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The 2024 Australian Capital Territory election was held on 19 October 2024 to elect all 25 members of the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly.[1]
The centre-left Labor Party, led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr, which had been in government in the territory since the 2001 election, and in coalition with the progressive Greens since 2012, sought to win a seventh consecutive term in office. They were challenged by the centre-right Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee, as well as several minor parties and independent candidates. Lee is the first Asian Australian leader of a state or territory opposition.[2][a]
Following several hours of vote counting, media outlets and election analysts projected Labor had won the election, having won sufficient seats to form a government with the support of the Greens and potentially other crossbenchers.[3][4] Labor won 10 seats in the assembly, steady with their result in the previous election, though the party did suffer a swing against them of more than three percent. The Liberal vote slipped by around half a point and the party retained nine seats. The Greens vote also dropped, in this case by slightly above one percent, and ministers Rebecca Vassarotti and Emma Davidson lost their seats to reduce the party's share of seats in the chamber to four. The swings against these parties were picked up by minor parties and independents, resulting in Thomas Emerson of the Independents for Canberra party winning a seat in Kurrajong and Fiona Carrick (who ran under an eponymous party banner) winning the final seat in Murrumbidgee.[5][6]
The formation of the government in the eleventh assembly will take place over the coming weeks.
The election was conducted by Elections ACT.
- ^ "2024 ACT Legislative Assembly election". ElectionsACT. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Na, Leah. "ACT Liberals' Elizabeth Lee becomes the first Asian leader of major political parties in Australia". SBS Korean. Archived from the original on 25 September 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Labor retains power in ACT election as swing goes to independents". The Guardian. 20 October 2024.
- ^ Georgia Roberts (20 October 2024). "The independent wave hits the ACT as Andrew Barr promises a 'progressive and stable' crossbench". ABC News.
- ^ "Australian Capital Territory Election 2024 Results". ABC News.
- ^ Antony Green (21 October 2024). "ACT2024 – Post-Election Results Thread". antonygreen.com.au.
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