MEDIA RELEASE

17 September 2024

Record enrolment: Canberrans are ready to vote for Canberra’s future.

Elections ACT has announced that following the preliminary close of rolls on Friday 13 September, 318,603 Canberrans are enrolled to vote in the 2024 ACT Legislative Assembly election.

ACT Electoral Commissioner, Mr Damian Cantwell AM CSC, stated that the ACT continues to achieve remarkable enrolment rates, with around 98% of eligible residents registered.

‘It is gratifying to see such a comprehensive participation; and for the few eligible people who are not yet enrolled, there is still time.’ Mr Cantwell said.

‘While Canberrans can no longer update their existing enrolment, eligible ACT residents yet to enrol can do so up to and including the final day of voting, Saturday 19 October.’ Mr Cantwell added.

318,603 people are currently on the ACT electoral roll and eligible to vote, up from the 306,000 electors eligible to vote in the 2020 ACT election.

Editor’s Notes:

• While the deadline for enrolment updates from one ACT address to another has now passed, anyone who is new to the ACT electoral roll can enrol up to, and on, the final day of voting, 19 October.
  • This includes people enrolling for the first time and those changing their enrolment from an interstate address.
• Enrolment statistics by electoral division and statistics from previous elections are available below.
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Enrolment for the five ACT electoral divisions

Enrolments for previous Legislative Assembly elections

*2024 enrolment figures reflect the preliminary close of rolls. eligible ACT residents yet to enrol can do so up to and including the final day of voting.

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Media contact:

Viviana.torres@act.gov.au

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