Australian federal elections

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Australian_federal_elections
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:absentee_voting available
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Australian_Electoral_Commission
gptkbp:age 18
gptkbp:by-elections held for House vacancies
gptkbp:campaign_finance regulated
gptkbp:casual_vacancies_(Senate) filled by state parliaments
gptkbp:compulsory_voting yes
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:double_dissolution allows all Senate seats to be contested
gptkbp:election_advertising_blackout from midnight Wednesday before polling day
gptkbp:election_day Saturday
gptkbp:electionMethod secret ballot
gptkbp:electoral_boundaries regularly reviewed
gptkbp:electoral_divisions 151 (House of Representatives)
gptkbp:electoral_roll maintained by Australian Electoral Commission
gptkbp:elects gptkb:Members_of_Parliament
gptkb:Senators
Prime Minister (indirectly)
gptkbp:enfranchisement Australian citizens
gptkbp:firstHeld 1901
gptkbp:franchise_extended_to_Indigenous_Australians 1962
gptkbp:franchise_extended_to_women 1902
gptkbp:frequency every three years (House of Representatives)
every six years (Senate, half-elections)
gptkbp:governs gptkb:House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Australian federal elections
gptkbp:informal_vote ballots not counted due to errors
gptkbp:lastElection 2022
gptkbp:nextEdition 2025
gptkbp:party gptkb:Pauline_Hanson's_One_Nation
gptkb:Australian_Greens
gptkb:Australian_Labor_Party
gptkb:National_Party_of_Australia
gptkb:Liberal_Party_of_Australia
gptkbp:postal_voting available
gptkbp:pre-poll_voting available
gptkbp:preferential_voting used in House of Representatives
gptkbp:proportional_representation used in Senate
gptkbp:results_published_by gptkb:Australian_Electoral_Commission
gptkbp:scrutineers allowed at polling places
gptkbp:Senate_seats 76
gptkbp:termLength up to 3 years
gptkbp:termLengthSenate 6 years
gptkbp:triggeredBy double dissolution
gptkbp:voterTurnout typically above 90%
gptkbp:votingSystem single transferable vote (Senate)
instant-runoff voting (House of Representatives)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4