2028 Australian Capital Territory election
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21 October 2028[1]
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The 2028 Australian Capital Territory election is expected to be held on 21 October 2028 to elect all 25 members of the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly.[2]
The Labor Party, led by chief minister Andrew Barr, has been in government in the ACT since 2001 and will be seeking an eighth consecutive term in office.[3] They are expected to be challenged by the Liberal Party, the Greens, several other minor parties and independents.[4][5]
Assembly composition
Independents for Canberra (IFC) won 8.5% of the vote at the 2024 election, with one candidate – party leader Thomas Emerson – elected in the Kurrajong electorate. On 5 February 2025, Emerson resigned from IFC.[6] The party was subsequently voluntarily deregistered on 10 July 2025.[7][8]
On 28 October 2025, then opposition leader Leanne Castley suspended Peter Cain and Elizabeth Lee from the Liberal Party caucus because of their decision to cross the floor and vote for a longer parliamentary sitting calendar.[9][10] Castley, along with her deputy, resigned on 10 November 2025 and was replaced by Mark Parton under who Cain and Lee returned to the partyroom.
On 20 April 2026, ACT Greens Leader Shane Rattenbury announced his retirement from politics after 17 years, triggering a countback in the electorate of Kurrajong and resulting in a vacant leadership which will be filled by Deputy Leader Jo Clay until a ballot of members is held.[11]
