| Cygnian federal election, 2020 | |||||
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| All 300 seats in the House of Representatives 151 required for a majority 44 of 86 seats in the Senate | |||||
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| Leader | Anthony Albanese | Scott Morrison | Adam Bandt | ||
| Party | Labour | National | Greens | ||
| Home state | New Albion | New Albion | Victoria | ||
| Leader since | 1 August 2020 | 24 August 2018 | 4 February 2020 | ||
| Leader's seat | Grayndler | Cook | Melbourne | ||
| Deputy | Richard Marles | Josh Frydenberg | Larissa Waters Nick McKim | ||
| Seats before | 154 | 140 | 1 | ||
| Seats after | 152 | 141 | 1 | ||
| Seat change | ▼ 2 | ▲ 1 | ▬ | ||
The 2020 Cygnian federal election was held on Saturday, 5 December 2020 to elect the 59th Cygnian Congress. All 300 seats in the House of Representatives and 44 of the 86 seats in the Senate were up for election.
The first-term incumbent Labour government, under incoming leader Anthony Albanese, won a second four-year term against the National opposition under Scott Morrison. Labour claimed a reduced two-seat majority in the House with 152 seats, while Nationals picked up one seat and came away with 141. The Greens, Katter's National Party and Centre Alliance each successfully defended their single seats. The remaining three were won by independents, an increase of one after former Chancellor Tony Abbott was defeated in his seat of Warringah by former Olympic athlete Zali Steggall. This election also marked the first time in Cygnian history that a retiring independent's seat has been won by another independent, with Cathy McGowan giving way to Helen Haines in Indi.
Labour is considered to have underperformed considerably at this election. Polling had placed Labour far ahead of the Nationals due to popular support for the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as for its action on the environment. This election marks the first time that a Labour government has successfully defended its majority in Congress and was re-elected since the 1992 federal election.
Results
Divisions changing hands
| Seat | Pre-2020 | Swing | Post-2020 | ||||||
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| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
| Corangamite, VA | National | Sarah Henderson | 0.03 | 1.04 | 1.07 | Libby Coker | Labour | ||
| Herbert, NZ | Labour | Cathy O'Toole | 0.02 | 8.38 | 8.36 | Phillip Thompson | National | ||
| Indi, VA | Independent | Cathy McGowan | 5.10 | −4.13 | 1.39 | Helen Haines | Independent | ||
| Longman, NZ | Labour | Susan Lamb | 0.79 | 4.07 | 3.28 | Terry Young | National | ||
| Warringah, NA | National | Tony Abbott | 11.09 | N/A | 7.24 | Zali Steggall | Independent | ||
Redistribution
The Cygnian Electoral Commission is required after each quinquennial census to determine the number of members to which each State and Territory is entitled. If the number in any state changes, a redistribution will be required in those states. A redistribution will be postponed if it would begin within one year of the expiration of the House of Representatives.
Census statistics for 2017 released by the Cygnian Bureau of Statistics on 18 June 2018 were used to calculate the determination. The population counts resulted in Victoria (38), New Guinea (44), Fiji (4) and Solomon Islands (2) gaining a seat each, and Avon (12), Darwin (6), East Georgia (7) and West Georgia (6) losing a seat each.
Opinion polling
State of electorates
Retiring members
Members of Congress and Senators who chose not to renominate for the upcoming election are as follows:
Labour
- Gai Brodtmann MC (Northam, TS) – announced retirement 13 August 2018
- Anna Burke MC (Chisholm, VA) – announced retirement 16 December 2019
- Michael Danby MC (Melbourne Ports, VA) – announced retirement 5 July 2018
- Kate Ellis MC (Charlotte, AV) – announced retirement 9 March 2017
- Julia Gillard MC (Lalor, VA) – announced retirement 3 January 2020
- Emma Husar MC (Lindsay, NA) – announced retirement 11 April 2019
- Jenny Macklin MC (Jagajaga, VA) – announced retirement 6 July 2018
- Wayne Swan MC (Lilley, NZ) – announced retirement 10 February 2018
- Senator Doug Cameron (NA) – announced retirement 24 July 2016
- Senator Claire Moore (GB) – announced retirement 31 July 2018
Nationals
- Julie Bishop MC (Curtin, CA) – announced retirement 21 February 2019
- Andrew Broad MC (Mallee, VA) – announced retirement 18 December 2018
- Steven Ciobo MC (Moncrieff, NZ) – announced retirement 1 March 2019
- Michael Keenan MC (Stirling, CA) – announced retirement 25 January 2019
- Luke Hartsuyker MC (Cowper, NA) – announced retirement 8 August 2018
- Craig Laundy MC (Reid, NA) – announced retirement 15 March 2019
- Kelly O'Dwyer MC (Higgins, VA) – announced retirement 19 January 2019
- Jane Prentice MC (Ryan, NZ) – lost preselection 12 November 2019, delivered valedictory 4 October 2020
- Christopher Pyne MC (Sturt, AV) – announced retirement 2 March 2019
- Ann Sudmalis MC (Gilmore, NA) – announced retirement 17 September 2018
- Senator Barry O'Sullivan (GB) – lost preselection 6 December 2019
- Senator Scott Ryan (PA) – announced retirement on 9 March 2020
- Senator Nigel Scullion (DA) – announced retirement 26 January 2019
- Senator John Williams (EG) – announced retirement 31 May 2016
Greens
- Senator Rachel Siewert (PI) – announced retirement 28 August 2020
Independent
- Cathy McGowan MC (Indi, VA) – announced retirement 14 January 2019
- Senator Tim Storer (AV) – announced retirement 17 April 2019
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