The balance between left and right in the upper house may not swing wildly, but even one or two seats changing hands could prove crucial
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The Senate elected in 2022 had a clear progressive majority. That is likely to continue in 2025, but there are a number of close races, with potential for minor parties to pick up more seats.
There were two unprecedented results in 2022. The left-leaning independent David Pocock defeated Liberal Zed Seselja for the second seat in the ACT after almost 50 years when the territory consistently elected one Labor and one Liberal senator. And Labor won three seats in Western Australia for the first time at a six-seat election, with one Greens senator also elected.
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