Editing Elections in Australia (section)

==Electoral Commissions==
{{See also|Electoral system of Australia|Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories}}
Elections in Australia (Commonwealth, State or Territory) are organised by their respective electoral commissions, as follows:

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! colspan="5" style="font-size:100%; background:#cef; text-align:center;" |'''Electoral Commissions'''
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!  Jurisdiction !! Electoral Commission (year established) 
!Periodic oversight of legislative seat contests in any given election
!Date of most recent major election
!Next major election scheduled for / required by
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| rowspan="2" | {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia|Commonwealth]]|| rowspan="2" | [[Australian Electoral Commission]] (1984) 
|[[Lower house]]: All 150 seats in the [[Australian House of Representatives]] (every 3 years)
| rowspan="2"| [[2025 Australian federal election|3 May 2025]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Next Australian federal election|2028]]
|-
|[[Upper house]]: 40 (of the 76) seats in the [[Australian Senate]] (every 3 years)
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{Flag|New South Wales}}|| rowspan="2" | [[New South Wales Electoral Commission]] (2006)
|Lower house: All 93 seats in the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] (every 4 years)
| rowspan="2" |[[2023 New South Wales state election|25 March 2023]]
| rowspan="2" |[[2027 New South Wales state election|27 March 2027]]
|-
|Upper house: 21 (of the 42) seats in the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]] (every 4 years)
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{Flag|Victoria}}|| rowspan="2" | [[Victorian Electoral Commission]] (2002)
|Lower house: All 88 seats in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] (every 4 years)
| rowspan="2" |[[2022 Victorian state election|26 November 2022]]
| rowspan="2" |[[2026 Victorian state election|28 November 2026]]
|-
|Upper house: All 40 seats in the [[Victorian Legislative Council]] (every 4 years)
|-
| {{Flag|Queensland}}|| [[Electoral Commission of Queensland]] (1992)
|[[Unicameralism|Unicameral]]: All 93 seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of Queensland]] (every 4 years)
|[[2024 Queensland state election|26 October 2024]]
|28 October 2028
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{Flag|Western Australia}}|| rowspan="2" | [[Western Australian Electoral Commission]] (1987)
|Lower house: All 59 seats in the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly]] (every 4 years)
| rowspan="2" |[[2025 Western Australian state election|8 March 2025]]
| rowspan="2" |2029
|-
|Upper house: All 36 members in the [[Western Australian Legislative Council]] (every 4 years)
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{Flag|South Australia}}|| rowspan="2" | [[Electoral Commission of South Australia]] (2009) 
|Lower house: All 47 seats in the [[South Australian House of Assembly]] (every 4 years)
| rowspan="2" |[[2022 South Australian state election|19 March 2022]]
| rowspan="2" |[[2026 South Australian state election|21 March 2026]]
|-
|Upper house: 11 (of the 22) seats in the [[South Australian Legislative Council]] (every 4 years)
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{Flag|Tasmania}}|| rowspan="2" | [[Tasmanian Electoral Commission]] (2005) 
|Lower house: All 25 seats in the [[Tasmanian House of Assembly]] (every 4 years)
|[[2024 Tasmanian state election|23 March 2024]]
|[[Next Tasmanian state election|3 June 2028]]
|-
|Upper house: 2 or 3 (of the 15 seats) in the [[Tasmanian Legislative Council]] (every year) 
|[[2025 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election|24 May 2025]]
|2026
|-
| {{Flag|Australian Capital Territory}}|| [[Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission]] (1992)
|Unicameral: All 25 seats of the [[Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly]] (every 4 years)
|[[2024 Australian Capital Territory election|19 October 2024]]
|21 October 2028
|-
| {{Flag|Northern Territory}}|| [[Northern Territory Electoral Commission]] (2004) 
|Unicameral: All 25 seats in the [[Northern Territory Legislative Assembly]] (every 4 years)
|[[2024 Northern Territory general election|24 August 2024]]
|26 August 2028
|-
|}

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The [[Australian Electoral Commission]] (AEC) is the federal government agency responsible for organising, conducting and supervising federal elections, by-elections and [[Referendums in Australia|referendums]]. The AEC is also responsible for setting electoral boundaries and [[Redistribution (Australia)|redistributions]], and maintains the Commonwealth [[electoral roll#Australia|electoral roll]]. State and Territory Electoral Commissions perform an equivalent role for State and Territory elections. The Australian electoral roll is also used by the state and territory Electoral Commissions to conduct State, Territory and local government elections, except Western Australia which maintains its own electoral roll.