Double dissolution election

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics gptkb:Australian_constitutional_mechanism
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:House_of_Representatives gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:constitution	Section 57
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:definedIn	gptkb:Australian_Constitution
gptkbp:differenceFromRegularElection	All Senate seats are up for election
gptkbp:effect	All seats in both houses are contested
gptkbp:firstHeld	1914
gptkbp:frequency	Rare
gptkbp:mostRecent	2016
gptkbp:notableExample	gptkb:1975_Australian_federal_election gptkb:1987_Australian_federal_election gptkb:2016_Australian_federal_election 1983 Australian federal election
gptkbp:purpose	Resolve legislative deadlock
gptkbp:result	Possible joint sitting of Parliament
gptkbp:triggeredBy	Repeated rejection of a bill by the Senate
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Governor_General_of_Canada
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1974_Australian_federal_election gptkb:1987_Australian_federal_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Double dissolution election