Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Announced Date for Federal Election in Australia

Elections in Australia: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the date of Federal elections in the country. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the election date in Parliament House of Canberra on Friday (March 28). He said that federal elections will be held in the country on May 3 (Saturday). The people of Australia will use their franchise. In this election in Australia, the main contest is between the ruling party Labor Party and the opposition party Liberal Party led by Peter Don.

Prime Minister met Governor General to dissolve Parliament

According to The Guardian report, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Governor General Sam Mostin to dissolve the country’s 47th Parliament on Friday (March 28) and discussed the parties to form an election campaign for five weeks to form the next government in the country.

There will be a tough competition between ruling and opposition party

It is noteworthy that in the 150 -seat Australia Parliament, the ruling party Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, has 78 seats, in which the Labor Party has two seats more than the majority figure. At the same time, the opposition Liberal Party led by Peter Donne has 54 seats in Parliament.

On 3 May, Vote Labor to Keep Building Australia’s future. pic.twitter.com/1ozalrp94s

– Anthony Albanese (@Albomp) March 28, 2025

This means that the Liberal Party will have to face a tough challenge in the election to get a majority in the country’s Parliament. While Anthony Albanese is adamant that the government may return on its own in this election, although most opinion polls have predicted instability in the Australian Parliament.

Albanese wants to make records in the country

Labor Party leader and Prime Minister of the country Anthony Albanese wishes to become the first Prime Minister to win the second term after John Howard in 1998. Albanese argued for a second term in the country, saying, “It will always take more than three years to clean the dirt spread by the previous coalition governments in the country.”