Australian federal election, February 2023

The Australian federal election, February 2023 was held on 6 February 2023. The incumbent Commonwealth Party government, led by Prime Minister 12MaxWild and governing in minority, sought to win a second term in government, but was defeated by the opposition Liberal National Party, led by Griffonomics.

While gaining the seat of Canberra, the Commonwealth Party lost three other seats, including 12MaxWild's seat of Brisbane. The Liberal National Party recorded a slight primary vote swing in their favour, but remained steady in seat count. The newly-founded National Capitalist Anti-Authoritarian Party, led by former Commonwealth MP TreeEnthusiaster, won two seats, while the Country Labor Party's seat count halved after losing Cowper.

For the first time since the federal election of July 2021, an independent MP was elected, with Slow-Passenger-1542 winning the seat of Mayo. While not gaining any seats, the Socialist Party increased their vote to 7.12% nationwide, with party leader Model-Trask being elected to the Senate.

Griffonomics was appointed as Prime Minister on 7 February 2023, two days after the election.

Election timeline
On 18 January 2023, the Electoral Commission announced the date of the federal election, and revealed the timeline for key dates of the campaign and results, which are as follows:
 * 28 January – Deadline for candidate & manifesto submission
 * 30 January – Beginning of campaign period
 * 3 February – Deadline for how-to-vote card submission
 * 4 February – Conclusion of campaign period
 * 5 February – Election day
 * 6 February – Result announcement

Candidates
All five parties registered by the Australian Electoral Commission at the time of the election contested it, with a total of 39 candidates standing in the election. Only one candidate nominated for the seats of Cunningham and Pearce, resulting in no elections being held in those seats and the one candidate nominated being automatically elected.

Retiring members
Four members of parliament and senators did not contest the election. ScottyWynnLobster, the incumbent MP for Canberra (ACT), chose to run in the Senate instead of recontesting Canberra.

Liberal National

 * SurfingNooty1 MP (Robertson, NSW)
 * nmtts- MP (Nicholls, VIC)

Country Labor

 * Model-Wanuke MP (Cowper, NSW)

Socialist

 * Senator model-putrid (Tasmania)

House of Representatives
No elections were held in the seats of Cunningham and Pearce, as only one candidate nominated for each of those seats.

Seats changing hands
Members in italics did not re-contest their House of Representatives seats at this election.