2022 Australian federal election

The 2022 Australian federal election was held on 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. All 151 seats in the lower house, the House of Representatives, and half the seats in the upper house, the Senate, were up for election.

The incumbent Coalition Government, led by Scott Morrison lost seats to the opposition Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese. Morrision resigned as National Party leader with Albanese expected to become the next Prime Minister of Australia.

Polling

 Date Brand Interview mode Sample size Primary vote 2pp vote L/NP ALP GRN ONP OTH UND L/NP ALP UND30–31 October, 6-7 November 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online272336.5%35%11.5%3%14%–46.5%53.5%–16–17, 23–24 October 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online277836.5%35%13.5%3.5%11.5%–46%54%–20–23 October 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline151535%38%11%3%13%–46%54%–2–3, 9–10 October 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online279437.5%36%11.5%3%12%–47%53%–29 September – 2 October 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline154537%37%11%2%13%–47%53%–18–19, 25–26 September 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online275236%36%12.5%3.5%12%–46%54%–15–19 September 2021Resolve StrategicOnline160639%31%10%4%16%–15–18 September 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline214437%38%10%3%12%–47%53%–4–5, 11–12 September 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online273539.5%35%13%3%10%–47.5%52.5%–21–22, 28–29 August 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online273537.5%38.5%11.5%3%9.5%–45.5%54.5%–25–28 August 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline152836%40%10%3%11%–46%54%–17–21 August 2021Resolve StrategicOnline160740%32%12%2%14%––––7–8, 14–15 August 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online274737.5%37.5%12.5%3.5%9%–46%54%–4–7 August 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline152739%39%11%3%8%–47%53%–24–25 July,31 July – 1 August 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online270937%37%12.5%3%10.5%–46.5%53.5%– 19 July 2021EssentialOnline–37%36%10%4%6%8%45%47%8%10–11, 17–18 July 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online273739%37%11.5%3%9.5%–47.5%52.5%–13–17 July 2021Resolve StrategicOnline160738%35%12%4%12%––––14–17 July 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline150639%39%10%3%9%–47%53%– 5 July 2021EssentialOnline–37%36%8%4%5%8%44%48%8%23–26 June 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline151341%37%11%3%8%–49%51%–22 June 2021Barnaby Joyce replaces Michael McCormack as National Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister12–13, 19–20 June 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online278241.5%34.5%12%3.5%8.5% –49.5%50.5% – 21 June 2021EssentialOnline–38%36%10%4%5%7%45%47%7%13 June 2021Resolve StrategicOnline160040%36%10%3%12%–––– 7 June 2021EssentialOnline–38%35%10%4%7%7%44%48%7%29–30 May, 5–6 June 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online281740%35.5%11.5%3%10% –49%51% –2–5 June 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline151641%36%11%3%9%–50%50% – 24 May 2021EssentialOnline–37%35%10%3%6%8%44%48%8%12–16 May 2021Resolve StrategicOnline162239%35%12%2%13%––––12–15 May 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline150641%36%12%2%9%–49%51%– 10 May 2021EssentialOnline–38%36%9%3%6%8%44%48%8% 26 April 2021EssentialOnline–39%34%10%4%6%7%46%46%7%21–24 April 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline151441%38%10%3%8%–49%51%–16 April 2021Resolve StrategicCATI/Online200038%33%12%6%11%–––– 12 April 2021EssentialOnline–37%36%10%3%7%7%45%48%7% 29 March 2021EssentialOnline–39%36%8%3%7%7%46%47%7%24–27 March 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline151740%38%11%2%9%–48%52%– 15 March 2021EssentialOnline–38%34%9%3%8%7%47%47%7%6–7, 13–14 March 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online274741%34.5%12.5%2.5%9.5%–49.5%50.5%–10–13 March 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline152139%39%10%3%9%–48%52%– 1 March 2021EssentialOnline–37%34%9%4%8%7%45%48%7%17–20 February 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline150442%37%10%3%8%–50%50%– 15 February 2021EssentialOnline–39%35%8%4%7%6%47%47%6%15 February 20212021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations6–7, 13–14 February 2021Roy MorganTelephone/Online278640%34.5%13%3.5%9%–49.5%50.5%–27 January – 1 February 2021EssentialOnline109237%35%10%3%7%8%44%47%8%27–30 January 2021Newspoll-YouGovOnline151242%36%10%3%9%–50%50%–18 January 2021EssentialOnline–40%33%10%3%7%7%48%45%7%14 December 2020EssentialOnline–37%35%8%4%7%9%45%46%9%30 November 2020EssentialOnline–41%33%8%4%6%8%49%43%8%25–28 November 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline151143%36%11%2%8%–51%49%–16 November 2020EssentialOnline–38%35%9%4%6%7%45%47%7%14–15, 21–22 November 2020Roy MorganTelephone/Online282442%34%12%4%8%–50.5%49.5%–4–7 November 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline151043%35%11%3%8%–51%49%–2 November 2020EssentialOnline–39%35%9%3%5%9%44%46%9%14–19 October 2020EssentialOnline–39%35%9%3%7%8%48%45%8%12 October 2020EssentialOnline–40%33%9%3%5%9%47%44%9%8–10 October 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline152744%34%11%3%8%–52%48%–5 October 2020EssentialOnline–39%34%9%5%6%7%47%46%7%21 September 2020EssentialOnline–41%31%10%4%5%9%49%42%8%16–19 September 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline206843%34%12%3%8%–51%49%–7 September 2020EssentialOnline–38%32%10%3%9%8%45%47%8%26–29 August 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline150741%36%11%3%9%–50%50%–24 August 2020EssentialOnline–39%35%9%4%6%7%47%45%7%8–9, 15–16 August 2020Roy MorganTelephone/Online284146%32.5%11%3%7.5%–54%46%–10 August 2020EssentialOnline–38%34%9%4%5%10%46%44%10%5–8 August 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline150943%33%11%4%9%–52%48%–23–26 July 2020EssentialOnline105838%35%9%4%6%8%45%47%8%11–12, 18–19 July 2020Roy MorganTelephone/Online258943.5%33.5%11%2.5%9.5%–51.5%48.5%–15–18 July 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline185044%34%10%4%8%–53%47%–13 July 2020EssentialOnline105437%34%10%4%6%9%45%46%9%29 June 2020EssentialOnline107939%33%9%4%6%8%47%45%8%24–27 June 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline152142%35%11%3%9%–51%49%–22 June 2020EssentialOnline107939%33%10%5%6%7%48%46%7%13–14, 20–21 June 2020Roy MorganTelephone/Online259342.5%34.5%10.5%4%8.5%– 50.5%49.5%–15 June 2020EssentialOnline108738%35%9%5%7%7%47%47%7%8 June 2020EssentialOnline107340%33%9%4%6%8%47%45%8%3–6 June 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline151242%34%12%4%8%–51%49%–13–16 May 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline150443%35%10%3%9%– 51%49%–18–19, 25–26 April 2020Roy MorganTelephone/Online280643.5%33%11.5%3%9%– 51.5%48.5%–22–25 April 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline151941%36%12%4%7%–50%50%–1–3 April 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline150842%34%13%5%6%– 51%49%–11–14 March 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline150140%36%12%4%8%–49%51%–27 February 2020COVID-19 pandemic declared a national emergency19–22 February 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline151338%34%13%4%11%–49%51%–20 January – 3 February 2020Australian National UniversityCATI/Online324934.8%33.4%14.7%–10.5%––––4 February 2020 Adam Bandt replaces Richard Di Natale as Greens leader29 January – 1 February 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline151038%35%13%4%10%–48%52%–8–11 January 2020Newspoll-YouGovOnline150540%36%12%4%8%–49%51%–January 2020Australian bushfire season peaks4–8 December 2019Newspoll-YouGovOnline150342%33%11%5%9%–52%48%–21–23 November 2019Newspoll-YouGovOnline151941%33%12%5%9%– 51%49%–7–10 November 2019Newspoll-YouGovIVR/Online168240%35%12%7%6%–50%50%–17–20 October 2019Newspoll-YouGovIVR/Online163442%33%13%6%6%– 51%49%–26–29 September 2019Newspoll-YouGovIVR/Online165842%33%13%6%6%– 51%49%–5–7 September 2019Newspoll-YouGovIVR/Online166143%35%12%5%5%– 51%49%–15–18 August 2019Newspoll-YouGovIVR/Online162342%34%11%4%9%– 51%49%–25–28 July 2019Newspoll-YouGovIVR/Online160144%33%11%3%9%– 53%47%–30 May 2019Anthony Albanese replaces Bill Shorten as Labor leader18 May 2019 election41.44%33.34%10.4%3.08%11.74%N/A51.53%48.47%N/A

References

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