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( Interactive map version) The voting population of each Australian electoral division, as of the 2022 federal election. Electorates (also known as electoral divisions or seats) of the Australian House of Representatives are single member electoral districts for the lower house of the Parliament of the Commonwealth. There are currently 151 ...
Members of the House are elected from single member electorates (geographic districts, commonly referred to as "seats" but officially known as "Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives"). One vote, one value legislation requires all electorates to have approximately the same number of voters with a maximum 10% variation, with most ...
A sample ballot paper from NSW for the House of Representatives. The Australian House of Representatives has 151 members elected from single-member constituencies (formally called "Electoral Divisions", but usually called seats or electorates in Australia; see Australian electorates) for three-year terms. Voters must fill in the ballot paper by ...
The Australian Labor Party achieved a majority government for the first time since 2007, winning 77 seats in the House of Representatives. Albanese was sworn in as Prime Minister on 23 May 2022, becoming the fourth Labor leader to win government from opposition since World War II , after Gough Whitlam in 1972 , Bob Hawke in 1983 , and Kevin ...
The number of seats won by each party in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2022 federal election were: Coalition 58, Labor 77, Australian Greens 4, Centre Alliance 1, Katter's Australian Party 1, and Independents 10.
The number of seats has increased steadily over time, from 111 for the first election, to the current total of 227; 151 in the Lower House and 76 in the Upper House. The current federal government structure was established in 1901 by the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1901 .
All 151 seats in the Australian House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority: Turnout: 91.9%: Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Labor: Bill Shorten: 33.3% 68
House of Representatives [1] – Turnout 90.59% () Party Votes % Swing (pp) Seats Change (seats) [a] Liberal Party of Australia: 1,105,718 29.51 −5.37 8 4 National Party of Australia