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Australian Electoral Commission
NOTE: This media release relates to the 2025 federal election, not the WA state election in March.
The AEC is notifying more than 130,000 households in Western Australia that they are enrolled in a different electoral division after federal boundaries were redrawn in the state last year.
AEC State Manager for Western Australia Anita Ratcliffe said that a federal election must be held sometime in the next four months.
“With a federal election due by May it is important that voters are familiar with the seat they’ll be voting in for the House of Representatives,” Ms Ratcliffe said.
“It is particularly important here in Western Australia given there is also a state election occurring in March. It’s important that people know there are different seats for different elections.”
“Redrawn federal boundaries mean a lot of people will be voting in different seats than the last federal election in 2022, so we’re letting them know in a few ways including by sending letters and running ads on social media.”
“There will be an automatic change made on their enrolment record but the action required by voters is simply to know what their seat is ahead of time so they can be prepared when they’re thinking about who they might vote for.”
Editor’s notes:
The AEC acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.