The 2025 Australian Federal Election

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Introduction

  • May 3, 2025, is the scheduled day for holding the Australian Federal Election 2025.
  • The presentation discusses the trends that are shown in the early election results.
  • Data source: Australian Electoral Commission
  • Focus: Studying results, shifting numbers of seats, and patterns of voting in the 2025 Australian Federal Election with open-access data.

Seats Won by Party Across States

Seats Won by Party Across States

  • The chart demonstrates the results for different political parties in each Australian state or territory in 2025.
  • The Labor party won in many regions, unlike the Liberal, Greens, and Independent parties who received smaller amounts of support everywhere.

Absolute Seat Change by Party

Absolute Seat Change by Party

  • The bar chart reveals the changes in seat counts for parties, irrespective of whether the number went up or down.
  • Labor and Liberal have the most movement, which means people’s votes often change from one election to the next.

Minor Party Representation

Minor Party Representation

  • The chart states that minor parties maintained their role in the Australia’s political system by winning seats in the 2025 election.
  • Despite gaining a small amount of seats, these parties are still important in situations where the majority is formed by allies.

Pie Chart of National Seat Share

Pie Chart of National Seat Share

  • The pie chart shows how seats between various parties were spread in the 2025 federal election.
  • Most of the seats are held by labor, while other parties get a small number of seats each.

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