2027 Australian Federal Election (Usernamebackwards)

The 2027 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 23 November 2024 to elect members of the 49th Parliament of Australia, and was held concurrently with the 2027 Presidential Election. The incumbent Labor Government led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese secured a third term in office in a coalition with The Greens. This was the first election using multi-member districts on the federal level, after the Electoral Act (Proportional Representation Amendment) was passed in 2025. Up for election were all 178 seats in the lower house, the House of Representatives, and all 89 seats in the upper house, the Senate.

Changes to the Electoral Act
Following the 2024 Australian Federal Election the Labor Party went into a confidence and supply agreement with The Greens. Part of this agreement was to implement proportional representation, which came in the form of the Electoral Act (Proportional Representation Amendment). This amendment stated that each state's apportioned lower house seats would be divided between 7, 5, and 3 member districts. The members for these districts would then be elected via Single Transferable Vote, using the Droop Quota.

Following a recommendation from the JSCEM the size of the parliament was also increased to reduce the size of electorates. Because of the Nexus and method for apportionment of seats this required the size of the Senate to be increased: so each state's number of senators was increased to 14, the ACT's to 3, and the NT remaining on 2 senators. This allowed the House to expand to 178 members.

Following a recommendation from the JSCEM the House of Representatives was switched to fixed 3 year terms (and the senate to fixed 6 year terms), taking the power to call an election away from the Prime Minister. Elections will be held on the last Saturday of June unless a no-confidence vote is passed in the government and no new government can be formed in 4 week; in which case a double dissolution election is called for the next possible date to fulfill the rest of the term.

Republic Referendum
In the lead up to the 2024 election the Labor Party announced their intention to hold a Republic Referendum if they were returned to office. After the election work on the referendum started almost immediately, with the referendum itself being held on 7 February 2026. The question――which was 'Do you support altering the Constitution to establish Australia as a Republic with the Governor General replaced with a ceremonial President who is elected in a manner decided by national plebiscite at a later date'―― comfortably passed with 60.3% voting yes, and a majority voting yes in every state.

The method of election of the President was decided by a National Plebiscite on 1 August 2026.
 * The President would be elected by the public in a national election.
 * Any Australian Citizen eligible to be a Member of Parliament could nominate, providing they had the signatures of 5 Parliamentarians, or 750 electors.