2025 Australian Senate election
3 May 2025
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2025 Australian federal election |
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| National results |
| State and territory results |
The 2025 Australian Senate election was held on Saturday, 3 May 2025 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 2025 federal election.[4] Elected senators took office on 1 July 2025, with the exception of the senators elected from the two territories whose terms commenced from election day.[5] The elected senators will sit alongside continuing senators elected in 2022 as part of the 48th Parliament of Australia.[6]
Labor was set to hold 28 seats in the new Senate, making this the first time Labor was the largest party in the Senate since the 1984 election. On 2 June 2025, Greens Senator Dorinda Cox left the Greens and joined Labor, taking the number of Labor Senators to 29 in the new parliament beginning on 1 July 2025.[7]
Australia

Labor (28)
Opposition (27)
Coalition
Liberal (20)
LNP (Qld) (4)[a]
National (2)
CLP (NT) (1)[b]
Crossbench (18)
Greens (11)
One Nation (4)
Lambie Network (1)
United Australia (1)
Independent (1)
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| Votes | % | Swing (pp) | Seats won |
Not up |
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| Labor | 5,573,028 | 35.11 | +5.02 | 16 | 12 | 28 | |||
| Liberal–National Coalition | 4,744,580 | 29.89 | −4.35 | 13 | 14 | 27 | |||
| Liberal/Nationals (joint) | 2,756,296 | 17.37 | −2.56 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| Liberal National (QLD) | 997,404 | 6.28 | −0.78 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Liberal | 892,188 | 5.62 | −1.38 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| Country Liberal (NT) | 34,954 | 0.22 | +0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Greens | 1,859,974 | 11.72 | −0.94 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||
| One Nation | 899,296 | 5.67 | +1.38 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Legalise Cannabis | 553,163 | 3.49 | +0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trumpet of Patriots | 413,238 | 2.60 | +2.38[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Family First | 236,728 | 1.49 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Animal Justice | 198,611 | 1.25 | −0.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lambie | 166,085 | 1.05 | +0.84 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| People First/Katter's Australian (QLD) | 151,310 | 0.95 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Australia's Voice | 119,717 | 0.75 | +0.75 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| David Pocock | 114,915 | 0.72 | +0.32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Christians | 102,519 | 0.65 | +0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Indigenous-Aboriginal | 101,508 | 0.64 | +0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Libertarian/HEART/People First (NSW) | 92,892 | 0.59 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nationals (WA)/(SA) | 63,738 | 0.40 | +0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Libertarian | 63,572 | 0.40 | +0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Victorian Socialists | 63,093 | 0.40 | +0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 59,434 | 0.37 | −0.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sustainable Australia | 58,090 | 0.37 | −0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FUSION | 46,007 | 0.29 | −0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| People First/HEART (VIC) | 44,080 | 0.28 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Socialist Alliance | 37,813 | 0.24 | +0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Democrats | 37,734 | 0.24 | −0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| People First | 37,505 | 0.24 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Citizens | 35,432 | 0.22 | +0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Unendorsed/Ungrouped/Independents | 36,245 | 0.23 | −0.67 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Great Australian | 15,249 | 0.10 | −0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Great Australian/HEART (QLD) | 5,927 | 0.04 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| HEART/Libertarian (ACT) | 3,444 | 0.02 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tammy Tyrrell for Tasmania (TAS) | N/a[e] | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| United Australia Party | N/a[f] | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 15,871,189 | – | – | 40 | 36 | 76 | – | ||
| Informal votes | 567,305 | 3.45 | +0.03 | ||||||
| Turnout | 16,438,494 | 90.83 | +0.36 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 18,098,797 | – | – | ||||||
| Source: AEC,[10] ABC[11] | |||||||||
Result by states
New South Wales
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Victoria
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Queensland
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Western Australia
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South Australia
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Tasmania
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Result by territories
Under section 42 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, the senators representing the Australian territories (which do not have equal status as the Australian states under the Australian constitution) expire at the close of the day immediately before the day of the election.[18]
Australian Capital Territory
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Northern Territory
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See also
Notes
- ^ Two LNP senators sit in the National party room and two sit in the Liberal party room
- ^ The CLP senator, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, sat in the National party room, though changed allegiance to the Liberals shortly after the election.[8]
- ^ Parties and candidates may run together in one group, where group votes are allocated top-down within that group.
- ^ As Australian Federation Party
- ^ Did not run any candidates in this election.
- ^ The UAP was voluntarily de-registered in 2022 and, therefore, cannot appear on the ballot paper. Incumbent senator and party leader Ralph Babet is not up for election and is permitted to sit as a member of the UAP despite the party's de-registration.[9]
References
- ^ "Senate results". Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. May 2025 – via results.aec.gov.au.
- ^ "Turnout by state". results.aec.gov.au. 30 May 2025. Archived from the original on 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 April 2025. Certified List at the 2025 federal election. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Beaumont, Adrian (28 March 2025). "Labor regains poll lead as election called for May 3". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Green, Antony (19 September 2023). "Would Creating Extra Senators for the Territories change the House of Representatives". Antony Green's Election Blog. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ Dover, Sam (24 February 2025) [14 February 2025]. "How to cast your vote in the federal election". SBS News. Archived from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "Greens senator Dorinda Cox makes shock switch to Labor". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ Greber, Jacob and Caisley, Olivia (9 May 2025). "Price defection slammed as Taylor and Ley confirm plans to run". ABC News. Archived from the original on 4 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ Butler, Josh (9 September 2022). "Clive Palmer's United Australia party deregistered but lone senator says he still represents it". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "First preferences by Senate group". 30 May 2025. First preferences for all states and territories. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ Green, Antony (30 May 2025) [3 May 2025]. "Senate Results". ABC News. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "First preferences by candidate". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 28 May 2025. First preferences by candidate for New South Wales. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "First preferences by candidate". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 26 May 2025. First preferences by candidate for Victoria. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "First preferences by candidate". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. First preferences by candidate for Queensland. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "First preferences by candidate". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 28 May 2025. First preferences by candidate for Western Australia. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "First preferences by candidate". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 30 May 2025. First preferences by candidate for South Australia. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "First preferences by candidate". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 26 May 2025. First preferences by candidate for Tasmania. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "Senators—service expiry dates". Parliament of Australia. 4 May 2025. Archived from the original on 4 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ "First preferences by candidate". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 26 May 2025. First preferences by candidate for the Australian Capital Territory. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "First preferences by candidate". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 22 May 2025. First preferences by candidate for the Northern Territory. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
Further reading
- Ireland, Olivia (30 May 2025). "One Nation wins big, Pocock no longer kingmaker: A field guide to the new Senate". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- Worthington, Brett (30 May 2025). "Pauline Hanson's One Nation doubles its Senate representation following federal election". ABC News. Archived from the original on 7 June 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
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