[1] The result meant that the Labor Party, which had been in office for 19 years at this election, won a sixth consecutive term of government in the Territory.

[6] The incumbent Labor Party led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr was attempting to win re-election for a sixth term in the 25-member unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly.

Joy Burch* Cathy Day Brendan Forde Mick Gentleman* Taimus Werner-Gibbings James Daniels Jane Hiatt Nicole Lawder* Mark Parton* Andrew Wall Johnathan Davis* Sue Ellerman Laura Nuttall Jannah Fahiz Robyn Soxsmith Jacob Gowor Matthew Knight Andrew Clapham Bruce Willett Greg Baynham Adrian Olley Jason Potter Scott Sandford Five seats were up for election.

Yvette Berry* Tara Cheyne* Sue Ducker Greg Lloyd Gordon Ramsay Peter Cain* Robert Gunning Elizabeth Kikkert* Kacey Lam Ignatius Rozario Jo Clay* Tim Liersch Katt Millner Vijay Dubey Chic Henry Angela Lount Bill Stefaniak Alan Tutt Carolyne Drew Lara Drew Dominic De Luca Guy Jakeman Paul Gabriel Mark O'Connor Matthew Ogilvie Oliver Smith Helen McClure Ian McClure Oksana Demetrios Sok Kheng Ngep Jonathan Stavridis Mignonne Cullen (Ind) Five seats were up for election.

Judy Anderson Andrew Barr* Jacob Ingram Maddy Northam Rachel Stephen-Smith* Candice Burch Rattesh Gumber Robert Johnson Elizabeth Lee* Patrick Pentony Adriana Boisen Michael Brewer Shane Rattenbury* Rebecca Vassarotti* Tim Bohm Peta Anne Bryant Therese Faulkner Serrin Rutledge-Prior Julie Smith Joy Angel John Haydon Sophia Forner Petar Johnson Alix O'Hara Alvin Hopper Robyn Williams Marilena Damiano (Ind) Bruce Paine (Ind) Five seats were up for election.

Bec Cody Tim Dobson Brendan Long Marisa Paterson* Chris Steel* Ed Cocks Jeremy Hanson* Giulia Jones* Amardeep Singh Sarah Suine Terry Baker Emma Davidson* Tjanara Goreng Goreng Robert Knight Stephen Lin Rohan Byrnes Andrew Demetrios Richard Forner Jackson Hillman Peter Veenstra Yana del Valle Edmund Handby Geoff Buckmaster Jill Mail Mark Gilmayer Gordon Yeatman Fiona Carrick (Ind) Lee Perren-Leveridge (Ind) Brendan Whyte (Ind) Five seats were up for election.

Tom Fischer Deepak-Raj Gupta Suzanne Orr* Michael Pettersson* Georgia Phillips Leanne Castley* Alistair Coe* James Milligan Krishna Nadimpalli Jacob Vadakkedathu Andrew Braddock* Mainul Haque Mike Stelzig Bethany Williams Bernie Brennan Francine Horne John Kearsley Scott Young Olivia Helmore Bernie Strang David Pollard Stephanie Pollard Mohammad Munir Hussain (AFP) Helen Cross (Ind) Fuxin Li (Ind) ACT Liberals candidate for Kurrajong, Robert Johnson, was alleged to have been the director of the ACT branch of the Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China, an organisation belonging to the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, which is an umbrella organisation connected to the Chinese Communist Party, according to a 9 October 2020 article from the Canberra Times, which claims that his appointment to the position was reported on the parent organisation's official website.

[17][18] An earlier Canberra Times article from 2 October 2020 also reported that Robert Johnson had featured in a China Central Television documentary which claimed that he served in the Australian Army in Afghanistan.

[20] ACT Liberals leader Alistair Coe denies allegations that Robert Johnson, who is also known as Jiang Jialiang (江嘉梁), has ties to the Chinese Communist Party.