Federal Election 2025: Early Voting Opens April 22 Across Australia

Early Voting in Australia’s 2025 Federal Election Now Open

Australia’s federal election is coming up on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025. If you can’t make it to the polls that day, early voting starts today, April 22nd. Early voting centers are now open across the country. They’ll stay open until May 2nd, the day before the election, but will close for Anzac Day on April 25th. You can find your nearest early voting location on the Australian Electoral Commission website. The centers have different operating hou…

Could the election get any duller? It's debatable

Early voting centres open today (22 April). Photo: AEC Early voting centres for the federal election open today (22 April), and the Australian Electoral Commission is forecasting a huge turnout before the actual polling day on 3 May. The centres will open progressively across the country from tomorrow until Friday, 2 May, and the AEC says, based on past trends, it anticipates that about half of all voters will cast their votes – either in-person…

Federal Election 2025: Early Voting Opens April 22 Across Australia

​During the Australian federal election, voters will elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives and 40 of the 76 Senate seats.