Elections in Australia
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Elections in Australia gives information on elections and election results in Australia.
At a federal level Australia elects a legislature - the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, using various electoral systems: see Australian electoral system. The Parliament consists of two chambers:
- The House of Representatives has 150 members, elected for a three year term in single-seat constituencies with a system of alternative vote known as preferential voting.
- The Senate has 76 members, elected through a preferential system in 12-seat state constituencies and two-seat territorial constituencies with a system of single non-transferable vote. Electors choose territorial senators for a three-year term. The state senators serve for a six-year term, with half of the seats renewed every three years.
Australia has a de facto two-party system, which means that two "major" political parties or coalitions dominate, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
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2004 Parliamentary election
| Summary of the 9 October 2004 Parliamentary election results | Votes House | % House | Seats House | Votes Senate | % Senate | Seats Senate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party of Australia | 40.4 | 74 | 17.8 | 39 | ||
| National Party of Australia | 5.8 | 12 | 1.4 | |||
| Combined lists of LPA-NPA in New South Wales and Victoria | - | - | - | 25.6 | ||
| Country Liberal Party-The Territory Party | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | |||
| Australian Labor Party | 38.2 | 60 | 35.6 | 28 | ||
| Australian Greens | 7.0 | - | 7.5 | 4 | ||
| Family First Party | 2.0 | - | 1.8 | 1 | ||
| Australian Democrats | 1.2 | - | 2.1 | 4 | ||
| One Nation | 1.2 | - | 1.7 | - | ||
| Christian Democratic Party | 0.6 | - | 1.2 | - | ||
| independents | 2.4 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| Total (turnout 77.1 %) | 150 | 76 |
- Source: Australian Electoral Commission. More info: Australian legislative election, 2004
Past elections
- Australian legislative election, 2001
- Australian legislative election, 1998
- Australian legislative election, 1996
- Australian legislative election, 1993
- Australian legislative election, 1990
- Australian legislative election, 1987 (double dissolution)
- Australian legislative election, 1984
- Australian legislative election, 1983 (double dissolution)
- Australian legislative election, 1980
- Australian legislative election, 1977
- Australian legislative election, 1975 (double dissolution)
- Australian legislative election, 1974 (double dissolution)
- Australian legislative election, 1972 (House only)
- Australian legislative election, 1970 (Senate only)
- Australian legislative election, 1969 (House only)
- Australian legislative election, 1967 (Senate only)
- Australian legislative election, 1966 (House only)
- Australian legislative election, 1964 (Senate only)
- Australian legislative election, 1963 (House only)
- Australian legislative election, 1961
- Australian legislative election, 1958
- Australian legislative election, 1955
- Australian legislative election, 1954 (House only)
- Australian legislative election, 1953 (Senate only)
- Australian legislative election, 1951 (double dissolution)
- Australian legislative election, 1949
- Australian legislative election, 1946
- Australian legislative election, 1943
- Australian legislative election, 1940
- Australian legislative election, 1937
- Australian legislative election, 1934
- Australian legislative election, 1931
- Australian legislative election, 1929 (House only)
- Australian legislative election, 1928
- Australian legislative election, 1925
- Australian legislative election, 1922
- Australian legislative election, 1919
- Australian legislative election, 1917
- Australian legislative election, 1914 (double dissolution)
- Australian legislative election, 1913
- Australian legislative election, 1910
- Australian legislative election, 1906
- Australian legislative election, 1903
- Australian legislative election, 1901
See also
External links
- Electionworld
- Adam Carr's Election Archive
- Archived websites from Australian electoral campaigns since 1996 @ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/subject/6
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| Government: Parliament - House of Representatives - Senate - Monarchy - Governor-General | |||
| Federal electoral system: Electoral divisions | |||
| Australian legislative elections: 1993 - 1996 - 1998 - 2001 - 2004 - 2007 | |||
| State and territory governments: NSW - NT - Qld. - SA - Tas. - Vic. - WA - State electoral systems | |||
| Local government in Australia | |||
| Political parties: Democrats - Greens - Labor Party - Progressive Alliance - Country Liberal Party - Family First Party - Liberal Party - National Party - One Nation | |||
