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VOTING & ELECTIONS INDEX

Introduction

Electoral System Features
- Overview
- Compulsory Voting
- Franchise
- Enrolment
- Secret Ballots
- Votes for Women
- Primary Votes
- Informal Votes
- Donkey Votes

Voting Systems
- Preferential
- Proportional
- First-Past-The-Post

Electoral Laws
- A.E.C.
- Cwlth Electoral Act

Election Dates

Election Timetable

Election Costs & Funding

Federal Election Results

Federal Elections
2007 - 2004 - 2001
1998 - 1996 - 1993
1990 - 1987 - 1984
1983 - 1980 - 1977
1975 - 1974 - 1972

By-Elections

State Elections

Electoral Reform

Voting Behaviour

Recent News Items
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- 2007 Election

Elections Quiz

Primary Vote Leads Overturned After Preference Distribution

1996 Federal Election

Seats Requiring Preference Allocation in 1996
State	Total No. Seats	No. Requiring Preferences	No. Seats Where Primary Lead Over-Turned
NSW	50	18 (36%)	1 Page - ALP lead overturned
VIC	37	14 (38%)	1 McMillan - ALP lead overturned
QLD	26	14 (54%)	3 Brisbane - Lib. lead overturned Capricornia - ALP lead overturned Leichhardt - ALP lead overturned
WA	14	9 (64%)	1 Curtin - Lib. lead overturned
SA	12	5 (42%)	0
TAS	5	2 (40%)	0
ACT & NT	4	2 (50%)	1 Namadgi - Lib. lead overturned
Total	148	65 (45%)	7 ALP lead overturned in 4 Lib. lead overturned in 3

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