Australian Federal & State Elections
The Australian federal election will be held on Saturday 14 September 2013.
Early (in-person) voting will be offered at the Australian High Commission New Delhi and the Australian Consulates in Chennai and Mumbai from Monday 2 September 2013. Election arrangements including voting times will be published on this page closer to the election.
In the meantime, you can find information relating to being overseas at election time on the Australian Electoral Commission’s website www.aec.gov.au or contact the AEC via e-mail [email protected], or by calling +61 2 6273 8606.
Western Australian State Election - 9 March 2013:
Western Australian State election has been announced for 9 March 2013. A travel bulletin informing electors overseas of the election and available voting options was posted on the smartraveller website. For more information please refer to
http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/TravelBulletins/Western_Australia_State_Election_9March_2013
You can also contact WAEC :
for general enquiries: [email protected],
for postal voting enquiries: [email protected],
Telephone: +61 8 9214 0400.
Queensland De-amalgamation Polls - 9 March 2013:
On Saturday, 9 March 2013 there will be De-amalgamation polls held for the previous Local Government areas of Douglas, Livingstone, Noosa and Mareeba.
For more information please refer to: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/TravelBulletins/Queensland_Local_Government_Election_March_2013