List of Australian Capital Territory elections

This article provides a summary of results for elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly) that is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

Creation

The Assembly was created by four acts of the Commonwealth Parliament in 1988, including the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988. The first election was held on 4 March 1989 ^[1] and the assembly first sat on 11 May that year. ^[2]

Results

The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. The totals of the winning party or coalition are shown in bold, while other parties in government are shown in bold italic. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.

List of Australian Capital Territory elections

Election year	Government		Labor	Liberal	No Self-Government Party	Residents Rally	Abolish Self-Govt	Michael Moore Independent Group	Greens	Osbourne Independent Group	Democrats	Fiona Carrick Independent	Independents for Canberra	Independents
2024			10	9					4			1	1
2020			10	9					6
2016			12	11					2
2012			8	8					1
2008			7	6					4
2004			9	7					1
2001			8	7					1		1
1998			6	7				1	1	2
1995			6	7				1	2					1
1992			8	6			1	2
1989			5	4	3	4	1

References

1. ACT government elections Archived 28 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Establishing self-government in the ACT". Legislative Assembly for the ACT. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.