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Candidates of the 2025 Australian federal election

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Candidates have been reported to be contesting seats for the House of Representatives and Senate at the 2025 Australian federal election.

Nominations were closed on Thursday 10 April. The Australian Electoral Commission declared the nominations on Friday 11 April.[1]

There were 1,456 candidates in total (1,126 for the House of Representatives and 330 for the Senate). 898 were male, 547 were female and 11 unspecified.[2][3]

Retiring members

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The seats of Hinkler (Queensland) and Maribyrnong (Victoria) were vacant at the time the federal election was called, following the resignation of Keith Pitt (Nationals) and Bill Shorten (Labor) on 19 and 20 January 2025 respectively. No by-elections were held for the seats due to their proximity to the general election.[4][5]

Labor

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Liberal

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Nationals

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Independent

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House of Representatives

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Sitting members are listed in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used.

Australian Capital Territory

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Electorate Held by Labor Liberal Greens Independent Other
Bean Labor David Smith David Lamerton Sam Carter Jessie Price
Canberra Labor Alicia Payne Will Roche Isabel Mudford Claire Miles
  • Mary-Jane Liddicoat (HEART)
  • Teresa McTaggart (AJP)
Fenner Labor Andrew Leigh Bola Olatunbosun Dani Hunterford Elizabeth Kikkert (FFP)

New South Wales

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On 27 July 2023, the Electoral Commissioner determined the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in each state and territory. The seat entitlement of New South Wales was reduced from forty-seven to forty-six in this determination.[23] On 12 September 2024, the Electoral Commission determined that the division of North Sydney will be abolished and redistributed to the divisions of Warringah, Bradfield and Bennelong.

Northern Territory

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Electorate Held by Labor CLP Greens Independent One Nation Other
Lingiari Labor Marion Scrymgour Lisa Siebert Blair McFarland Sakellarios Bairamis
  • Peter Flynn (ACP)
  • Chris Tomlins (IAPA)
Solomon Labor Luke Gosling Lisa Bayliss Jonathan Parry
  • Jany Davies
  • Phil Scott
Benjamin Craker Brian Kristo (ACP)

Queensland

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South Australia

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Tasmania

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Electorate Held by Labor Liberal Greens Independent One Nation Other
Bass Liberal Jess Teesdale Bridget Archer Charlene McLennan George Razay Jordan Potter
  • Ray Broomhall (TOP)
  • Caroline Larner (ACP)
Braddon Liberal Anne Urquhart Mal Hingston Erin Morrow Adam Martin Christopher Methorst Stephen Kenney (TOP)
Clark Independent Heidi Heck Marilena Di Florio Janet Shelley Andrew Wilkie Cathy Griggs
Franklin Labor Julie Collins Josh Garvin Owen Fitzgerald (withdrew) Stefan Popescu
Lyons Labor Rebecca White Susie Bower Alistair Allan Angela Offord Shaun Broadby
  • Carlo Di Falco (SFF)
  • Sarah Graham (TOP)
  • Michael Phibbs (ACP)

Victoria

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On 27 July 2023, the Electoral Commissioner determined the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in each state and territory. The seat entitlement of Victoria was reduced from thirty-nine to thirty-eight in this determination.[23] On 5 September 2024, the Electoral Commissioner determined that the Division of Higgins will be abolished and redistributed to the divisions of Chisholm, Hotham, Kooyong, Macnamara, and Melbourne.

Western Australia

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On 27 July 2023, the Electoral Commissioner determined the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in each state and territory. The seat entitlement of Western Australia was increased from fifteen to sixteen in this determination.[23] In January 2024, a redistribution began in Western Australia.[24] In September 2024, the AEC announced the creation of the Division of Bullwinkel, and adjusted the boundaries of the surrounding electorates.[25] Bullwinkel is notionally Labor-held based on a margin from the 2022 election estimated by psephologist Antony Green.[26]

Senate

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In an ordinary half-Senate election, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election, six (out of twelve) in each state and all four territory seats. Parties are ordered based on ballot order in the respective state or territory.

Sitting members are listed in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk from the highlighted list.

Australian Capital Territory

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Two seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending one seat. Independent David Pocock (who runs for electoral purposes under his eponymous party) is defending one seat. Both incumbents are up for re-election.[27]

Sustainable Australia David Pocock Animal Justice Labor Liberal HEART / Libertarian
  1. James Holgate
  2. John Haydon
  1. David Pocock*
  2. Hannah Vardy
  1. Robyn Soxsmith
  2. Walter Kudrycz
  1. Katy Gallagher*
  2. Janaline Oh
  1. Jacob Vadakkedathu
  2. Hayune Lee
  1. Elise Searson-Prakaash (HEART)
  2. Martin Brown (LP)
Greens
  1. Christina Hobbs
  2. Jo Rocke

New South Wales

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Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending two seats. The LiberalNational coalition is defending three seats. The Greens are defending one seat. Senators Deborah O'Neill (Labor), Dave Sharma (Liberal), Ross Cadell (National), David Shoebridge (Greens), Maria Kovacic (Liberal) and Jenny McAllister (Labor) are not up for re-election.

Labor Group B[a] Australia's Voice FUSION Family First One Nation
  1. Tony Sheldon*
  2. Tim Ayres*
  3. Emilija Beljic
  4. Victoria McGregor
  5. Sharon Sewell
  6. Heather Roarty
  1. Max Boddy
  2. Warwick Dove
  1. Emanie Darwiche
  2. Graham George
  1. Miles Whiticker
  2. Andrew Potts
  1. Lyle Shelton
  2. Roseanna Masters
  1. Warwick Stacey*
  2. Rebecca Thompson
Animal Justice Christians Australia First Alliance Legalise Cannabis Sustainable Australia Indigenous-Aboriginal
  1. Emma Kerin
  2. Matt Stellino
  1. Asher Wolfson
  2. Duncan Fischer
  1. Craig Kelly (LP)
  2. Michael O'Neill (HEART)
  3. Tracy Sedman (PFP)
  4. Steve Christou (LP)
  5. Sonia Qutami (HEART)
  1. Miles Hunt
  2. Michael Balderstone
  3. Tia Elliston
  1. William Bourke
  2. Petra Campbell
  1. Owen Whyman
  2. Lawrence Brooke
Trumpet of Patriots Coalition Lambie Network Citizens Socialist Alliance Greens
  1. Silvana Nile
  2. Andrew Robertson
  3. Michelle Martin
  1. Andrew Bragg* (L)
  2. Jessica Collins* (L)
  3. Perin Davey (N)
  4. Hollie Hughes (L)
  5. Juliana McArthur (N)
  6. Rhiannon Brinsmead (L)
  1. Glenn Kolomeitz
  2. Nikhita Sahay
  1. Andy Schmulow
  2. Ann Lawler
  1. Peter Boyle
  2. Andrew Chuter
  1. Mehreen Faruqi*
  2. Eddie Lloyd
  3. Sujan Selventhiran
  4. Barbara Bloch
  5. Ethan Floyd
  6. Rachael Jacobs
Ungrouped
  • Kerrie Harris
  • Shawn Price
  • Warren Grzic

Northern Territory

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Two seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party is defending one seat. Both incumbents are up for re-election.

Sustainable Australia Legalise Cannabis Labor Country Liberal Greens One Nation
  1. Ian Chivers
  2. Lamaan White
  1. Lance Lawrence
  2. Suzette Luyken
  1. Malarndirri McCarthy*
  2. Michael Alsop
  1. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price*
  2. Dean Hersey
  1. Aia Newport
  2. Hugo Wells
  1. Darren Nugent
  2. Caine Hewes
Citizens Libertarian Ungrouped
  1. Lionel Wylie
  2. Trudy Campbell
  1. Jed Hansen
  2. Trevor Smith
  • Que Kenny

Queensland

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Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending one seat. The Liberal National Party is defending two seats. The Greens are defending one seat. One Nation is defending one seat. People First Party is defending one seat. Senators Penny Allman-Payne (Greens), Anthony Chisholm (Labor), James McGrath (Liberal National), Matt Canavan (Liberal National), Pauline Hanson (One Nation) and Murray Watt (Labor) are not up for re-election.

Socialist Alliance Trumpet of Patriots Indigenous-Aboriginal FUSION Australia's Voice Lambie Network
  1. Jonathan Strauss
  2. Kamala Emanuel
  1. Harry Fong
  2. Rob McMullan
  3. David McLaer
  1. Wayne CoCo Wharton
  2. Marnie Laree Davis
  1. Chris Simpson
  2. Frank Jordan
  1. Michelle McDonald
  2. Cameron McClure Leckie
  3. Aidan McGuire
  1. Angela Harper
  2. Craig Schramm
People First / Katter's Australian Democrats Liberal National Labor Great Australian / HEART Citizens
  1. Gerard Rennick (PFP)
  2. Robert Lyon (KAP)
  1. Scott Frazer Roberts
  2. Luke Daniel Pullar
  1. Paul Scarr*
  2. Susan McDonald*
  3. Stuart Fraser
  4. Andrew Cripps
  5. Sophia Li
  6. Peter Zhuang
  1. Nita Green*
  2. Corinne Mulholland*
  3. Peter Casey
  4. Danielle Shankey
  5. Melinda Chisholm
  6. Brianna Bailey
  1. William Bay (GAP) (withdrawn)
  2. Catherine Smith (HEART)
  1. Jan Pukallus
  2. Richard Healy
Animal Justice Family First Legalise Cannabis Greens One Nation Sustainable Australia
  1. Michelle Jensz
  2. Gregory Dillon
  1. Katie Lush
  2. Karen Fuller
  1. Belinda Jones
  2. Melody Lindsay
  1. Larissa Waters*
  2. Navdeep Singh
  3. Claire Garton
  4. Jennifer Cox
  5. Melissa McArdle
  6. Kirsten Kennedy
  1. Malcolm Roberts*
  2. Geena Court
  1. Rhett Martin
  2. Ross Honniball
Libertarian Ungrouped
  1. Jim Willmott
  2. Lachlan Lade
  • Gilbert Holmes
  • Danny Donohue
  • Duke Wong
  • Jason Brown

South Australia

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Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal Party is defending three seats. The Greens are defending one seat. Senators Leah Blyth (Liberal), Don Farrell (Labor), Kerrynne Liddle (Liberal), Andrew McLachlan (Liberal), Barbara Pocock (Greens) and Penny Wong (Labor) are not up for re-election.

Libertarian FUSION Liberal Labor Animal Justice Lambie Network
  1. Tyler Green
  2. Jacob Van Raalte
  1. Imelda Adamson Agars
  2. Drew Wolfendale
  1. Alex Antic*
  2. Anne Ruston*
  3. David Fawcett
  4. Damian Wyld
  1. Marielle Smith*
  2. Karen Grogan*
  3. Charlotte Walker*
  4. Jennifer Allison
  1. Frankie Bray
  2. Julie Pastro
  1. Rex Patrick
  2. Anne Fordham
Trumpet of Patriots National Australia's Voice People First Legalise Cannabis Citizens
  1. Nicole Smeltz
  2. Bob Day
  3. Antonio Rea
  4. Matilda Bawden
  1. Monique Crossling
  2. Emma Azzopardi
  1. Jordan Shane
  2. Craig Nielsen
  1. Robert Lonie
  2. Patrick Amadio
  1. Jessica Nies
  2. Timothy Hall
  1. Louise Ackland
  2. Mark Freer
Family First Greens Sustainable Australia One Nation Ungrouped
  1. Christopher Brohier
  2. Deepa Mathew
  1. Sarah Hanson-Young*
  2. Noah Schultz-Byard
  1. Madeleine Wearne
  2. Michael Dwyer
  1. Jennifer Game
  2. Carlos Quaremba
  • Kosta Hadjimarkou
  • Janette Francis

Tasmania

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Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal Party is defending two seats. The Greens are defending one seat. The Jacqui Lambie Network is defending one seat. Wendy Askew (Liberal), Jonathon Duniam (Liberal), Helen Polley (Labor), Anne Urquhart (Labor), Tammy Tyrrell (independent) and Peter Whish-Wilson (Greens) are not up for re-election.

Sustainable Australia Liberal Trumpet of Patriots Legalise Cannabis Animal Justice Greens
  1. Dennis Bilic
  2. Pierre Richardson
  1. Claire Chandler*
  2. Richard Colbeck*
  3. Jacki Martin
  1. Wayne Moore
  2. Matt Kelly
  3. Greg Smith
  1. Matt Owen
  2. Gail Hester
  1. Casey Davies
  2. Kate Lucas
  1. Nick McKim*
  2. Vanessa Bleyer
  3. Scott Jordan
  4. Trenton Hoare
Lambie Network Libertarian One Nation Citizens Labor Shooters, Fishers & Farmers
  1. Jacqui Lambie*
  2. Christine Hannan
  1. Chrysten Abraham
  2. Nicole Armstrong
  1. Lee Hanson
  2. James Dunn
  1. Daryl Staggard
  2. Ray Williams
  1. Carol Brown*
  2. Richard Dowling*
  3. Bailey Falls
  4. Saxon O'Donnell
  5. Greg Luckman
  6. Amelia Meyers
  1. Phillip Bigg
  2. Melanie Roach
Ungrouped
  • Fenella Edwards

Victoria

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Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending two seats. The LiberalNational coalition is defending two seats. The Greens are defending one seat. Independent David Van is defending one seat. Ralph Babet (UAP), Sarah Henderson (Liberal), Bridget McKenzie (National), Jana Stewart (Labor), Lisa Darmanin (Labor) and Lidia Thorpe (independent) are not up for re-election.

Coalition Legalise Cannabis Animal Justice Indigenous-Aboriginal Australia's Voice FUSION
  1. James Paterson* (L)
  2. Jane Hume* (L)
  3. Kyle Hoppitt (L)
  4. Glenn Arnold (N)
  5. Greg Mirabella (L)
  6. Chrestyna Kmetj (L)
  1. Fiona Patten
  2. Alice Davy
  3. Shea Evans
  1. Helen Jeges
  2. Benjamin McMillan
  1. Racquel Austin-Abdullah
  2. Laylah Al-Saimary
  1. Mohamed El-Masri
  2. Harsimran Kaur
  3. Rasheed El Achkar
  1. Kammy Cordner-Hunt
  2. Simon Gnieslaw
Group G[a] Trumpet of Patriots Labor Family First One Nation Democrats
  1. Keo Vongvixay
  2. Taylor Hernan
  1. James Unkles
  2. Ronald Jean
  3. Roger Ivan McKay
  1. Raff Ciccone*
  2. Jess Walsh*
  3. Michelle Ananda-Rajah*
  4. Lynn Psaila
  5. Stephenie Kelley
  6. David Baker
  1. Bernie Finn
  2. Jane Foreman
  1. Warren Pickering
  2. Christopher Bradbury
  1. Heath McKenzie
  2. Carly Noble
Victorian Socialists Sustainable Australia People First / HEART Libertarian Greens Citizens
  1. Jordan van den Lamb
  2. Steph Price
  1. Celeste Ackerly
  2. Bert Jessup
  1. Chris Neil (PFP)
  2. Nick Clonaridis (HEART)
  1. Jordan Dittloff
  2. Matt Ford
  3. Stephen Matulec
  1. Steph Hodgins-May*
  2. Navera Ari
  3. Rachel Iampolski
  4. Maddie Slater
  5. Brittney Henderson
  6. Nasser Yawari
  1. Robert Barwick
  2. Sleiman Yohanna
Shooters, Fishers & Farmers Group T Ungrouped
  1. Ethan Constantinou
  2. Ken Vickers
  1. Raj Saini
  2. Kirti Alle
  3. Yashaswini Srinivas Kanakagiri
  • Heena Sinha Cheung
  • Susantha Abeysinghe
  • Viesha Lewand
  • Lawrence Harvey
  • Cory Corbett
  • K Black
  • David Van
  • Nate Ritter

Western Australia

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Six seats are up for election. The Labor Party is defending two seats. The Liberal Party is defending three seats. The Greens are defending one seat. Michaelia Cash (Liberal), Dorinda Cox (Greens), Sue Lines (Labor), Fatima Payman (Australia's Voice), Dean Smith (Liberal) and Glenn Sterle (Labor) are not up for re-election.

Great Australian Christians Citizens Trumpet of Patriots Sustainable Australia Democrats
  1. Rodney Cullerton[b]
  2. William Newton-Wordsworth
  1. Steve Klomp
  2. Joan Lee Ng
  1. Aisha Nancy Novakovich
  2. Rex Ryles
  1. Melissa Bannister
  2. Trent Kenneth Mongan
  3. Peter Robbins
  4. Lincoln Stewart (withdrawn)
  1. Karen Oborn
  2. Ryan Oostryck
  1. Elana Mitchell
  2. Simon Simson
Libertarian People First Greens FUSION Socialist Alliance Labor
  1. Ryan Burns
  2. Gary Nicol
  1. Madison King
  2. Jody Clune
  1. Jordon Steele-John*
  2. Simone Collins
  3. Donald Clarke
  4. Verity Ives
  5. Heather Lonsdale
  1. Tian Carrie-Wilson
  2. Tamara Alderdice
  1. Jade "Nova" Sobieralski
  2. Riley Breen
  1. Ellie Whiteaker*
  2. Varun Ghosh*
  3. Deep Singh
  4. Tarun Dewan
  5. Ally White
  6. Brock Oswald
One Nation Legalise Cannabis Animal Justice Australia's Voice Liberal National
  1. Tyron Whitten*
  2. Conor Doyle
  1. Jason Meotti
  2. Melissa Rose D'Ath
  1. Michael Anagno
  2. Grant Stewart
  1. Megan Krakouer
  2. Tano La Macchia
  1. Slade Brockman*
  2. Matt O'Sullivan*
  3. Trisha Botha
  4. Jennifer Matthews
  1. Paul Brown
  2. Jeremy Miles
Ungrouped
  • Ky Cao
  • Kim Mubarak

Summary by party

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Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party is contesting the Senate election in the respective state.

Party NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Total
HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S
Australian Labor Party 46 6 38 6 30 6 16 6 10 4 5 6 3 2 2 2 150 38
Liberal Party of Australia 37 4 35 5 16 4 10 4 5 3 3 2 106 22
Liberal National Party of Queensland 30 6 30 6
Country Liberal Party (NT) 2 2 2 2
National Party of Australia 9 2 4 1 4 2 2 2 19 7
Australian Greens 46 6 38 6 30 6 16 5 10 2 5 4 3 2 2 2 150 33
Pauline Hanson's One Nation 46 2 38 2 30 2 16 2 10 2 5 2 2 2 147 14
Trumpet of Patriots 35 3 17 3 30 3 5 4 10 4 3 3 100 20
Family First Party 25 2 27 2 30 2 9 2 1 0 92 8
Libertarian Party 25 2 16 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 46 16
Legalise Cannabis Australia 10 3 14 3 5 2 13 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 42 16
Australian Citizens Party 6 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 19 14
Gerard Rennick People First 2 1 2 1 15 1 0 2 0 2 19 7
Animal Justice Party 5 2 3 2 4 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 1 2 18 14
Fusion Party 4 2 4 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 13 10
Australian Christians 0 2 10 2 10 4
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party 7 0 0 2 1 2 8 4
Socialist Alliance 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 2 6 6
HEART Party 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 5
Victorian Socialists 4 2 4 2
Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 6
Katter's Australian Party 3 1 3 1
Australian Democrats 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 6
The Great Australian Party 0 1 1 2 1 3
Centre Alliance 1 0 1 0
Sustainable Australia 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 16
Australia's Voice 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 12
Jacqui Lambie Network 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 8
David Pocock 0 2 0 2
Independents and others 56 5 32 13 20 4 7 2 7 2 6 1 2 0 2 1 132 28
Total 366 56 278 65 238 56 108 49 77 40 32 33 14 14 13 17 1,126 330

Unregistered parties and groups

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  • The Socialist Equality Party ran for the Senate as Group B in New South Wales and Group G in Victoria. They also endorsed candidates for the seats of Calwell (Morgan Peach), Newcastle (Robert Creech) and Oxley (Mike Head) in the House of Representatives.[28]
  • The Good Party endorsed candidates for the seats of Kingsford Smith (Elsa Parker) and Page (Jordan Colless) in the House of Representatives.[29]
  • The Australia First Party endorsed candidate Jim Saleam for the seat of Lindsay in the House of Representatives.[30]
  • Public Interests Before Corporate Interests endorsed candidate Joseph Toscano for the seat of Flinders in the House of Representatives.[31]
  • The United People's Party endorsed candidate Aijaz Moinuddin for the seat of Lalor in the House of Representatives.[32]

Disendorsements and resignations

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Candidates who resign or are disendorsed as candidates after the close of nominations (10 April 2025) will still be listed as a candidate of their party on the ballot paper.

Date Party Candidate Seat Details
20 May 2024 Liberal Mark Wales Tangney Resigned due to family illness.[33]
28 July 2024 Liberal Anthony Richardson Isaacs Resigned due to a "change in personal circumstances".[34]
5 September 2024 Liberal Katie Allen Higgins Division abolished.[35] Later preselected to run for Chisholm.
5 September 2024 Greens Angelica Di Camillo Higgins Division abolished.[36]
8 September 2024 Liberal Theo Zographos Chisholm Lost preselection to Katie Allen after nominations for the seat were re-opened due to substantial changes in the AEC redistribution.[37]
12 September 2024 Liberal Gisele Kapterian North Sydney Division abolished.[38] Later preselected to run for Bradfield.
21 November 2024 Greens Jy Sandford Jagajaga Preselection overturned after breach of party's by-laws during initial voting process.[39][40] Sandford was reinstated as the candidate for Jagajaga on 23 December 2024 after a second round of preselection.[41]
10 December 2024 Liberal Paul Fletcher Bradfield Selected as candidate in July 2024, but announced retirement from politics in December 2024.[42][43]
17 December 2024 Victorian Socialists Omar Hassan Calwell Party chose not to contest seat because voters were "spoilt for choice with a number of strong candidates on the left".[44][45][46]
20 February 2025 Greens Lauren Green Wannon Withdrew candidacy due to section 44 concerns.[47]
26 February 2025 Democrats Chris Simpson Senate (Queensland) Disendorsed[48]
28 February 2025 Greens Mohamed El-Masri Calwell Withdrew candidacy and resigned from party to contest Senate as Australia's Voice lead candidate.[49][50][51]
6 March 2025 Democrats Tom Tapping Senate (Queensland) Resigned[48]
10 March 2025 Liberal Luan Walker Fraser Withdrew candidacy due to section 44 concerns.[52]
10 March 2025 Liberal Joel Drysdale Scullin Withdrew candidacy due to section 44 concerns.[52]
30 March 2025 Better Together Lucy Bradlow and Bronwyn Bock[c] Senate (Victoria) Withdrew candidacy due to Bradlow being a dual citizen, thus unable to stand under section 44 of the Constitution of Australia.[53]
3 April 2025 National Katrina Hodgkinson Whitlam Announced as a candidate on 21 February 2025 by National Party leader David Littleproud,[54] but withdrew her candidacy on 3 April 2025, to avoid a three-cornered contest with the Liberals and Labor.[55]
6 April 2025 Libertarian Prem Wakeman Hunter Announced as a candidate on 19 March 2025, but party withdrew and endorsed One Nation candidate Stuart Bonds to avoid helping Labor retain the seat.[56][57][58]
6 April 2025 Liberal Ben Britton Whitlam Endorsed as the Liberal candidate for Whitlam in December 2024,[59] but disendorsed on 6 April 2025[60] after earlier controversial statements came to light two days before.[61]
9 April 2025 Sustainable Australia Fenella Edwards Senate (Tasmania) Disendorsed for unknown reasons; contesting election as ungrouped independent candidate.[62]
10 April 2025 Fusion Kerry Graham Senate (Tasmania) Announced as candidate but did not contest for unknown reasons.[63][64]
10 April 2025 Close of nominations
14 April 2025 Family First Malachi Brogden Hearne Longman Disendorsed for homophobic and white supremacist social media posts.[48]
16 April 2025 Greens Owen Fitzgerald Franklin Withdrew after discovering he held dual citizenship in New Zealand by descent.[65][66]
21 April 2025 Trumpet of Patriots Jason Smart Flinders Withdrew in protest over party how-to-vote card decisions.[67][68]
22 April 2025 Legalise Cannabis Paul Gullan Canning Disendorsed for antisemitic social media posts.[69][70]
23 April 2025 Great Australian William Bay Senate (Queensland) Resigned from party over concerns regarding potential misuse of party funds and undermining of his campaign by party leadership.[71]
24 April 2025 Trumpet of Patriots Lincoln Stewart Senate (Western Australia) Resigned from party over how-to-vote card decisions.[72][73]
28 April 2025 Trumpet of Patriots Mark Aldridge Makin Resigned from party over concerns regarding its approach to campaigning and how-to-vote card decisions.[74]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Candidates in this group were endorsed by the Socialist Equality Party, which does not have registered party status but still ran candidates as independents.
  2. ^ While 'Culleton' is the correct spelling of his name, a typo in his nomination documents led to 'Cullerton' being listed on the ballot.
  3. ^ Bradlow and Bock intended to run as "job sharing candidates". The AEC stated they would be required to reject the nomination, as electoral law does not allow two people to share a nomination for one seat.

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