ABC Elections

NSW Election 2015

New South Wales Liberal Premier Mike Baird leads his government into the 2015 election with an enormous majority in Parliament, well ahead in Preferred Premier ratings, but with a narrowing lead over Labor in polls of voting intention.

2015 Gippsland South By-election

Posted February 18, 2015 12:15:40 | Updated February 18, 2015 12:18:00

14 March: Voters in the Victorian seat of Gippsland South will go to the polls following the retirement of former Nationals Leader and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan.

2015 Queensland election

31st January: In an attempt to preserve his record majority, Premier Campbell Newman has called a snap Queensland election for 31 January, the nation's first January election in more than a century.

2015 Davenport by-election

Posted November 17, 2014 11:37:07

31 January: Voters in the Adelaide state seat of Daveport will go to the polls on 31 January following the resignation of Liberal MP Iain Evans

2014 Fisher By-Election

Posted October 20, 2014 15:44:23 | Updated November 14, 2014 11:45:02

6 December: Voters in the Adelaide state seat of Fisher will go to the polls on 6 December following the death of Independent MP Bob Such.

2014 Victorian Election

29 November: After the Coalition’s unexpected victory in November 2010, the Napthine government goes into November’s Victorian state election as underdog. Labor Leader Daniel Andrews will be hoping to return Labor to office after just one term of opposition.

2014 Charlestown and Newcastle By-elections

Posted August 15, 2014 14:51:49 | Updated September 01, 2014 17:18:27

25 October 2014: The revelation to an ICAC inquiry of illegal developer donations at the 2011 state election has led to the resignation of the Liberal members for Charlestown and Newcastle. With both seats having been safe Labor seats until the 2011 election landslide, Labor is favourite to gain both seats ahead of the state election in March.

2014 Vasse By-election

Posted September 04, 2014 12:02:55 | Updated September 22, 2014 09:29:43

18 October 2014: Voters in the Western Australian seat of Vasse, centred on Busselton in the state's south-west, will go to the polls following the resignation of MP Troy Buswell. A former Liberal Leader, state Treasurer and Transport Minister, Buswell departs after what can be described as an eventful political career.

2014 Casuarina By-election

Posted July 30, 2014 11:44:18 | Updated September 22, 2014 09:30:44

18 October 2014: Voters in the northern Darwin seat of Casuarina will go to the polls on 18 October following the resignation of Labor MP Kon Vatskalis. It will be the third by-election since the Country Liberals returned to government in August 2012.

2014 Scottish Independence Referendum

18 September: Scotland is voting on whether to leave the United Kingdom and become an independent country. Find background on the referendum and follow the count through the day on Friday 19 September. 

2014 Stafford By-election

Posted February 13, 2014 12:04:48 | Updated July 15, 2014 09:53:33

19 July: The Newman government faces a difficult by-election test in the inner-northern Brisbane seat of Stafford following the resignation of LNP member Dr Chris Davis.

2014 Tasmanian Legislative Council Elections

Posted February 13, 2014 12:04:48 | Updated July 15, 2014 09:53:33

3 May: Voters in the Tasmanian Legislative Council seats of Huon and Rosevears go back to the polls on 3 May in the state's annual upper house elections. After winning March's state election, the Liberal Party have nominated candidates for both seats.

2014 Blain by-election

Posted July 15, 2014 09:53:33 | Updated October 20, 2014 15:49:17

12th April: Voters in the Palmerston seat of Blain go back to the polls soon after the resignation of former Chief Minister Terry Mills.

2014 WA Senate re-election

5th April: Western Australian voters go to the polls on Saturday 5 April to elect six Senators to represent the state. The election is being held after the Court of Disputed Returns overturned last September's election result.

2014 South Australian Election

15th March: The last of Labor's mainland state governments goes to the polls on 15 March with the government of Premier Jay Weatherill facing an uphill task to hold office.

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2014 Tasmanian Election

15th March: Australia's longest serving state government faces defeat as Tasmania goes to the polls on Saturday 15 March.

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2014 Redclife By-election

Posted February 13, 2014 12:04:48 | Updated July 15, 2014 09:53:33

22 February: Voters in the Queensland state seat of Redcliffe will go to the polls in early 2014 following the resignation of disgraced former MP Scott Driscoll.

2014 Griffith By-election

Posted February 13, 2014 12:04:48 | Updated July 15, 2014 09:53:33

8 February: The resignation of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will see the voters of his inner Brisbane seat of Griffith go to the polls early in the new year.

2013 Miranda By-election

Posted February 13, 2014 12:04:48 | Updated July 15, 2014 09:53:33

19 October: Voters in the southern Sydney seat of Miranda go back to the polls on 19 October following the resignation of local MP Graham Annesley.

2013 Victorian Redistribution

Posted February 13, 2014 12:04:48 | Updated July 15, 2014 09:53:33

17 October: The boundaries on which the 2014 Victorian election will be fought have now been finalised. Click here for political analysis of the boundary changes.

2013 New South Wales Redistribution

Posted February 13, 2014 12:04:48 | Updated July 15, 2014 09:53:33

18 September: The boundaries on which the 2015 New South Wales election will be fought have now been finalised. Click here for analysis of the political impact of the new boundaries.

2013 Federal Election

7 September: ABC coverage of Australia's 2013 Federal Election. Antony Green's Election Guide, party policies, news, analysis, opinion, statistics, interactive calculators and more.

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2013 Northern Tablelands by-election

Posted February 13, 2014 12:04:48 | Updated July 15, 2014 09:53:33

25 May: Having been dropped as National Party candidate for the Federal seat of New England, Richard Torbay has now resigned his seat in the NSW parliament, creating a by-election for his rural seat of Northern Tablelands.

2013 Tasmanian Legislative Council Elections

Posted February 13, 2014 12:04:48 | Updated July 15, 2014 09:53:33

4 May: Voters in the Tasmanian Legislative Council divisions of Montgomery, Nelson and Pembroke go to the polls on Saturday 4 May.

2013 Lyndhurst by-election

Posted February 13, 2014 12:04:48 | Updated July 15, 2014 09:53:33

27 April: Voters in the south-east Melbourne seat of Lyndhurst face a state by-election on 27 April following the resignation of Labor MP Tim Holding.