Australian electoral system

The Australian electoral system has evolved over nearly 150 years of continuous democratic government, and has a number of distinctive features including compulsory voting, preferential voting (known elsewhere as instant runoff voting) and the use of proportional voting to elect the upper house, the Australian Senate. This article deals with elections to the Australian Parliament. Different systems are used for the states and territories.

Related Topics:
Australia - Electoral system - Compulsory voting - Instant runoff voting - Australian Senate - Australian Parliament - Different systems

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In this article, distinctive terms which are widely used in the Australian electoral system are shown in italics.

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