Australian federal election, May 2019

The Australian federal election, May 2019 will be held on Saturday 4 May 2019 to elect members of the 12th Parliament of Australia. The election was called on the 19 April 2019 when the Governor-General Electrumns dissolved the 11th Parliament of Australia. All 19 seats of the House of Representatives and 5 of the 9 seats in the Senate will be up for election.

The first-term incumbent Democratic Coalition Government, led by Prime Minister Youmaton, is attempting to win a second term against the Socialist Party of Australia opposition, led by Drunk_King_Robert. Minor parties and independents will also contest the election, the most popular of which are the Liberal Democrats, according to nationwide opinion polls. The Liberal Democrats are defending one House of Representatives seat.

Redistribution
An electoral redistribution reduced the number of seats in the House of Representatives from 19 to 15, and the seats in the Senate from 9 to 7. In the House of Representatives, the Division of Perth was abolished and merged with the Division of Pearce, the Division of Parramatta was abolished and divided between the divisions of Cunningham, Sydney, and the newly-created Robertson, which, aside from areas in Parramatta, replaced the abolished Division of Shortland. The Division of Cunningham also lost a significant chunk of land in the western part of the electorate, which was absorbed into the Division of Cowper. The Division of Corangamite and the Division of Indi were also merged to create the new Division of Nicholls. In the Senate, the amount of seats up for election was modified from the 5 that would have been up for election with no change in numbers to 3, to remove 2 members from the Senate.

Retiring members

 * Captain-Feathersword, MP for Pearce
 * Eehee332, MP for Lingiari

House of Representatives


There were fifteen electorates used in the election.

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