How do Australian elections work?

Preferences, surplus votes ... Australia has a complex electoral system which combines elements of proportional and constituency systems. Here's how it works. read more

Australia has a complex electoral system which combines elements of proportional and constituency systems. House of Representatives. There are 150 seats in the House of Representatives, the lower house of parliament. The House is elected roughly every three years. read more

Colonial (soon to become States) electoral laws, including the secret ballot, applied for the first election of the Australian Parliament in 1901, and the system has continued to be a feature of all elections in Australia and also applies to referendums. read more

Federal elections are conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission, an independent agency established in order to conduct elections. House of Representatives elections utilize preferential voting, see this on how votes are cast and this on how votes are counted. read more