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class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg/110px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg/165px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg/220px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="397" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="color:#222; text-align:center;"> <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Australia" title="Constitution of Australia">Constitution</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#FFCD00; color:#222;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy"><span style="color:var(--color-base, #101112)">Monarchy</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Australia" title="Monarchy of Australia">Monarch</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mostyn" title="Sam Mostyn">Sam Mostyn</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#FFCD00; color:#222;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Government" title="Australian Government"><span style="color:var(--color-base, #101112)">Executive</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Anthony Albanese</a> (ALP)</li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Australia">Deputy Prime Minister</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Marles" title="Richard Marles">Richard Marles</a> (ALP)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Federal_Executive_Council_(Australia)" title="Federal Executive Council (Australia)">Federal Executive Council</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_ministries" title="List of Australian ministries">Ministry</a> <a href="/wiki/Albanese_ministry" title="Albanese ministry">Albanese ministry</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Australia" 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<ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Australia" title="High Court of Australia">High Court of Australia</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_High_Court_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia">Chief Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gageler" title="Stephen Gageler">Stephen Gageler</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Keane" title="Patrick Keane">Keane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Gordon" title="Michelle Gordon">Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Edelman" title="James Edelman">Edelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Steward_(judge)" title="Simon Steward (judge)">Steward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Gleeson" title="Jacqueline Gleeson">Gleeson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Beech-Jones" title="Robert Beech-Jones">Beech-Jones</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Federal_Court_of_Australia" title="Federal Court of Australia">Federal Court of Australia</a></b></li></ul> 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federal election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Australian_federal_election" title="2013 Australian federal election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Australian_federal_election" title="2010 Australian federal election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">2007</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system_of_Australia" title="Electoral system of Australia">Federal electoral system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Electorates of the Australian House of Representatives">Electoral divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_federal_by-elections" title="List of Australian federal by-elections">By-elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_Australia" title="Referendums in Australia">Referendums and plebiscites</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration_in_Australia" title="Voter registration 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Elections in all jurisdictions follow similar principles, although there are minor variations between them. The elections for the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Australian Parliament</a> are held under the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system_of_Australia" title="Electoral system of Australia">federal electoral system</a>, which is uniform throughout the country, and the elections for state and territory Parliaments are held under the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_systems_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories">electoral system of each state and territory</a>. An <a href="/wiki/Election_day" title="Election day">election day</a> is always a Saturday, but <a href="/wiki/Early_voting" title="Early voting">early voting</a> is allowed in the lead-up to it. </p><p>Part IV of Chapter 1 of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Constitution">Australian Constitution</a> briefly deals with eligibility for voting and election to the federal Australian Parliament. It does not prescribe how elections should be conducted.<sup id="cite_ref-poon_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Election campaigns and associated political advertisements are subject to some regulation. <a href="/wiki/Political_funding_in_Australia" title="Political funding in Australia">Public funding of political parties</a> and party registration was introduced in 1983. </p><p>Voting for the federal and each state and territory parliament is compulsory for Australian citizens over the age of 18. Voting is almost entirely conducted using paper ballots. The <a href="/wiki/Informal_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Informal vote">informal vote</a> is not usually significant, but a <a href="/wiki/Donkey_vote" title="Donkey vote">donkey vote</a> is more common, and may have a deciding impact in marginal seats. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliaments">Parliaments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Parliaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Voting for the federal and each state and territory parliament is compulsory for Australian citizens over the age of 18. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_Parliament">Federal Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Federal Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Parliament of Australia</a></div> <p>The Australian Parliament consists of <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">two chambers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> (commonly also referred as the <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">lower house</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senate</a> (also referred as the <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">upper house</a>). The House of Representatives has 151 members, elected for a maximum term of three years in single-member <a href="/wiki/Constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency">constituencies</a> (each approximately equal in voters). Elections are conducted by a system of <a href="/wiki/Preferential_voting" title="Preferential voting">preferential voting</a> (also called alternative voting or <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">instant-runoff voting</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-ahp_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ahp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Senate has 76 senators, elected through a preferential system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> with a system of <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a>, with each state constituting a single <a href="/wiki/Constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency">constituency</a> normally returning 6 senators every three years and each territory constituting a single constituency returning two senators. Electors in the two territories elect senators for non-fixed terms that are defined by the term of the House of Representatives. State senators normally serve fixed six-year terms, with half of the seats in each State expiring every three years. 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The <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_House_of_Assembly" title="South Australian House of Assembly">House of Assembly</a> (lower house) comprises 47 members elected by preferential voting every 4 years from single member electorates. The <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Legislative_Council" title="South Australian Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a> (upper house) comprises 22 members elected by proportional representation of single transferable vote every 8 years.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Queensland">Queensland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Queensland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Queensland" title="Parliament of Queensland">Parliament of Queensland</a> is unicameral, consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Queensland" title="Legislative Assembly of Queensland">Legislative Assembly</a> of 93 members now elected for a 4 year term from single member electorates using <a href="/wiki/Optional_preferential_voting" title="Optional preferential voting">fully preferential voting</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Western_Australia">Western Australia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Western Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Western_Australia" title="Parliament of Western Australia">Parliament of Western Australia</a> consists of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a> and the Legislative Council. The Legislative Assembly has 57 members elected for a four-year term, unless dissolved earlier, from single member electorates using fully preferential voting. The Legislative Council has 37 members elected for a fixed term of 4 years, in a 'whole of state' electorate using preferential proportional representation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_Commissions">Electoral Commissions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Electoral Commissions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system_of_Australia" title="Electoral system of Australia">Electoral system of Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electoral_systems_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories">Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories</a></div> <p>Elections in Australia (Commonwealth, State or Territory) are organised by their respective electoral commissions, as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="float: left;" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="font-size:100%; background:#cef; text-align:center;"><b>Electoral Commissions</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Jurisdiction</th> <th>Electoral Commission (year established) </th> <th>Periodic oversight of legislative seat contests in any given election </th> <th>Date of most recent major election </th> <th>Next major election scheduled for / required by </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Commonwealth</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission" title="Australian Electoral Commission">Australian Electoral Commission</a> (1984) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">Lower house</a>: All 151 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian House of Representatives</a> (every 3 years) </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">21 May 2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_Australian_federal_election" title="2025 Australian federal election">24 May 2025</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper house</a>: 40 (of the 76) seats in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Australian Senate</a> (every 3 years) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_Australian_federal_election" title="2025 Australian federal election">28 September 2025</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Electoral_Commission" title="New South Wales Electoral Commission">New South Wales Electoral Commission</a> (2006) </td> <td>Lower house: All 93 seats in the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly" title="New South Wales Legislative Assembly">New South Wales Legislative Assembly</a> (every 4 years) </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2023_New_South_Wales_state_election" title="2023 New South Wales state election">25 March 2023</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2027_New_South_Wales_state_election" title="2027 New South Wales state election">27 March 2027</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Upper house: 21 (of the 42) seats in the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Council" title="New South Wales Legislative Council">New South Wales Legislative Council</a> (every 4 years) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Electoral_Commission" title="Victorian Electoral Commission">Victorian Electoral Commission</a> (2002) </td> <td>Lower house: All 88 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Victorian Legislative Assembly">Victorian Legislative Assembly</a> (every 4 years) </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2022_Victorian_state_election" title="2022 Victorian state election">26 November 2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2026_Victorian_state_election" title="2026 Victorian state election">28 November 2026</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Upper house: All 40 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Council" title="Victorian Legislative Council">Victorian Legislative Council</a> (every 4 years) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_Queensland" title="Electoral Commission of Queensland">Electoral Commission of Queensland</a> (1992) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">Unicameral</a>: All 93 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Queensland" title="Legislative Assembly of Queensland">Legislative Assembly of Queensland</a> (every 4 years) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Queensland_state_election" title="2020 Queensland state election">31 October 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Queensland_state_election" title="2024 Queensland state election">26 October 2024</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Electoral_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Australian Electoral Commission">Western Australian Electoral Commission</a> (1987) </td> <td>Lower house: All 59 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">Western Australian Legislative Assembly</a> (every 4 years) </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2021_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2021 Western Australian state election">13 March 2021</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2025_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2025 Western Australian state election">8 March 2025</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Upper house: All 36 members in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council" title="Western Australian Legislative Council">Western Australian Legislative Council</a> (every 4 years) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_South_Australia" title="Electoral Commission of South Australia">Electoral Commission of South Australia</a> (2009) </td> <td>Lower house: All 47 seats in the <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_House_of_Assembly" title="South Australian House of Assembly">South Australian House of Assembly</a> (every 4 years) </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2022_South_Australian_state_election" title="2022 South Australian state election">19 March 2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2026_South_Australian_state_election" title="2026 South Australian state election">21 March 2026</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Upper house: 11 (of the 22) seats in the <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Legislative_Council" title="South Australian Legislative Council">South Australian Legislative Council</a> (every 4 years) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Electoral_Commission" title="Tasmanian Electoral Commission">Tasmanian Electoral Commission</a> (2005) </td> <td>Lower house: All 25 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_House_of_Assembly" title="Tasmanian House of Assembly">Tasmanian House of Assembly</a> (every 4 years) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Tasmanian_state_election" title="2024 Tasmanian state election">23 March 2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Next_Tasmanian_state_election" title="Next Tasmanian state election">3 June 2028</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Upper house: 2 or 3 (of the 15 seats) in the <a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Legislative_Council" title="Tasmanian Legislative Council">Tasmanian Legislative Council</a> (every year) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Tasmanian_Legislative_Council_periodic_election" title="2024 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election">4 May 2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_Tasmanian_Legislative_Council_periodic_election" title="2025 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election">2025</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory_Electoral_Commission" title="Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission">Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission</a> (1992) </td> <td>Unicameral: All 25 seats of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory_Legislative_Assembly" title="Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly">Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly</a> (every 4 years) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Australian_Capital_Territory_election" title="2020 Australian Capital Territory election">17 October 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Australian_Capital_Territory_election" title="2024 Australian Capital Territory election">19 October 2024</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, 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<p>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission" title="Australian Electoral Commission">Australian Electoral Commission</a> (AEC) is the federal government agency responsible for organising, conducting and supervising federal elections, by-elections and <a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_Australia" title="Referendums in Australia">referendums</a>. The AEC is also responsible for setting electoral boundaries and <a href="/wiki/Redistribution_(Australia)" title="Redistribution (Australia)">redistributions</a>, and maintains the Commonwealth <a href="/wiki/Electoral_roll#Australia" title="Electoral roll">electoral roll</a>. State and Territory Electoral Commissions perform an equivalent role for State and Territory elections. The Australian electoral roll is also used by the state and territory Electoral Commissions to conduct State, Territory and local government elections, except Western Australia which maintains its own electoral roll. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voter_enrolment">Voter enrolment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Voter enrolment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration_in_Australia" title="Voter registration in Australia">Enrolment on the electoral roll</a>, known in some other countries as <a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">registration</a>, is compulsory for all Australian citizens aged 18 years and over. Residents in Australia who had been enrolled as <a href="/wiki/British_subjects" class="mw-redirect" title="British subjects">British subjects</a> on 25 January 1984 continue to be enrolled and vote.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Almost 163,000 voters were recorded as British subjects on the electoral roll in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p><p>As of 2024, the deadline to enroll or update enrolment information such as address is 7 days after the <a href="/wiki/Writ_of_election" title="Writ of election">writ of election</a> is issued.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_day">Election day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Election day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each jurisdiction has its own laws and customs as to when elections in the jurisdiction will take place. However, state and territory elections cannot, by federal law, take place within a week before or after a federal election. </p><p>Since 1912, federal elections have been held on Saturdays. </p><p>Although elections for the House of Representatives have usually corresponded to half-elections of the Senate, the rules which determine when the elections occur differ. Under the Constitution, the House of Representatives lasts no more than three years after it first meets, but may be dissolved earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-ahp_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ahp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the House is dissolved or expires, <a href="/wiki/Writ_of_election" title="Writ of election">writs for election</a> must be issued within 10 days<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the election must be held on a Saturday between 33 and 58 days after the writs have been issued. The next House must meet within 140 days of the writs being issued. </p><p>The terms of senators representing the states are of fixed duration (unless Parliament is dissolved in a <a href="/wiki/Double_dissolution" title="Double dissolution">double dissolution</a>), and elections must occur within a year before the term expires. The terms of senators representing the territories are not fixed, and are tied to the dates of elections for the House of Representatives. Where a House is dissolved early, House and Senate elections may be asynchronous until either the House is again dissolved sufficiently early or a double dissolution occurs. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Australia" title="Constitution of Australia">Australian Constitution</a> requires that in half-Senate elections the election of State senators must take place within one year before the places become vacant.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the terms of half the senators end on 30 June, the writs for a half-Senate election cannot be issued earlier than the previous 1 July. There is no constitutional requirement for simultaneous elections for the Senate and the House of Representatives, and elections for half the Senate only have taken place in the past. There is a government and electorate preference for Senate elections to take place simultaneously with those of the House of Representatives. Except in the case of a double dissolution, the Senate is not dissolved when elections for the Senate are called and can continue to sit until the term expires. However, it is now a practice for the Senate to be <a href="/wiki/Legislative_session#Australia" title="Legislative session">prorogued</a> when the House is dissolved, so that it does not sit during the election period. </p><p>By Westminster convention, the decision as to the type of election and date on which an election is to take place is that of the Prime Minister, who 'advises' the Governor-General to set the process in motion by dissolving the House of Representatives (if it has not expired) and then issuing writs for election. </p><p>Writs for the election of House of Representatives and territory senators are issued by the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General</a>, while writs for the election of state senators are issued by the respective state governors.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voting">Voting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Voting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ac.ballotdraw.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Ac.ballotdraw.jpg/220px-Ac.ballotdraw.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Ac.ballotdraw.jpg/330px-Ac.ballotdraw.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Ac.ballotdraw.jpg 2x" data-file-width="382" data-file-height="353" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission" title="Australian Electoral Commission">Australian Electoral Commission</a> holding a blind ballot to determine the order of candidates on the ballot paper</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="float: right;" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="font-size:100%; background:#cef; text-align:center;">Informal votes at<br />federal elections (%) </td></tr> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Senate</th> <th>House </th></tr> <tr> <td>1983</td> <td>9.9</td> <td>2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td>4.3</td> <td>6.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>4.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td>3.24</td> <td>3.78 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>3.9</td> <td>4.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td>3.8</td> <td>5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td>2.55</td> <td>3.95 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>3.75</td> <td>5.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>2.96</td> <td>5.91 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td>3.94</td> <td>5.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>3.8</td> <td>5.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="font-size:80%; background:#cef; text-align:center;">Source: Australian<br />Electoral Commission<sup id="cite_ref-infvot_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-infvot-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Polling_place,_Melbourne_Suburbs,_Vic,_jjron,_02.07.2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Polling_place%2C_Melbourne_Suburbs%2C_Vic%2C_jjron%2C_02.07.2016.jpg/220px-Polling_place%2C_Melbourne_Suburbs%2C_Vic%2C_jjron%2C_02.07.2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Polling_place%2C_Melbourne_Suburbs%2C_Vic%2C_jjron%2C_02.07.2016.jpg/330px-Polling_place%2C_Melbourne_Suburbs%2C_Vic%2C_jjron%2C_02.07.2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Polling_place%2C_Melbourne_Suburbs%2C_Vic%2C_jjron%2C_02.07.2016.jpg/440px-Polling_place%2C_Melbourne_Suburbs%2C_Vic%2C_jjron%2C_02.07.2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>Voting at a polling booth in suburban Melbourne in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_federal_election" title="2016 Australian federal election">2016 Federal Election</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StateLibQld_1_72579_Women_inside_the_gate_of_the_city_polling_station,_voting_for_the_first_time_in_a_Queensland_state_election,_May_1907_(suffragette_movement_in_Queensland).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/StateLibQld_1_72579_Women_inside_the_gate_of_the_city_polling_station%2C_voting_for_the_first_time_in_a_Queensland_state_election%2C_May_1907_%28suffragette_movement_in_Queensland%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/StateLibQld_1_72579_Women_inside_the_gate_of_the_city_polling_station%2C_voting_for_the_first_time_in_a_Queensland_state_election%2C_May_1907_%28suffragette_movement_in_Queensland%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/StateLibQld_1_72579_Women_inside_the_gate_of_the_city_polling_station%2C_voting_for_the_first_time_in_a_Queensland_state_election%2C_May_1907_%28suffragette_movement_in_Queensland%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="854" /></a><figcaption>Women voting for the first time in the <a href="/wiki/1907_Queensland_state_election" title="1907 Queensland state election">1907 Queensland state election</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Voting in federal, state and territory elections is <a href="/wiki/Compulsory_voting" title="Compulsory voting">compulsory</a> for all persons on the electoral roll.<sup id="cite_ref-edomn_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edomn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voting can take place by a person attending in person at any polling place in their State on the election day or in early voting locations, or by applying for and mailing in a <a href="/wiki/Postal_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal vote">postal vote</a>. Votes may apply for postal votes in perpetuity. <a href="/wiki/Absentee_ballot#Australia" title="Absentee ballot">Absentee voting</a> is also available, but not <a href="/wiki/Proxy_voting" title="Proxy voting">proxy voting</a>. </p><p>At the 2007 federal election there were 7,723 polling places open for voting.<sup id="cite_ref-artv_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-artv-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In remote areas, hospitals and retirement villages, mobile polling places have been used since the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-atsod_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atsod-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The visually impaired can use electronic <a href="/wiki/Voting_machine" title="Voting machine">voting machines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-evcta_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evcta-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Voting is almost entirely conducted by paper ballot. If more than one election takes place at the same time (for example, for the House of Representatives and the Senate), separate ballot papers are used, green for House and white for Senate. These are usually of different colours and are deposited into separate boxes. </p><p>Upper house polls used to require every square to be numbered, a burden if there are over 200 squares. This has been simplified by the introduction of "Above the line" and "below the line" voting. </p><p><a href="/wiki/How-to-vote_card" title="How-to-vote card">How-to-vote cards</a> are usually handed out at polling places by party volunteers. They suggest how a party supporter might vote for other candidates or parties. Electors now routinely receive how-to-vote materials through the mail or by other means. </p><p>In practice, privacy arrangements allow <a href="/wiki/Spoilt_vote" title="Spoilt vote">informal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Protest_vote" title="Protest vote">protest votes</a> to take place. At the 2010 federal election more than 1.5 million people did not vote or voted incorrectly.<sup id="cite_ref-puis_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-puis-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Academic Brian Costar from <a href="/wiki/Swinburne_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Swinburne University">Swinburne University</a> claims the rate of <a href="/wiki/Donkey_vote" title="Donkey vote">donkey votes</a> in Australia is around 2% of all votes, but the figure is hard to determine accurately.<sup id="cite_ref-dvtgt_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dvtgt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most polling places are schools, community halls or churches. Supporters of these places very commonly take advantage of the large number of visitors undertaking fund raising activity, often including raffles, cake stalls and sales of so-called <a href="/wiki/Democracy_sausage" title="Democracy sausage">democracy sausages</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parties">Parties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Parties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia" title="List of political parties in Australia">List of political parties in Australia</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Division_of_Riverina_polling_place_at_Sturt_Public_School_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Division_of_Riverina_polling_place_at_Sturt_Public_School_1.jpg/220px-Division_of_Riverina_polling_place_at_Sturt_Public_School_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Division_of_Riverina_polling_place_at_Sturt_Public_School_1.jpg/330px-Division_of_Riverina_polling_place_at_Sturt_Public_School_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Division_of_Riverina_polling_place_at_Sturt_Public_School_1.jpg/440px-Division_of_Riverina_polling_place_at_Sturt_Public_School_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>A polling place in New South Wales on <a href="/wiki/2010_Australian_federal_election" title="2010 Australian federal election">election day</a>, 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>Political parties have certain benefits in Australia's electoral system, including public funding. Political parties must register with the electoral commission in the jurisdiction in which it is proposing to field or endorse candidates. To be eligible for federal registration a party must have at least one member in the Australian Parliament or 1,500 members,<sup id="cite_ref-pro_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pro-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and independent candidates are required to provide 50 signatures to be eligible to stand.<sup id="cite_ref-atsod_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atsod-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An unsuccessful challenge to the 500 member requirement was heard by the High Court of Australia in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-atsod_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atsod-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other Australian jurisdictions require political parties to have a minimum number of members. For example, New South Wales requires at least 750 members while the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">ACT</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> require 100 members.<sup id="cite_ref-conaus_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conaus-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are deadlines for registration of a political party. </p><p>Australia has a <i>de facto</i> <a href="/wiki/Two-party_system" title="Two-party system">two-party system</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party of Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National Party of Australia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">Liberal National Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">Country Liberal Party</a> dominating Parliamentary elections. It is very difficult for other parties to win representation in the House, let alone form the government, though they may have a strong influence if they hold the "balance of power". However, minor parties and independent candidates have been elected to the Senate by virtue of its more favourable voting system. In recent decades, several parties besides the ALP and the Coalition have secured significant representation in the Senate, notably the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Labor_Party_(Australia,_1955)" title="Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)">DLP</a> (1955–1974); the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Democrats" title="Australian Democrats">Australian Democrats</a> (1977–2007); and the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Australian Greens</a> and its predecessors (1990–present). Independent and other individual senators have also exercised influence, e.g., <a href="/wiki/Brian_Harradine" title="Brian Harradine">Brian Harradine</a> (1975–2005), <a href="/wiki/Family_First_Party" title="Family First Party">Family First</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Steve_Fielding" title="Steve Fielding">Steve Fielding</a> (2005–2011), and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Xenophon" title="Nick Xenophon">Nick Xenophon</a> (2008–2017); and, variously from 1984, representatives of the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Disarmament_Party" title="Nuclear Disarmament Party">Nuclear Disarmament Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/One_Nation_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="One Nation (Australia)">One Nation</a>. </p><p>Many voters use elections to reaffirm their party <a href="/wiki/Allegiance" title="Allegiance">allegiance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-poon_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Party affiliation has declined in recent decades. Voters who voted for the same party each election made up 72% of the electorate in 1967. This figure had declined to 45% by 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-conaus_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conaus-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minor parties have played a greater role in the politics of Australia since proportional representation was progressively introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-atsod_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atsod-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elections in Australia are seen by parties as a chance to develop and refine policies.<sup id="cite_ref-poon_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rather than a procedure where the best policies win the day, elections are contests where parties fight for <a href="/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)" title="Power (social and political)">power</a>. Elections are not part of the process in which specific decisions on policy are made. Control of policy and platforms are wholly determined within the party.<sup id="cite_ref-poon_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Preselection" title="Preselection">Candidate selection</a>, in Australia typically called preselection, is a significant factor in the democratic process in Australia because the majority of voters base their decision at election time on the party rather than the candidate. In Australia the decision of who may be a candidate is decided by the party in any manner they choose. It can range from a postal vote to the whole party membership through to a decision made by a small select committee.<sup id="cite_ref-conaus_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conaus-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election_campaigns">Election campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Election campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Labor_WA_launch_2008_edited.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Labor_WA_launch_2008_edited.jpg/220px-Labor_WA_launch_2008_edited.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Labor_WA_launch_2008_edited.jpg/330px-Labor_WA_launch_2008_edited.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Labor_WA_launch_2008_edited.jpg/440px-Labor_WA_launch_2008_edited.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1596" data-file-height="822" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor Party</a> launch at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2008 Western Australian state election">2008 Western Australian state election</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1699730661_1b1d7843d3_b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/1699730661_1b1d7843d3_b.jpg/220px-1699730661_1b1d7843d3_b.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/1699730661_1b1d7843d3_b.jpg/330px-1699730661_1b1d7843d3_b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/1699730661_1b1d7843d3_b.jpg/440px-1699730661_1b1d7843d3_b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="685" /></a><figcaption>Electioneering during the <a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">2007 Australian federal election</a> campaign, Eastwood, New South Wales</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Australia" title="Politics of Australia">Politics of Australia</a></div><p>Election campaigns typically involve a televised policy launch,<sup id="cite_ref-poon_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which, despite the name, have increasingly been held towards the end of the campaign. In the 2013 federal election campaign, for example, the Liberal/National and Labor launches were held only 13 days and 6 days respectively prior to election day. From the 1980s onwards direct mailing was seen as a successful way to market, particularly in marginal seats.<sup id="cite_ref-poon_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major political parties in Australia use databases created from <a href="/wiki/Australian_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Census">census data</a>, voting records and their own canvassing to shape their direct mail.<sup id="cite_ref-conaus_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conaus-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quantitative surveys of samples from the wide population as well as <a href="/wiki/Focus_group" title="Focus group">focus groups</a> are used by the parties for <a href="/wiki/Market_research" title="Market research">market research</a> during election campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-conaus_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conaus-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Electoral_Act_1918" title="Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918">Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918</a></i> stipulates that political advertisements display the name and address of the individual authorising them.<sup id="cite_ref-conaus_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conaus-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Broadcasting Services Act 1922</i> bans the broadcast of advertisements in the three days prior to an election.<sup id="cite_ref-conaus_23-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conaus-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A ban on broadcast election advertising was imposed under the <i>Political Broadcasts and Political Disclosures Act 1991</i> but was overturned by the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Australia" title="High Court of Australia">High Court of Australia</a> in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-poon_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Party registration rules have become stricter, especially in New South Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-atsod_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atsod-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Television is the preferred medium for campaign news in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-conaus_23-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conaus-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2004_Australian_federal_election" title="2004 Australian federal election">2004 federal election</a> more than three-quarters of money spent on advertising was television based.<sup id="cite_ref-conaus_23-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conaus-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Incumbent candidates and government have significant benefits compared to non-incumbents. These include substantial allowances and access to staff whose travel is covered by parliamentary allowances.<sup id="cite_ref-atsod_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atsod-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Australian Election Study coordinated by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a> was introduced in 1987. The series of surveys are conducted post election and provide a unique take on political behaviour during election campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-conaus_23-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conaus-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_funding">Public funding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Public funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Political_funding_in_Australia" title="Political funding in Australia">Political funding in Australia</a></div> <p>Australia's first partial public election funding was introduced in 1981 by the then <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_New_South_Wales" title="Premier of New South Wales">Premier of New South Wales</a> <a href="/wiki/Neville_Wran" title="Neville Wran">Neville Wran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dadomd_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dadomd-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 brought forward by the <a href="/wiki/Hawke_government" title="Hawke government">Hawke government</a> introduced public election funding and the requirement that all minor <a href="/wiki/Political_donations_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Political donations in Australia">donations</a> to parties be disclosed.<sup id="cite_ref-poon_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amendments to legislation were needed due to the changing nature of election campaigns in the late 1960s and 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-ppae_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ppae-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opinion polling, widespread advertising and the rise of the hired campaign professionals meant campaigning had become far more expensive than in previous decades. </p><p>Public funding is the preferred means to cover costs rather than corporate donations.<sup id="cite_ref-ppae_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ppae-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the majority of the major parties funding is still sourced from private donors. If a candidate or party receives at least 4% of the primary vote at a federal election they are eligible for public funding.<sup id="cite_ref-pgia_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pgia-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The amount of funding paid is calculated by multiplying the number of first preference votes received by the rate of payment at that time, which is indexed in line with the <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Price_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Consumer Price Index">Consumer Price Index</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elfu_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elfu-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is possible for a candidate to receive more public funding than what was spent on campaigning as was the case in <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson" title="Pauline Hanson">Pauline Hanson</a>'s 2004 attempt to win a seat in the Australian Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-lide_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lide-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Queensland, the threshold for public funding is 6% of the primary vote. The threshold in Victoria, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory is 4%. South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory do not have public funding for parties and candidates at elections.<sup id="cite_ref-atsod_18-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atsod-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Caretaker_convention">Caretaker convention</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Caretaker convention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_government_of_Australia" title="Caretaker government of Australia">Caretaker government of Australia</a></div> <p>A series of conventions has evolved covering the conduct of the business of government by ministers, their departments of state, and the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Public_Service" title="Australian Public Service">Public Service</a> during the "caretaker period" of the election. This period begins after the announcement of the election date, when the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General of Australia</a> dissolves the federal parliament on advice from the Prime Minister. It ends after the election result is known and clear, when a newly elected government is sworn into office. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_lower_house_primary,_two-party_and_seat_results"><span id="Federal_lower_house_primary.2C_two-party_and_seat_results"></span>Federal lower house primary, two-party and seat results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Federal lower house primary, two-party and seat results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Two-party_system" title="Two-party system">two-party system</a> has existed in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian House of Representatives</a> since the two non-Labor parties merged in 1909.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/1910_Australian_federal_election" title="1910 Australian federal election">1910 election</a> was the first to elect a <a href="/wiki/Majority_government" title="Majority government">majority government</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a> concurrently winning the first <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senate</a> majority. Prior to 1909 a three-party system existed in the chamber. A <a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">two-party-preferred vote</a> (2PP) has been calculated since the 1919 change from <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post" class="mw-redirect" title="First-past-the-post">first-past-the-post</a> to <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">preferential voting</a> and subsequent introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a>. ALP = Australian Labor Party, L+NP = grouping of <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a>/<a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National</a>/<a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">LNP</a>/<a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">CLP</a> Coalition parties (and predecessors), Oth = <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia" title="List of political parties in Australia">other parties</a> and <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">independents</a>. </p> <table class="toccolours" style="margin:0 auto; clear:both;" border="0" align="left"> <caption>House of Representatives results </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccf;"> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Election<br />Year </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labour</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Free_Trade_Party" title="Free Trade Party">Free Trade</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Protectionist_Party" title="Protectionist Party">Protectionist</a> </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Other<br />parties </th> <th rowspan="2">Total<br />seats </th></tr> <tr> <td height="4" colspan="2" style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD425;"> </td> <td style="background-color:#1E90FF;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th width="20"><a href="/wiki/1901_Australian_federal_election" title="1901 Australian federal election">1st</a> </th> <th width="40">1901 </th> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">  </td> <td style="text-align:center;">75 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ccf;"> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Election<br />Year </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labour</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Free_Trade_Party" title="Free Trade Party">Free Trade</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Protectionist_Party" title="Protectionist Party">Protectionist</a> </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Other<br />parties </th> <th rowspan="2">Total<br />seats </th></tr> <tr> <td height="4" colspan="2" style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD425;"> </td> <td style="background-color:#1E90FF;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1903_Australian_federal_election" title="1903 Australian federal election">2nd</a> </th> <th>1903 </th> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">23 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">  </td> <td style="width:30px; text-align:center;">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Tariff_Party_(Tasmania)" title="Revenue Tariff Party (Tasmania)">Revenue Tariff</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">75 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ccf;"> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Election<br />Year </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labour</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Free_Trade_Party" title="Free Trade Party">Anti-Socialist</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Protectionist_Party" title="Protectionist Party">Protectionist</a> </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Other<br />parties </th> <th rowspan="2">Total<br />seats </th></tr> <tr> <td height="4" colspan="2" style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD425;"> </td> <td style="background-color:#1E90FF;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1906_Australian_federal_election" title="1906 Australian federal election">3rd</a> </th> <th>1906 </th> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">26 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="width:30px; text-align:center;">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Party" title="Western Australian Party">Western Australian</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">75 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="toccolours" align="left" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin-right: .5em; margin-top: .4em;font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#; text-align:center;"> </th> <th style="background:#; text-align:center;" colspan="3">Primary vote </th> <th style="background:#; text-align:center;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">2PP vote</a> </th> <th style="background:#; text-align:center;" colspan="4">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#; text-align:center;"> </th> <th style="background:#f66; text-align:center;">ALP </th> <th style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;">L+NP </th> <th style="background:#ff0; text-align:center;">Oth. </th> <th style="background:#f66; text-align:center;">ALP </th> <th style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;">L+NP </th> <th style="background:#f66; text-align:center;">ALP </th> <th style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;">L+NP </th> <th style="background:#ff0; text-align:center;">Oth. </th> <th style="background:#; text-align:center;">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1910_Australian_federal_election" title="1910 Australian federal election">13 April 1910 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">50.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">4.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">– </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">– </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">42 </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">75 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1913_Australian_federal_election" title="1913 Australian federal election">31 May 1913 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">48.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">48.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">2.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">– </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">– </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">37 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">75 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1914_Australian_federal_election" title="1914 Australian federal election">5 September 1914 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">50.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">1.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">– </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">– </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">42 </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">75 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1917_Australian_federal_election" title="1917 Australian federal election">5 May 1917 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">43.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">54.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">1.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">– </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">– </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">53 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">75 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1919_Australian_federal_election" title="1919 Australian federal election">13 December 1919 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">42.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">54.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">3.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">54.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">75 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1922_Australian_federal_election" title="1922 Australian federal election">16 December 1922 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">42.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">9.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">48.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">51.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">29 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">40 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">75 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1925_Australian_federal_election" title="1925 Australian federal election">14 November 1925 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">53.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">1.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">53.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">50 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">75 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1928_Australian_federal_election" title="1928 Australian federal election">17 November 1928 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">44.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">5.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">48.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">51.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">42 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">75 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1929_Australian_federal_election" title="1929 Australian federal election">12 October 1929 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">48.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">44.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">7.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">56.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center; bgcolor=">43.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">46 </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">75 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1931_Australian_federal_election" title="1931 Australian federal election">19 December 1931 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">27.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">48.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">24.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">41.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">58.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">50 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">75 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1934_Australian_federal_election" title="1934 Australian federal election">15 September 1934 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">26.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">27.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">53.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">42 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">74 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1937_Australian_federal_election" title="1937 Australian federal election">23 October 1937 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">43.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">7.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">50.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">29 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">43 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">74 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1940_Australian_federal_election" title="1940 Australian federal election">21 September 1940 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">40.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">43.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">15.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">50.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">74 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1943_Australian_federal_election" title="1943 Australian federal election">21 August 1943 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">23.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">27.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">58.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">41.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">49 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">74 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1946_Australian_federal_election" title="1946 Australian federal election">28 September 1946 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">39.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">11.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">54.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">43 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">74 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1949_Australian_federal_election" title="1949 Australian federal election">10 December 1949 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">50.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">3.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">51.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">74 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">121 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1951_Australian_federal_election" title="1951 Australian federal election">28 April 1951 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">50.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">2.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">50.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">52 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">69 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">121 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1954_Australian_federal_election" title="1954 Australian federal election">29 May 1954 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">50.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">3.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">50.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">57 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">64 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">121 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1955_Australian_federal_election" title="1955 Australian federal election">10 December 1955 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">44.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">7.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">54.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">75 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">122 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1958_Australian_federal_election" title="1958 Australian federal election">22 November 1958 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">42.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">10.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">54.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">77 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">122 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1961_Australian_federal_election" title="1961 Australian federal election">9 December 1961 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">42.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">10.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">50.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">60 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">62 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">122 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1963_Australian_federal_election" title="1963 Australian federal election">30 November 1963 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">8.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">52.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">50 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">72 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">122 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1966_Australian_federal_election" title="1966 Australian federal election">26 November 1966 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">40.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">50.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">10.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">43.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">56.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">41 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">82 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">124 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1969_Australian_federal_election" title="1969 Australian federal election">25 October 1969 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">43.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">9.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">50.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">59 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">66 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">125 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1972_Australian_federal_election" title="1972 Australian federal election">2 December 1972 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">41.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">8.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">52.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">67 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">58 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">125 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1974_Australian_federal_election" title="1974 Australian federal election">18 May 1974 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">44.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">5.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">51.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">48.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">66 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">61 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">127 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1975_Australian_federal_election" title="1975 Australian federal election">13 December 1975 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">42.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">53.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">4.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">44.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">55.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">91 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">127 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1977_Australian_federal_election" title="1977 Australian federal election">10 December 1977 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">39.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">48.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">12.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">54.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">86 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">124 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1980_Australian_federal_election" title="1980 Australian federal election">18 October 1980 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">8.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">50.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">51 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">74 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">125 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1983_Australian_federal_election" title="1983 Australian federal election">5 March 1983 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">43.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">6.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">53.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">75 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">50 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">125 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1984_Australian_federal_election" title="1984 Australian federal election">1 December 1984 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">7.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">51.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">48.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">82 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">66 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">148 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1987_Australian_federal_election" title="1987 Australian federal election">11 July 1987 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">8.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">50.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">86 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">62 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">148 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1990_Australian_federal_election" title="1990 Australian federal election">24 March 1990 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">39.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">43.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">17.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">50.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">78 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">69 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">148 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1993_Australian_federal_election" title="1993 Australian federal election">13 March 1993 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">44.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">44.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">10.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">51.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">48.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">80 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">65 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">147 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1996_Australian_federal_election" title="1996 Australian federal election">2 March 1996 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">38.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">14.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">53.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">94 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">148 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/1998_Australian_federal_election" title="1998 Australian federal election">3 October 1998 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">40.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">39.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">20.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">51.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">67 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">80 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">148 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_federal_election" title="2001 Australian federal election">10 November 2001 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">37.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">43.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">19.2% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">51.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">65 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">82 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">150 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/2004_Australian_federal_election" title="2004 Australian federal election">9 October 2004 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">37.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">46.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">15.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">52.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">60 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">87 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">150 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">24 November 2007 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">43.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">42.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">14.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">52.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">47.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">83 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">65 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">150 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/2010_Australian_federal_election" title="2010 Australian federal election">21 August 2010 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">38.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">43.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">18.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">50.1% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">49.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f66;">72 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">72 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">150 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/2013_Australian_federal_election" title="2013 Australian federal election">7 September 2013 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">33.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">45.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">21.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center; bgcolor=">46.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">53.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">55 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">90 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">150 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_federal_election" title="2016 Australian federal election">2 July 2016 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">34.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">42.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">23.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center; bgcolor=">49.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">50.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">69 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">76 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">150 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_federal_election" title="2019 Australian federal election">18 May 2019 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">33.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">41.4% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">25.3% </td> <td style="text-align:center; bgcolor=">48.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">51.5% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">68 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;">77 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">151 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""><a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">21 May 2022 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">32.58% </td> <td style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="">35.70% </td> <td 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title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian House of Representatives</a>. <br /> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#F00011; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#080CAB; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" 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mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#1261FF; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">Liberal National Party of Queensland</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#777777; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia" title="List of political parties in Australia">Others</a></span></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Australia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="1967 Australian referendum">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Australian_referendum" title="1973 Australian referendum">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Australian_referendum" title="1974 Australian referendum">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Australian_referendum" title="1977 Australian referendum">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Australian_referendum" title="1984 Australian referendum">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Australian_referendum" title="1988 Australian referendum">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Australian_republic_referendum" title="1999 Australian republic referendum">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Marriage_Law_Postal_Survey" title="Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Australian_Indigenous_Voice_referendum" title="2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a 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