List of Australian Capital Territory elections explained

This article provides a summary of results for elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly) that is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

Creation

The Assembly was created by four acts of the Commonwealth Parliament in 1988, including the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988. The first election was held on 4 March 1989^[1] and the assembly first sat on 11 May that year.^[2]

Summary of results

The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. The totals of the winning party or coalition are shown in bold, while other parties in government are shown in bold italic. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.

List of Australian Capital Territory elections

Election year	Government											Independents
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					10	9					6
					12	11					2
					8	8					1
					7	6					4
			9	7					1
			8	7					1		1
			6	7				1	1	2
			6	7				1	2			1
			8	6			1	2
			5	4	3	4	1

Notes and References

1. http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/1989/timetable_89.html ACT government elections
2. Web site: Establishing self-government in the ACT. 20 March 2017. Legislative Assembly for the ACT. en. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023423/https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/Explore-your-Assembly/resources/fact-sheets/self-government. 18 April 2020. 10 April 2020.