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Appendix D: Electoral events data

2019 federal election

Nominations

Table 16: Nominations data

House of Representatives (151 vacancies)

Senate (40 vacancies)

Total

Male

Female

Gender not specified

Nominations

accepted

1,056*

458

1,514

994

519

1

Table 17: Breakdown of House of Representative nominations by state and territory

State/territory

Seats

Nominations

New South Wales

47

315

Victoria

38

258

Queensland

30

223

Western Australia

16

132

South Australia

10

65

Tasmania

5

32

Australian Capital Territory

3

19

Northern Territory

2

12

Australia

151

1,056*

* One candidate for the House of Representatives withdrew their nomination.

Table 18: Breakdown of Senate nominations by state and territory

State/territory

Seats*

Nominations

New South Wales

6

105

Victoria

6

82

Queensland

6

83

Western Australia

6

67

South Australia

6

42

Tasmania

6

44

Australian Capital Territory

2

17

Northern Territory

2

18

Australia

40

458

* The 2019 federal election was a half Senate election, so 40 Senate seats were vacant.

Voting

Table 19: House of Representatives votes by type

State/ territory

Ordinary votes

Absent votes

Pre-poll* votes

Postal votes

Provisional votes

Total

New South Wales

4,206,944

194,182

185,304

278,467

14,490

4,879,387

Victoria

3,135,885

161,828

184,014

382,582

11,149

3,875,458

Queensland

2,432,981

108,349

117,343

308,657

8,978

2,976,308

Western Australia

1,195,932

81,012

72,931

125,233

7,341

1,482,449

South Australia

929,136

51,490

34,012

106,776

5,436

1,126,850

Tasmania

313,322

12,191

9,138

28,113

1,198

363,962

Australian Capital Territory

243,915

5,412

11,615

13,683

966

275,591

Northern Territory

96,251

2,218

6,023

3,659

460

108,611

Total

12,554,366

616,682

620,380

1,247,170

50,018

15,088,616

* reflects pre-poll declarations only, and does not reflect the total number of early votes.

Table 20: Senate votes by type

State/ territory

Ordinary votes

Absent votes

Pre-poll votes*

Postal votes

Provisional votes

Total

New South Wales

4,209,014

204,332

186,496

277,913

27,717

4,905,472

Victoria

3,136,433

171,484

185,219

381,339

21,761

3,896,236

Queensland

2,433,629

119,700

118,114

306,898

21,031

2,999,372

Western Australia

1,196,330

88,960

73,316

124,543

14,383

1,497,532

South Australia

929,361

54,802

34,187

106,635

9,571

1,134,556

Tasmania

313,365

12,581

9,165

28,039

2,122

365,272

Australian Capital Territory

244,040

5,602

11,682

13,635

1,692

276,651

Northern Territory

96,318

2,265

6,038

3,633

740

108,994

Total

12,558,490

659,726

624,217

1,242,635

99,017

15,184,085

* reflects pre-poll declarations only, and does not reflect the total number of early votes.

Table 21: 2019 Senate elections, breakdown of above the line and below the line votes

State/ territory

Above the line

Below the line

Total

Above the line %

Above the line % swing

New South Wales

4,372,835

322,491

4,695,326

93.13

-1.47

Victoria

3,524,271

215,172

3,739,443

94.25

-0.44

Queensland

2,701,599

199,865

2,901,464

93.11

-0.75

Western Australia

1,367,694

78,929

1,446,623

94.54

0.06

South Australia

1,012,010

82,813

1,094,823

92.44

0.94

Tasmania

256,445

95,543

351,988

72.86

0.98

Australian Capital Territory

210,204

60,027

270,231

77.79

-7.03

Northern Territory

96,296

8,731

105,027

91.69

0.26

Total

13,541,354

1,063,571

14,604,925

92.72%

-0.75%

Table 22: 2019 Senate elections, breakdown of informal votes by state and territory

State/ territory

Formal votes

Informal votes

Total

Informal %

Swing %

New South Wales

4,695,326

210,146

4,905,472

4.28

-0.24

Victoria

3,739,443

156,793

3,896,236

4.02

-0.18

Queensland

2,901,464

97,908

2,999,372

3.26

-0.14

Western Australia

1,446,623

50,909

1,497,532

3.40

0.05

South Australia

1,094,823

39,733

1,134,556

3.50

0.17

Tasmania

351,988

13,284

365,272

3.64

0.16

Australian Capital Territory

270,231

6,420

276,651

2.32

0.11

Northern Territory

105,027

3,967

108,994

3.64

0.31

Total

14,604,925

579,160

15,184,085

3.81%

-0.13%

Table 23: 2019 House of Representatives elections, breakdown of informal votes by state and territory

State/ territory

Formal votes

Informal votes

Total

Informal %

Swing %

New South Wales

4,537,336

342,051

4,879,387

7.01

0.84

Victoria

3,695,032

180,426

3,875,458

4.66

-0.11

Queensland

2,829,018

147,290

2,976,308

4.95

0.25

Western Australia

1,401,874

80,575

1,482,449

5.44

1.45

South Australia

1,072,648

54,202

1,126,850

4.81

0.63

Tasmania

347,992

15,970

363,962

4.39

0.41

Australian Capital Territory

265,975

9,616

275,591

3.49

0.73

Northern Territory

103,518

5,093

108,611

4.69

-2.66

Total

14,253,393

835,223

15,088,616

5.54%

0.49%

By-elections voting data

Table 24: By-elections conducted during 2018-19

By-election

Polling day

Result declared

No. of Candidates

Former member

Elected member

Braddon

Saturday

28 July 2018

Wednesday

1 August 2018

8

Justine Keay

Justine Keay

Fremantle

Saturday

28 July 2018

Wednesday

1 August 2018

7

Josh Wilson

Josh Wilson

Longman

Saturday

28 July 2018

Saturday

11 August 2018

11

Susan Lamb

Susan Lamb

Mayo

Saturday

28 July 2018

Wednesday

1 August 2018

7

Rebekha Sharkie

Rebekha Sharkie

Perth

Saturday

28 July 2018

Saturday

11 August 2018

15

Tim Hammond

Patrick Gorman

Wentworth

Saturday

20 July 2018

Monday

5 November 2018

16

Malcolm Turnbull

Kerryn Phelps

Table 25: Key Voting Data for each by-election 2018-19

Vote type

Division

Ordinary

Absent

Provisional

Declaration pre-poll

Postal

Total

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

%

Braddon

74 polling places (including pre-poll voting places, special hospital teams and divisional office)

Formal

57,127

93.96

0

0.00

113

93.39

745

98.03

4,795

97.76

62,780

94.29

Informal

3,671

6.04

0

0.00

8

6.61

15

1.97

110

2.24

3,804

5.71

Total Votes

60,798

(91.31%)

0

(0.00%)

121

(0.18%)

760

(1.14%)

4,905

(7.37%)

66,584

(90.38%)*

Fremantle

40 polling places (including pre-poll voting places, special hospital teams and divisional office)

Formal

57,238

92.47

0

0.00

202

92.24

133

99.25

5,670

95.68

63,243

92.76

Informal

4,659

7.53

0

0

17

7.76

1

0.75

256

4.32

4,933

7.24

Total Votes

61,897

(90.79%)

0

(0.00%)

219

(0.32%)

134

(0.20%)

5,926

(8.69%)

68,176

(66.09%)*

Longman

42 polling places (including pre-poll voting places, special hospital teams and divisional office)

Formal

77,588

93.52

0

0.00

220

92.83

388

97.73

10,172

97.10

88,368

93.93

Informal

5,377

6.48

0

0.00

17

7.17

9

2.27

304

2.90

5,707

6.07

Total Votes

82,965

(88.19%)

0

(0.00%)

237

(0.25%)

397

(0.42%)

10,476

(11.14%)

94,075

(84.26%)*

Mayo

79 polling places (including pre-poll voting places, special hospital teams and divisional office)

Formal

79,239

96.28

0

0.00

259

96.64

525

98.50

8,706

98.07

88,729

96.47

Informal

3,058

3.72

0

0.00

9

3.36

8

1.50

171

1.93

3,246

3.53

Total Votes

82,297

(89.48%)

0

(0.00%)

268

(0.29%)

533

(0.58%)

8,877

(9.65%)

91,975

(85.52%)*

Perth

46 polling places (including pre-poll voting places, special hospital teams and divisional office)

Formal

52,725

89.62

0

0.00

273

88.06

159

95.78

4,847

93.48

58,004

89.94

Informal

6,104

10.38

0

0.00

37

11.94

7

4.22

338

6.52

6,486

10.06

Total Votes

58,829

(91.22%)

0

(0.00%)

310

(0.48%)

166

(0.26%)

5,185

(8.04%)

64,490

(64.07%)*

Wentworth

43 polling places (including pre-poll voting places, special hospital teams and divisional office)

Formal

66,838

93.75

0

0.00

421

93.35

301

98.37

8,566

95.15

76,126

93.92

Informal

4,456

6.25

0

0.00

30

6.65

5

1.63

437

4.85

4,928

6.08

Total Votes

71,294

(87.96%)

0

(0.00%)

451

(0.56%)

306

(0.38%)

9,003

(11.11%)

81,054

(78.13%)*

*Total percentage figures reflect the turnout (total votes as a percentage of enrolment).