Australia
○ Parliamentary Elections
· House of Representative
- Seats: 151
- Term of office : 3
· Senate
- Term of office: 3
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 7,000
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 8 am and 6 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 16,419,543 (2019 election)
· Voter turnout: 91.89% (2019 parliamentary elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Parliamentary: Preferential Voting
· Voting process
1. Verify voters’ full names and address
2. Receive two Ballots - a green one for the House of Representatives, and a white one for the Senate.
3. Cast Ballots
4. Vote Counting
· Counting process
- House of Representatives
1. Polling officials open and empty the House of Representatives ballot boxes.
2. The first preference results for each candidate are phoned through to the Divisional Returning Officer (DRO).
3. Polling officials conduct an indicative two-candidate preferred (TCP) count to two selected candidates. This result is then phoned through to the DRO.
4. The Australian Electoral Commission gives a TCP count result.
- Senate Count
1. Polling officials open and empty the Senate ballot boxes.
2. A first preference figure is phoned through to the DRO and then transmitted to the Tally Room on the AEC website.
· The time when it announces voting results in the country: on election night