Federal, State and Territory election dates from 1946 to the present

Updated: 3 January 2012

1946–1949

1946
Date Election Date Election
28 September Federal 23 November Tasmania
1947
Date Election Date Election
08 March South Australia 15 March Western Australia
03 May New South Wales 03 May Queensland
08 November Victoria    
1948
Date Election
21 August Tasmania
1949
Date Election
10 December Federal

1950–1959

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1950
Date Election Date Election
04 March South Australia 25 March Western Australia
29 April Queensland 06 May Tasmania
13 May Victoria 17 June New South Wales
1951
Date Election
28 April Federal
1952
Date Election
06 December Victoria
1953
Date Election Date Election
14 February New South Wales 14 February Western Australia
07 March Queensland 07 March South Australia
9 May Federal Senate    
1954
Date Election
29 May Federal Reps.
1955
Date Election Date Election
19 February Tasmania 28 May Victoria
10 December Federal    
1956
Date Election Date Election
03 March New South Wales 03 March South Australia
07 April Western Australia 19 May Queensland
13 October Tasmania    
1957
Date Election
03 August Queensland
1958
Date Election Date Election
31 May Victoria 22 November Federal
1959
Date Election Date Election
07 March South Australia 21 March New South Wales
21 March Western Australia 02 May Tasmania

1960–1969

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1960
Date Election
28 May Queensland
1961
Date Election Date Election
15 July Victoria 09 December Federal
1962
Date Election Date Election
03 March New South Wales 03 March South Australia
31 March Western Australia    
1963
Date Election Date Election
01 June Queensland 30 November Federal Reps.
1964
Date Election Date Election
02 February Tasmania 27 June Victoria
05 December Federal Senate    
1965
Date Election Date Election
20 February Western Australia 06 March South Australia
01 May New South Wales    
1966
Date Election Date Election
28 May Queensland 26 November Federal Reps.
1967
Date Election Date Election
20 April Victoria 25 November Federal Senate
1968
Date Election Date Election
24 February New South Wales 02 March South Australia
23 March Western Australia    
1969
Date Election Date Election
10 February Tasmania 17 May Queensland
25 October Federal Reps.    

1970 - 1979

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1970
Date Election Date Election
30 May Victoria 30 May South Australia
21 November Federal Senate    
1971
Date Election Date Election
13 February New South Wales 20 February Western Australia
1972
Date Election Date Election
22 April Tasmania 27 May Queensland
02 December Federal Reps.    
1973
Date Election Date Election
10 March South Australia 19 May Victoria
17 November New South Wales    
1974
Date Election Date Election
30 March Western Australia 18 May Federal
07 December Queensland    
1975
Date Election Date Election
12 July South Australia 13 December Federal
1976
Date Election Date Election
20 March Victoria 01 May New South Wales
11 December Tasmania    
1977
Date Election Date Election
19 February Western Australia 17 September South Australia
12 November Queensland 10 December Federal
1978
Date Election
07 October New South Wales
1979
Date Election Date Election
05 May Victoria 28 July Tasmania
15 September South Australia    

1980–1989

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1980
Date Election Date Election
23 February Western Australia 07 June Northern Territory
18 October Federal 29 November Queensland
1981
Date Election
19 September New South Wales
1982
Date Election Date Election
03 April Victoria 15 May Tasmania
06 November South Australia    
1983
Date Election Date Election
19 February Western Australia 05 March Federal
22 October Queensland 03 December Northern Territory
1984
Date Election Date Election
24 March New South Wales 01 December Federal
1985
Date Election Date Election
02 March Victoria 07 December South Australia
1986
Date Election Date Election
08 February Western Australia 08 February Tasmania
01 November Queensland    
1987
Date Election Date Election
07 March Northern Territory 11 July Federal
1988
Date Election Date Election
19 March New South Wales 01 October Victoria
1989
Date Election Date Election
04 February Western Australia 04 March Australian Capital Territory
13 May Tasmania 25 November South Australia
02 December Queensland    

1990–1999

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1990
Date Election Date Election
24 March Federal 27 October Northern Territory
1991
Date Election
25 May New South Wales
1992
Date Election Date Election
01 February Tasmania 15 February Australian Capital Territory
19 September Queensland 3 October Victoria
1993
Date Election Date Election
06 February Western Australia 13 March Federal
11 December South Australia    
1994
Date Election
04 June Northern Territory
1995
Date Election Date Election
18 February Australian Capital Territory 25 March New South Wales
15 July Queensland    
1996
Date Election Date Election
24 February Tasmania 02 March Federal
30 March Victoria 14 December Western Australia
1997
Date Election Date Election
30 August Northern Territory 11 October South Australia
1998
Date Election Date Election
21 February Australian Capital Territory 13 June Queensland
29 August Tasmania 03 October Federal
1999
Date Election Date Election
27 March New South Wales 18 September Victoria

2000–2009

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2001
Date Election Date Election
10 February Western Australia 17 February Queensland
18 August Northern Territory 20 October Australian Capital Territory
10 November Federal    
2002
Date Election Date Election
09 February South Australia 20 July Tasmania
30 November Victoria    
2003
Date Election
22 March New South Wales
2004
Date Election Date Election
07 February Queensland 09 October Federal
16 October Australian Capital Territory    
2005
Date Election Date Election
26 February Western Australia 18 June Northern Territory
2006
Date Election Date Election
18 March South Australia 18 March Tasmania
09 September Queensland 25 November Victoria
2007
Date Election Date Election
24 March New South Wales 24 November Federal
2008
Date Election Date Election
9 August Northern Territory 6 September Western Australia
18 October Australian Capital Territory    
2009
Date Election
21 March Queensland

2010–

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2010
Date Election Date Election
20 March South Australia 20 March Tasmania
21 August Federal 27 November Victoria
2011
Date Election
26 March New South Wales
2012
Date Election Date Election
March Queensland 25 August Northern Territory
20 October Australian Capital Territory    
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