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
editThe 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
editThe 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.
| Election year | Government | Labor | Liberal | No Self-Government Party | Residents Rally | Abolish Self-Govt | Michael Moore Independent Group | Greens | Osbourne Independent Group | Democrats | Independents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 12 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2008 | 7 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2001 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1998 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 1995 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 1992 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1989 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
References
edit- ^ ACT government elections Archived 28 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Establishing self-government in the ACT". Legislative Assembly for the ACT. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.