The 2025 Australian Senate election was held on Saturday, 3 May 2025 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 2025 federal election.[4] Elected senators took office on 1 July 2025, with the exception of the senators elected from the two territories whose terms commenced from election day.[5] The elected senators sat alongside continuing senators elected in 2022 as part of the 48th Parliament of Australia.[6]

Registered18,098,797
5.0% (98.2% of eligible)[1] Turnout90.86% (
0.39 pp)[2] Quick facts 40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
2025 Australian federal election (Senate)|
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| Registered | 18,098,797 5.0% (98.2% of eligible)[1] |
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| Turnout | 90.86% ( 0.39 pp)[2] |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Penny Wong |
Michaelia Cash |
Larissa Waters |
| Party |
Labor |
Liberal–National Coalition |
Greens |
| Leader since |
26 June 2013 |
25 January 2025 |
4 February 2020 (2020-02-04) |
| Leader's seat |
South Australia (not up for election) |
Western Australia (not up for election) |
Queensland |
| Seats before |
25 |
30 |
11 |
| Seats won |
16 |
13 |
6 |
| Seats after |
28 |
27 |
11 |
| Seat change |
3 |
3 |
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| Primary vote |
5,573,028 |
4,744,580 |
1,859,974 |
| Percentage |
35.11 |
29.89 |
11.72 |
| Swing |
5.02 pp |
4.35 pp |
0.94 pp |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Pauline Hanson |
Gerard Rennick |
David Pocock |
| Party |
One Nation |
People First |
David Pocock |
| Leader since |
29 November 2014 |
25 August 2024 |
16 December 2021 |
| Leader's seat |
Queensland (not up for election) |
Queensland (lost seat) |
Australian Capital Territory |
| Seats before |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Seats won |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Seats after |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| Seat change |
2 |
1 |
 |
| Primary vote |
899,296 |
151,310 |
114,915 |
| Percentage |
5.67 |
0.95 |
0.72 |
| Swing |
1.38 pp |
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0.32 pp |
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Seventh party |
Eighth party |
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| Leader |
Jacqui Lambie |
Fatima Payman |
| Party |
Lambie Network |
Australia's Voice |
| Leader since |
14 May 2015 |
9 October 2024 |
| Leader's seat |
Tasmania |
Western Australia (not up for election) |
| Seats before |
1 |
1 |
| Seats won |
1 |
0 |
| Seats after |
1 |
1 |
| Seat change |
 |
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| Primary vote |
166,085 |
119,717 |
| Percentage |
1.05 |
0.75 |
| Swing |
0.84 pp |
0.75 pp |
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Results by state or territory |
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Close
Labor was set to hold 28 seats in the new Senate, making this the first time Labor was the largest party in the Senate since the 1984 election. On 2 June 2025, Greens Senator Dorinda Cox left the Greens and joined Labor, taking the number of Labor Senators to 29 in the new parliament beginning on 1 July 2025.[7]