2024 Australian Capital Territory general election

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All 25 seats of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | Andrew Barr | Elizabeth Lee | Shane Rattenbury
Party  | Labor | Liberal | Greens
Leader since  | 11 December 2014  | 27 October 2020  | 20 October 2012
Leader's seat  | Kurrajong | Kurrajong | Kurrajong
Last election  | 10 seats, 37.8%  | 9 seats, 33.8%  | 6 seats, 13.5%
Current seats  | 10  | 9  | 6
Seats needed  |  3  |  4  |  7

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Map of electorates to be used for the 2024 ACT election

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| Incumbent Chief Minister

Andrew Barr
Labor–Greens Coalition

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The 2024 Australian Capital Territory general election will be held on or before Saturday 19 October 2024 to elect all 25 members of the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly.[1]

The incumbent Labor–Greens Coalition government, currently led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr, will attempt to win a seventh term against the Liberal opposition, currently led by Elizabeth Lee, who will seek to form government for the first time in 23 years. Lee is the first Asian Australian leader of a state or territory opposition.[2][a]

The leaders of all three parliamentary parties are from the same seat (the inner-city seat of Kurrajong); indeed, Lee is the only Liberal member representing the seat.

## Background[edit]

The Labor Party, led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr, is attempting to win re-election for a seventh consecutive term (either with a majority of seats or via forming a coalition with another party) in the 25-member unicameral Legislative Assembly. Labor formed a coalition government with the Greens after the last election, and together the two parties hold 16 of the 25 seats in the Assembly. Leader of the Opposition and Liberals leader Alistair Coe was replaced by Elizabeth Lee following the election.

On 12 November 2023, Greens Johnathan Davis resigned from parliament and as a member of the Greens. He was replaced by Laura Nuttall after a countback was conducted.[3]

## Electoral system[edit]

The election will be conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission. All members of the unicameral Assembly face re-election, with members being elected by the Hare-Clark system of proportional representation. The Assembly is divided into five electorates with five members each:

* Brindabella – contains the district of Tuggeranong (except part of the suburb of Kambah east of Drakeford Drive).
* Ginninderra – contains the district of Belconnen (except the suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen).
* Kurrajong – contains the districts of Canberra Central (excluding Deakin and Yarralumla), Jerrabomberra, Kowen and Majura.
* Murrumbidgee – contains the districts of the Woden Valley, Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley, the South Canberra suburbs of Deakin and Yarralumla and the western part of the Tuggeranong suburb of Kambah.
* Yerrabi – contains the districts of Gungahlin, Hall and the Belconnen suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen.

### Parties[edit]

Main article: List of political parties in Australia

Parties registered with the ACT Electoral Commission:[4] The list of parties registered are:

* Australian Labor Party
* Liberal Party
* Australian Greens
* Animal Justice Party
* Australian Progressives
* Belco Party
* Democratic Labour Party
* Independents for Canberra
* Libertarian Party
* Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party
* Sustainable Australia Party
* The Community Action Party

## Retiring members[edit]

### Labor[edit]

* Joy Burch (Brindabella) – announced retirement on 8 August 2023[5]

### Liberal[edit]

* Nicole Lawder (Brindabella) – announced retirement on 20 October 2023[6]

## Candidates[edit]

### Brindabella[edit]

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Other candidates

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Mick Gentleman[7]
Brendan Forde[7]
Caitlin Tough[7]
Louise Crossman[7]
Taimus Werner-Gibbings[7] | James Daniels[8]
Ross Harber[8]
Sandi Mitra[8]
Deborah Morris[8]
Mark Parton[8] | Laura Nuttall
Sam Nugent  |

### Ginninderra[edit]

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Other candidates

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Yvette Berry[7]
Tara Cheyne[7]
Heidi Prowse[7]
Sean Sadimoen[7]
Tim Bavinton[7] | Chiaka Barry[8]
Peter Cain[8]
Elizabeth Kikkert[8]
Joe Prevedello[8]
Darren Roberts[8] | Jo Clay
Adele Sinclair

### Kurrajong[edit]

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Other candidates

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Andrew Barr[7]
Rachel Stephen-Smith[7]
Aggi Court[7]
Martin Greenwood[7]
Marina Talevski[7] | Ramon Bouckaert[8]
Mick Calatzis[9]
Elizabeth Lee[8]
Sarah Luscombe[8]
Patrick Pentony[8]
| Shane Rattenbury
Rebecca Vassarotti | Thomas Emerson (IFC)[10]
Peter Strong (Ind.)[11]

### Murrumbidgee[edit]

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Other candidates

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Chris Steel[7]
Marisa Paterson[7]
Anna Whitty[7]
Nelson Tang[7]
Noor El-Asadi[7] | Ed Cocks[8]
Jeremy Hanson[8]
Elyse Heslehurst[8]
Amadareep Singh[8]
Karen Walsh[8] | Emma Davidson
Harini Rangarajan  | Ann Bray (Ind.)[12]

### Yerrabi[edit]

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Other candidates

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Suzanne Orr[7]
Michael Pettersson[7]
Millika Raj[7]
Pradeep Sornaraj[7]
Ravinder Sahni[7] | Leanne Castley[8]
Ralista Dimitrova[8]
James Milligan[8]
John Mikita[8]
Krishna Nadimpalli[8] | Andrew Braddock
Soelily Consen-Lynch  | Jason Taylor (Belco)[13]

## Opinion polling[edit]

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (June 2023)

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Date  | Firm  | Primary vote

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ALP  | LIB  | GRN  | OTH
2020 election |  | 37.8%  | 33.8%  | 13.5%  | 13.7%

## See also[edit]

* Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 2020–2024

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Not including New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian, as Armenian Australians are usually considered European Australians.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2024 ACT Legislative Assembly election". ElectionsACT. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
2. ^ "ACT Liberals' Elizabeth Lee becomes the first Asian leader of major political parties in Australia". SBS Language. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
3. ^ "ACT Greens backbencher Johnathan Davis resigns after sexual misconduct allegations". ABC News. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
4. ^ "Register of political parties". elections.act.gov.au. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
5. ^ Gore, Charlotte (8 August 2023). "ACT Legislative Assembly Speaker Joy Burch announces she will not contest 2024 election". ABC. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
6. ^ Lindell, Jasper (20 October 2023). "Canberra Liberal MLA Nicole Lawder to retire from politics at 2024 ACT Legislative Assembly election". Canberra Times. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Meet Your Candidates". www.actlabor.org.au. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x https://canberraliberals.org.au/our-team
9. ^ "Police officer steps in as ACT Liberals candidate after Nockles withdrawal". The Canberra Times. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
10. ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-29/party-of-community-independents-to-contest-act-election/103398556
11. ^ "First independents to contest 2024 ACT election revealed". The Canberra Times. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
12. ^ "First independents to contest 2024 ACT election revealed". The Canberra Times. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
13. ^ "Belco Party (ACT)". Belco Party (ACT). Retrieved 8 May 2024.

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