vacant at the time the federal election was called, following the resignation of Keith Pitt (Nationals) and Bill Shorten (Labor) on 19 and 20 January 2025 respectively. No by-elections were held for the seats due to their proximity to the general election.[5][6]

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Liberal

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Independent

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House of Representatives

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Incumbent members are listed in bold text and marked with a †. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour and marked with an asterisk. Letters following the names of Coalition candidates in the states (excluding Queensland) denote membership of either the Liberal party (L) or National party (N) of that state.

Australian Capital Territory

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New South Wales

On 27 July 2023, the Electoral Commissioner determined the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in each state and territory. The seat entitlement of New South Wales was reduced from forty-seven to forty-six in this determination.[24] On 12 September 2024, the Electoral Commission determined that the division of North Sydney would be abolished and redistributed to the divisions of Warringah, Bradfield and Bennelong.[25]

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Northern Territory

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Queensland

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South Australia

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Tasmania

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Victoria

On 27 July 2023, the Electoral Commissioner determined the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in each state and territory. The seat entitlement of Victoria was reduced from thirty-nine to thirty-eight in this determination.[24] On 5 September 2024, the Electoral Commissioner determined that the Division of Higgins will be abolished and redistributed to the divisions of Chisholm, Hotham, Kooyong, Macnamara, and Melbourne.[26]

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Western Australia

On 27 July 2023, the Electoral Commissioner determined the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in each state and territory. The seat entitlement of Western Australia was increased from fifteen to sixteen in this determination.[24] In January 2024, a redistribution began in Western Australia.[27] In September 2024, the AEC announced the creation of the Division of Bullwinkel, and adjusted the boundaries of the surrounding electorates.[28] At the time of creation, Bullwinkel was notionally Labor-held based on a margin from the 2022 election estimated by psephologist Antony Green.[29]

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Senate

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In an ordinary half-Senate election, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election, six (out of twelve) in each state and all four territory seats. Parties are ordered based on ballot order in the respective state or territory.

Sitting members are listed in bold text and marked with the † symbol. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk from the highlighted list.

Australian Capital Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. Independent David Pocock (who ran for electoral purposes under his eponymous party) was defending one seat. Both incumbents were up for re-election.[30]

New South Wales

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The LiberalNational coalition was defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat. Senators Deborah O'Neill (Labor), Dave Sharma (Liberal), Ross Cadell (National), David Shoebridge (Greens), Maria Kovacic (Liberal) and Jenny McAllister (Labor) were not up for re-election.

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Northern Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat. Both incumbents were up for re-election.

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Queensland

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal National Party was defending two seats. The Greens were defending one seat. One Nation was defending one seat. People First Party was defending one seat. Senators Penny Allman-Payne (Greens), Anthony Chisholm (Labor), James McGrath (Liberal National), Matt Canavan (Liberal National), Pauline Hanson (One Nation) and Murray Watt (Labor) were not up for re-election.

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South Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat. Senators Leah Blyth (Liberal), Don Farrell (Labor), Kerrynne Liddle (Liberal), Andrew McLachlan (Liberal), Barbara Pocock (Greens) and Penny Wong (Labor) were not up for re-election.

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Tasmania

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Greens were defending one seat. The Jacqui Lambie Network was defending one seat. Wendy Askew (Liberal), Jonathon Duniam (Liberal), Helen Polley (Labor), Anne Urquhart (Labor), Tammy Tyrrell (independent) and Peter Whish-Wilson (Greens) were not up for re-election.

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Victoria

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The LiberalNational coalition was defending two seats. The Greens were defending one seat. Independent David Van was defending one seat. Ralph Babet (UAP), Sarah Henderson (Liberal), Bridget McKenzie (National), Jana Stewart (Labor), Lisa Darmanin (Labor) and Lidia Thorpe (independent) were not up for re-election.

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Western Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat. Michaelia Cash (Liberal), Dorinda Cox (Greens), Sue Lines (Labor), Fatima Payman (Australia's Voice), Dean Smith (Liberal) and Glenn Sterle (Labor) were not up for re-election.

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Summary by party

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Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested the Senate election in the respective state.

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Unregistered parties and groups

  • The Socialist Equality Party ran for the Senate as Group B in New South Wales and Group G in Victoria. They also endorsed candidates for the seats of Calwell (Morgan Peach), Newcastle (Robert Creech) and Oxley (Mike Head) in the House of Representatives.[31]
  • The Good Party endorsed candidates for the seats of Kingsford Smith (Elsa Parker) and Page (Jordan Colless) in the House of Representatives.[32]
  • The Australia First Party endorsed candidate Jim Saleam for the seat of Lindsay in the House of Representatives.[33]
  • Public Interests Before Corporate Interests endorsed candidate Joseph Toscano for the seat of Flinders in the House of Representatives.[34]
  • The United People's Party endorsed candidate Aijaz Moinuddin for the seat of Lalor in the House of Representatives.[35]
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Disendorsements and resignations

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Candidates who resigned or were disendorsed as candidates after the close of nominations (10 April 2025) were still listed as a candidate of their party on the ballot paper.

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Notes

  1. Candidates in this group were endorsed by the Socialist Equality Party, which does not have registered party status but still ran candidates as independents.
  2. While 'Culleton' is the correct spelling of his name, a typo in his nomination documents led to 'Cullerton' being listed on the ballot.
  3. Bradlow and Bock intended to run as "job sharing candidates". The AEC stated they would be required to reject the nomination, as electoral law does not allow two people to share a nomination for one seat.
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