Territory
Australian Capital Territory
3 House of Representatives electorates in the Australian Electoral Commission’s determination of 23 July 2026.
Last updated: October 17, 2026. Unofficial information. Confirm with your official election office (Elections ACT).
- Population
- 489.7 thousand
- ABS National, state and territory population, March 2026. The table prints thousands, to one decimal, at 31 March 2026.
- House electorates
- 3
- Entitlement for the next federal election, AEC release of 23 July 2026. The 2025 tally room total for this column is the same number.
Elections read for this page
The Elections ACT elections page says the next ACT Legislative Assembly election will be held in October 2028. It does not print a calendar day.
A link on that page is labelled “11th Legislative Assembly (2024-2028)”. The page read does not print the 2024 polling day.
The ABS Non ABS Structures unit summary prints 3 Local Government Area codes for the ACT. Those codes are statistical areas, not a statement that the Territory has three elected councils. No separate municipal government was described on the pages read.
House of Representatives, 3 May 2025
Final results in the AEC tally room. The Liberal/National Coalition cell for this column is 0. The rows below are the parties with a non-zero cell. They add to 3. This list does not declare a state or federal government.
| Party, as printed | Seats |
|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 3 |
Gaps
Gap. The name of the Chief Minister, the size of the Legislative Assembly, and a calendar day for the next election were not on the pages read.
Gap. No candidate list was read.
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Sources
- Elections ACT, “Elections” — read 2026-10-17
- Australian Electoral Commission, “House of Representatives composition unchanged for next federal election”, updated 23 July 2026 — read 2026-10-17
- Australian Electoral Commission Tally Room, 2025 federal election, House of Representatives — final results, updated Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:49:32 AM AEST — read 2026-10-17
- Australian Bureau of Statistics, National, state and territory population, March 2026, released 17 September 2026 — read 2026-10-17
- Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard, Edition 3, Non ABS Structures (unit summary last updated 22 July 2025) — read 2026-10-17