2013 Australian federal election

The **2013 Australian federal election** to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia, led by Warren Truss, beat the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

The 44th Parliament of Australia opened on 12 November 2013, with the members of the House of Representatives and territory senators sworn in. The state senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014, with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2013 Australian federal election
- **country**: Australia
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2010 Australian federal election
- **previous year**: 2010
- **next election**: 2016 Australian federal election
- **next year**: 2016
- **seats for election**: Results of the 2013 Australian federal election (House of Representatives), All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives
<small>76 seats were needed for a majority</small>
Results of the 2013 Australian federal election (Senate), 40 (of the 76) seats in the Australian Senate, Senate
- **election date**: 7 September 2013
- **opinion polls**: Opinion polling for the 2013 Australian federal election
- **turnout**: 93.2%
- **registered**: 14,723,385
- **image1**:
- **leader1**: Tony Abbott
- **leader since1**: 2009 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill|
- **party1**: Liberal/National coalition
- **leaders seat1**: Division of Warringah, Warringah (NSW)
- **popular vote1**: **5,882,818**
- **percentage1**: **45.55%**
- **swing1**: 1.93
- **last election1**: 72 seats, 43.32%
- **seats needed1**: 0
- **seats1**: **90 seats**
- **seat change1**: 18
- **image2**:
- **leader2**: Kevin Rudd
- **leader since2**: June 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership spill|
- **party2**: Australian Labor Party
- **leaders seat2**: Division of Griffith, Griffith (Qld.)
- **popular vote2**: 4,311,365
- **percentage2**: 33.38%
- **swing2**: 4.61
- **last election2**: 72 seats, 37.99%
- **seats needed2**: 0
- **seats2**: 55 seats
- **seat change2**: 17
- **image3**:
- **colour3**: 10c25b
- **leader3**: Christine Milne
- **leader since3**: Australian Greens leadership elections|
- **party3**: Australian Greens
- **leaders seat3**: List of Senators from Tasmania, Senator for Tasmania
- **popular vote3**: 1,116,918
- **percentage3**: 8.65%
- **swing3**: 3.11
- **last election3**: Division of Melbourne, 1 seat, 11.76%
- **seats needed3**: 75
- **seats3**: Division of Melbourne, 1 seat
- **1blank**: Two-party-preferred vote, TPP
- **1data1**: **53.49%**
- **1data2**: 46.51%
- **2blank**: Two-party-preferred vote, TPP swing
- **2data1**: 3.61
- **2data2**: 3.61
- **title**: Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister
- **before election**: Kevin Rudd
- **before party**: Australian Labor Party
- **posttitle**: Subsequent Prime Minister
- **after election**: Tony Abbott
- **after party**: Liberal/National coalition