Canberra
Results and projection across recent federal elections.
Projection for Canberra
The line traces Canberra's real 2025 primary vote forward using the polling trend for inner-metropolitan seats nationally — not a poll of this seat specifically, and that category has only around 28 polls tracked over 14 months across every seat of its kind in the country, so read the shape of the line as directional, not a precise forecast. ACT has no dedicated state-level polling of its own (too few seats for a pollster to break out), so unlike most other states, Canberra's actual projection number really is classification-only, same as this chart's shape. There's only one projection number for Canberra, this is just showing how the polling got there.
Two-candidate-preferred, 2028 projection — the top two contenders are recalculated from the projected primary votes above (so a surging party can break into contention even if it wasn't one of the top two last election), and every other party's vote is distributed between them as preferences using standard flow assumptions, not seat-specific sourced preference data. The win-probability figure above comes from a separate 10,000-run Monte Carlo simulation (see the Election Map page for methodology) built on this same TCP margin — it's how often that margin survives national polling uncertainty plus seat-level noise, not a different projection.
Canberra
Ancestry
People could report up to two ancestries. Grouped by region from the ABS's own top-5 responses for this seat — smaller regions outside that list aren't counted.
Language spoken at home
Language spoken most often at home.
Religious affiliation
All people. Christian combines denominations in the ABS's own top-5 responses for this seat — smaller denominations outside that list aren't counted. Other faiths shown individually.
Education (highest level attained)
People aged 15+. University Educated: Bachelor degree or higher. TAFE Educated: Certificate or Diploma. High School: no further qualification.
Housing
Households. Owned (No Mortgage) / Owned (Active Mortgage) / Renting.
Occupation
Employed people (15+). White collar: Managers, Professionals, Clerical & Administrative, Sales. Blue collar: Trades, Community & Personal Service, Machinery Operators, Labourers.
Past Results | Canberra
| 2022 | 2025 | Projection | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALP | 44.9% | 48.3% | 40.2% |
| LIB | 21.8% | 18.3% | 14.9% |
| GRN | 24.7% | 19.8% | 19.4% |
| ONP | 1.7% | — | 16.7% |
| Independent | 5.2% | 10.9% | 7.2% |
| Other | 1.8% | 2.7% | 1.7% |
Latest update: 2 October 2026