2020 Australian Capital Territory general election

The 2020 Australian Capital Territory general election was held on 17 October 2020 to elect all 25 members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It was conducted by the Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission (ACTEC).

2020 Australian Capital Territory general election

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All 25 seats of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout89.3 (Increase 1.0 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
  AndrewBarrportrait (cropped).jpg Alistair Coe at 2CC in 2016.jpg Shane Rattenbury 2020 (cropped).jpg
Leader Andrew Barr Alistair Coe Shane Rattenbury
Party Labor Liberal Greens
Leader since 11 December 2014 25 October 2016 20 October 2012
Leader's seat Kurrajong Yerrabi Kurrajong
Last election 12 seats, 38.4% 11 seats, 36.7% 2 seats, 10.3%
Seats won 10 9 6
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 2 Increase 4
First preference vote 101,826 91,047 36,369
Percentage 37.8% 33.8% 13.5%
Swing Decrease 0.6 Decrease 2.9 Increase 3.2

Australian Capital Territory Election 2020 Map.svg
Map of results by electorate at the 2020 ACT election

Chief Minister before election

Andrew Barr
Labor

Elected Chief Minister

Andrew Barr
Labor

The incumbent LaborGreens coalition government, led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Shane Rattenbury, won a sixth term in government. They were opposed by the Liberal Party, led by Alistair Coe.

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