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Explore national election results and current leaders around the world. Find presidents, prime ministers and heads of state, compare parliamentary seats won by political parties, and check when the next elections are expected. Choose a country to see its leadership portraits, election charts and links to official sources.
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Election calendar · 2026
Browse national elections, referendums and parliamentary selections by date. Confirmed announcements and tentative projections are labelled separately.
Calendar announcements checked 7 Nov 2026; parliamentary projections come from the November 2026 directory snapshot. This covers the records currently sourced here, not every local election or by-election worldwide. Dates can change; follow each source for the latest announcement.
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Entered federal parliament in 1996. He served as infrastructure and communications minister and as deputy prime minister before becoming prime minister in 2022. Profile source
Governor-General Sam Mostyn worked in business and served on corporate and community boards before taking office. Official governor-general biography
AUSTRALIA · ELECTIONS & REPRESENTATION
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Explore Australia’s recorded parliamentary results and how each chamber is selected. Leadership portraits appear above; the charts below show seats reported in the linked election records.
Chambers recorded22 not marked suspended in this source
Directly elected2Other chambers may use a different selection method
Results coverage2 / 2Chambers with a party-seat breakdown
These are dated election records, not live chamber membership. By-elections, vacancies, appointments and changes of party may alter the current composition. A seat total can cover only the seats allocated in that result; it does not automatically represent the full statutory chamber.
Directly elected
House of Representatives
Recorded selection · 3 May 2025
Australian Labor Party (ALP)94
Liberal National coalition43
Independents10
The Greens1
Centre Alliance1
Katter's Australian Party (KAP)1
Each seat icon represents one reported seat. Colours distinguish parties within this chart; the arc is a visual grouping, not a seating plan.
Largest allocation in this resultAustralian Labor Party (ALP)94 of 150 reported seats. This alone does not identify a governing coalition.
Next recorded renewal projection31 May 2028A source projection, not a confirmed polling-day announcement.