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Appendix C – Selected data

Table C.1 Turnout in selected divisions, House of Representatives, 1993 to 2007 elections

	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007
Lingiari	na	na	na	80.55	77.71	81.26
Kalgoorlie	89.72	88.83	86.97	86.81	83.53	84.58
Leichhardt	93.39	92.32	91.97	92.13	91.16	92.63
Kennedy	93.92	93.66	93.15	93.43	92.56	93.35
Parkes	95.56	95.86	94.88	95.57	95.69	95.90
Solomon	na	na	na	91.99	91.21	92.06
Calare	96.93	96.82	96.20	96.18	95.67	95.77
Herbert	95.56	94.12	94.68	95.17	93.82	94.09
New England	96.63	96.08	95.18	95.96	95.4	95.94
Grey	94.62	95.02	94.64	94.60	94.19	94.95
Northern Territory	88.79	89.10	90.33	86.11	84.25	86.53
National average	95.80	95.80	95.0	94.90	94.3	94.80

Note na Not applicable. Prior to the 2001 election, the Northern Territory was a single electoral division. Since the 2001 election, the Northern Territory is comprised of Solomon (largely taking in Darwin and surrounding areas) and Lingiari (covering the remaining parts of the Northern Territory).

Source Australian Electoral Commission, ‘Virtual Tally Room (2007), House of Representatives, Turnout by division’, viewed on 26 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/HouseTurnoutByDivision-13745-NAT.htm; ‘Virtual Tally Room (2004), House of Representatives, Turnout by division’, http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/HouseTurnoutByDivision-12246-NAT.htm; 2001 Election results CD, ‘’House of Representatives, Turnout by division; Election Statistics CD 1993, 1996, 1998, House of Representatives results, Turnout by division’.

Table C.2 Senate votes counted, by type, by jurisdiction, 1993 to 2007 elections

	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007
NSW
Ordinary	3,211,735	3,319,040	3,107,128	3,376,156	3,379,647	3,449,290
Absent	224,977	216,030	296,893	266,289	252,692	251,301
Postal	95,686	105,342	164,093	131,719	189,502	205,924
Pre-Poll	117,297	150,758	268,599	210,628	261,702	368,640
Provisional	32,043	34,567	47,608	36,932	34,043	14,289
Adjustment	-125	-66	-	-	-	-
Total	3,681,613	3,825,671	3,884,321	4,021,724	4,117,586	4,289,444
Victoria
Ordinary	2,494,785	2,503,061	2,482,393	2,599,902	2,574,485	2,541,221
Absent	156,682	148,550	164,441	195,165	188,561	195,804
Postal	85,251	96,458	119,732	123,007	176,776	213,144
Pre-Poll	85,428	96,204	157,793	146,750	190,134	330,292
Provisional	11,163	24,877	30,487	27,035	28,685	9,758
Adjustment	-91	124	-	-	-	-
Total	2,833,218	2,869,274	2,954,846	3,091,859	3,158,641	3,290,219
Queensland
Ordinary	1,630,700	1,687,564	1,714,385	1,848,840	1,920,562	2,002,158
Absent	122,936	130,973	142,557	139,033	136,531	144,665
Postal	66,138	80,321	92,766	107,947	136,924	154,169
Pre-Poll	63,561	76,944	103,054	99,378	118,299	168,590
Provisional	5,698	13,627	13,807	20,329	17,995	7,237
Adjustment	119	12	-	-	-	-
Total	1,889,152	1,989,441	2,066,569	2,215,527	2,330,311	2,476,819
Western Australia
Ordinary	873,508	881,036	920,134	965,578	949,116	1,007,611
Absent	72,655	80,661	84,042	94,632	107,223	95,684
Postal	19,394	26,218	29,860	32,476	39,409	48,760
Pre-Poll	26,135	39,570	48,695	44,458	57,044	74,677
Provisional	5,090	13,075	10,701	9,410	16,815	5,815
Adjustment	-27	108	-	-	-	-
Total	996,755	1,040,668	1,093,432	1,146,554	1,169,607	1,232,547
South Australia
Ordinary	857,851	841,944	791,057	857,273	845,255	856,774
Absent	56,052	54,549	70,173	63,032	64,516	63,067
Postal	26,873	29,582	55,940	35,632	44,785	52,027
Pre-Poll	24,502	27,019	47,809	33,326	41,479	56,134
Provisional	3,117	12,235	9,261	8,308	7,127	3,318
Adjustment	-30	-1	-	-	-	-
Total	968,365	965,328	974,240	997,571	1,003,162	1,031,320

Tasmania
Ordinary	282,224	267,801	276,516	275,848	279,291	281,875
Absent	16,340	21,514	14,889	15,395	15,314	15,514
Postal	9,357	13,577	13,269	12,862	15,844	17,124
Pre-Poll	8,232	12,662	12,549	11,843	14,577	20,440
Provisional	731	3,499	858	3,207	3,732	723
Adjustment	-	-	-	-	-
Total	316,884	319,053	318,081	319,155	328,758	335,676
Australian Capital Territory
Ordinary	148,297	158,907	140,574	167,335	168,295	177,174
Absent	3,793	5,262	3,864	5,334	4,411	3,104
Postal	5,714	5,463	10,172	5,955	7,567	9,984
Pre-Poll	27,071	25,308	45,302	30,353	33,460	38,311
Provisional	1,939	1,977	1,075	1,421	2,898	653
Adjustment	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	186,814	196,917	200,987	210,398	216,631	229,226
Northern Territory
Ordinary	73,405	77,874	81,113	81,680	78,808	80,591
Absent	-	-	-	2,081	2,084	1,926
Postal	2,166	2,643	2,839	2,304	3,064	3,431
Pre-Poll	5,075	6,376	8,576	8,881	10,102	16,246
Provisional	811	1,234	2,361	756	1,265	369
Adjustment	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	81,457	88,127	94,889	95,702	95,323	102,563
National total
Ordinary	9,572,505	9,737,227	9,513,300	10,172,612	10,195,459	10,396,694
Absent	653,435	657,539	776,859	780,961	771,332	771,065
Postal	310,579	359,604	488,671	451,902	613,871	704,563
Pre-Poll	357,301	434,841	692,377	585,617	726,797	1,073,330
Provisional	60,592	105,091	116,158	107,398	112,560	42,162
Adjustment	-154	177	-	-	-
Total	10,954,258	11,294,479	11,587,365	12,098,490	12,420,019	12,987,814

Note For the 1993 and 1996 elections, an adjustment column is shown in this table. At these elections ballot papers for candidates were amalgamated for the whole division for rechecking and counting prior to the distribution and transfer of preferences. In some cases, this fresh scrutiny showed that an earlier count was in error. As it was not possible to identify where the error was made, the adjustment column accounts for these discrepancies between the earlier count and the final divisional total

Source Australian Electoral Commission, ‘Virtual Tally Room (2007), Senate, Senate votes counted by state’, viewed on 27 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/SenateVotesCountedByState-13745.htm. ‘Virtual Tally Room (2004), Senate, Senate votes counted by state’, viewed on 27 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/SenateVotesCountedByState-12246.htm; 2001 Election results CD ‘Senate votes counted by state’; Election Statistics CD 1993, 1996, 1998, ‘Senate results votes counted by vote type by division’.

Table C.3 Declaration votes received, by type, by jurisdiction, 1993 to 2007 elections

	Provisional votes	Absent votes	Pre-poll votes	Postal votes	Total declaration votes
1993
NSW	60,051	253,491	124,720	103,474	541,736
VIC	18,560	165,971	89,044	91,230	364,805
QLD	11,796	129,691	68,734	74,351	284,572
WA	7,916	77,149	27,573	21,022	133,660
SA	6,817	59,327	25,539	28,468	120,151
TAS	1,592	16,953	8,587	9,994	37,126
ACT	2,992	4,171	28,184	6,218	41,565
NT	2,620	-	5,450	2,511	10,581
National total	112,344	706,753	377,831	337,268	1,534,196
1996
NSW	53,687	242,867	160,441	111,757	568,752
VIC	49,709	173,563	103,724	103,313	430,309
QLD	21,728	141,715	80,264	84,819	328,526
WA	19,879	91,092	41,958	28,410	181,339
SA	18,037	63,412	29,109	31,616	142,174
TAS	4,626	22,811	13,310	14,517	55,264
ACT	2,970	5,868	26,649	5,841	41,328
NT	3,786	-	7,029	2,991	13,806
National total	174,422	741,328	462,484	383,264	1,761,498
1998
NSW	73,416	334,937	282,075	187,726	878,154
VIC	48,621	186,007	166,954	135,383	536,965
QLD	22,257	154,155	107,538	104,443	388,393
WA	17,641	93,150	51,574	32,814	195,179
SA	13,887	77,174	50,045	60,089	201,195
TAS	1,547	15,530	13,217	14,142	44,436
ACT	1,823	4,095	46,492	10,499	62,909
NT	3,376	-	9,176	3,194	15,746
National total	182,568	865,048	727,071	548,290	2,322,977

2001
NSW	59,469	294,184	219,596	154,591	727,840
VIC	40,979	213,627	151,746	138,949	545,301
QLD	29,244	150,154	103,903	123,775	407,076
WA	14,445	101,004	46,790	36,388	198,627
SA	12,637	68,637	34,900	39,149	155,323
TAS	4,419	16,467	12,445	14,284	47,615
ACT	2,228	5,589	31,158	6,505	45,480
NT	1,817	2,283	9,569	2,817	16,486
National total	165,238	851,945	610,107	516,458	2,143,748
2004
NSW	50,583	279,071	270,907	204,288	804,849
VIC	48,293	210,802	196,943	188,982	645,020
QLD	29,416	148,427	122,928	147,045	447,816
WA	24,832	119,149	59,519	42,944	246,444
SA	16,155	72,372	43,367	48,172	180,066
TAS	5,108	16,522	15,183	16,991	53,804
ACT	4,315	4,865	34,511	8,117	51,808
NT	2,176	2,363	10,740	3,791	19,070
National total	180,878	853,571	754,098	660,330	2,448,877
2007
NSW	48,035	275,657	380,922	220,040	924,654
VIC	38,995	216,538	339,392	225,953	820,878
QLD	35,392	164,021	175,449	164,333	539,195
WA	21,853	107,116	77,814	52,167	258,950
SA	14,344	70,390	58,536	54,864	198,134
TAS	4,162	16,901	21,221	18,076	60,360
ACT	2,726	3,458	39,552	10,485	56,221
NT	2,175	2,360	17,401	3,648	25,584
National total	167,682	856,441	1,110,287	749,566	2,883,976

Source Australian Electoral Commission, ‘Virtual Tally Room (2007), General, declaration votes received by state’, viewed on 27 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/GeneralDecVotesReceivedByState-13745.htm; Virtual Tally Room (2004), General, declaration votes received by state’, viewed on 27 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/GeneralDecVotesReceivedByState-12246.htm; 2001 Election results CD, ‘General information, declaration votes received’; Election Statistics CD 1993, 1996, 1998,’General information, declaration votes received’.

Table C.4 Declaration votes counted, House of Representatives, by type, by jurisdiction, 1993 to 2007 elections

	Provisional votes	Absent votes	Pre-poll votes	Postal votes	Total declaration votes
1993
NSW	26,525	216,929	115,851	94,326	453,651
VIC	8,087	152,497	84,524	84,372	329,496
QLD	3,121	113,892	63,597	67,083	247,710
WA	3,870	70,746	25,847	19,247	119,710
SA	1,384	53,946	24,058	26,351	105,738
TAS	320	16,027	8,153	9,239	33,739
ACT	1,775	3,739	26,861	5,647	38,022
NT	804	-	5,062	2,147	8,013
National total	45,886	627,776	353,953	308,412	1,336,079
1996
NSW	30,297	211,290	149,246	104,499	495,332
VIC	20,352	143,464	94,925	95,401	354,142
QLD	9,831	126,677	75,798	79,814	292,120
WA	10,763	77,469	38,965	25,812	153,009
SA	10,400	52,628	26,581	29,085	118,694
TAS	3,199	21,277	12,560	13,378	50,414
ACT	1,761	5,184	25,139	5,399	37,483
NT	1,231	-	6,369	2,637	10,237
National total	87,834	637,989	429,583	356,025	1,511,431
1998
NSW	40,908	283,037	264,453	171,835	760,233
VIC	25,291	159,762	156,145	123,625	464,823
QLD	10,859	139,311	102,126	95,489	347,785
WA	8,823	81,583	48,124	29,918	168,448
SA	7,796	68,633	47,307	55,530	179,266
TAS	612	14,693	12,471	13,098	40,874
ACT	917	3,826	45,049	10,055	59,847
NT	2,352	-	8,580	2,822	13,754
National total	97,558	750,845	684,255	502,372	2,035,030

2001
NSW	27,608	254,834	207,499	141,392	631,333
VIC	19,451	186,107	144,452	128,689	478,699
QLD	16,583	135,115	98,202	114,915	364,815
WA	6,756	91,299	43,816	33,487	175,358
SA	6,154	60,307	32,773	36,460	135,694
TAS	2,778	15,149	11,746	13,439	43,112
ACT	1,291	5,265	30,174	6,021	42,751
NT	645	2,049	8,868	2,388	13,950
National total	81,266	750,125	577,530	476,791	1,885,712
2004
NSW	28,544	245,680	259,022	189,256	722,502
VIC	22,201	180,961	187,468	176,645	567,275
QLD	14,667	132,752	116,870	136,977	401,266
WA	13,078	102,246	56,078	39,226	210,628
SA	4,843	61,997	40,807	44,662	152,309
TAS	3,353	15,038	14,465	15,837	48,693
ACT	2,643	4,368	33,289	7,567	47,867
NT	1,183	2,070	10,050	3,107	16,410
National total	90,512	745,112	718,049	613,277	2,166,950
2007
NSW	8,378	243,876	364,678	205,906	822,838
VIC	5,609	190,254	326,906	213,833	736,602
QLD	3,849	140,946	166,853	155,225	466,873
WA	3,191	92,113	73,687	48,914	217,905
SA	2,002	61,232	55,655	52,002	170,891
TAS	459	15,343	20,300	17,128	53,230
ACT	493	3,073	38,162	9,990	51,718
NT	231	1,910	16,098	3,468	21,707
National total	24,212	748,747	1,062,339	706,466	2,541,764

Source Australian Electoral Commission, ‘Virtual Tally Room (2007), House of Representatives, House of Representatives votes counted by state’, viewed on 27 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/HouseVotesCountedByState-13745.htm ; ‘Virtual Tally Room (2004), House of Representatives, votes by state’, viewed on 27 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/HouseVotesCountedByState-12246.htm; 2001 Election results CD, ‘House of Representatives votes counted by vote type by division’; Election statistics CD 1993, 1996, 1998, ‘House of Representatives Results, Votes Counted by Vote Type’.

Table C.5 Declaration votes rejected, House of Representatives, by type, by jurisdiction, 1993 to 2007 elections

	Provisional votes	Absent votes	Pre-poll votes	Postal votes	Total declaration votes
1993
NSW	33,526	36,562	8,869	9,148	88,105
VIC	10,473	13,474	4,520	6,858	35,325
QLD	8,675	15,799	5,137	7,268	36,879
WA	4,046	6,403	1,726	1,775	13,950
SA	5,433	5,381	1,481	2,117	14,412
TAS	1,272	926	434	755	3,387
ACT	1,217	432	1,323	571	3,543
NT	1,816	-	388	364	2,568
National total	66,458	78,977	23,878	28,856	198,169
1996
NSW	23,390	31,577	11,195	7,258	73,420
VIC	29,357	30,099	8,799	7,912	76,167
QLD	11,897	15,038	4,466	5,005	36,406
WA	9,116	13,623	2,993	2,598	28,330
SA	7,637	10,784	2,528	2,531	23,480
TAS	1,427	1,534	750	1,139	4,850
ACT	1,209	684	1,510	442	3,845
NT	2,555	-	660	354	3,569
National total	86,588	103,339	32,901	27,239	250,067
1998
NSW	32,508	51,900	17,622	15,891	117,921
VIC	23,330	26,245	10,809	11,758	72,142
QLD	11,398	14,844	5,412	8,954	40,608
WA	8,818	11,567	3,450	2,896	26,731
SA	6,091	8,541	2,738	4,559	21,929
TAS	935	837	746	1,044	3,562
ACT	906	269	1,443	444	3,062
NT	1,024	-	596	372	1,992
National total	85,010	114,203	42,816	45,918	287,947

2001
NSW	31,861	39,350	12,097	13,199	96,507
VIC	21,528	27,520	7,294	10,260	66,602
QLD	12,661	15,039	5,701	8,860	42,261
WA	7,689	9,705	2,974	2,901	23,269
SA	6,483	8,330	2,127	2,689	19,629
TAS	1,641	1,318	699	845	4,503
ACT	937	324	984	484	2,729
NT	1,172	234	701	429	2,536
National total	83,972	101,820	32,577	39,667	258,036
2004
NSW	22,039	33,391	11,885	15,032	82,347
VIC	26,092	29,841	9,475	12,337	77,745
QLD	14,749	15,675	6,058	10,068	46,550
WA	11,754	16,903	3,441	3,718	35,816
SA	11,312	10,375	2,560	3,510	27,757
TAS	1,755	1,484	718	1,154	5,111
ACT	1,672	497	1,222	550	3,941
NT	993	293	690	684	2,660
National total	90,366	108,459	36,049	47,053	281,927
2007
NSW	39,657	31,781	16,244	14,134	101,816
VIC	33,386	26,284	12,486	12,120	84,276
QLD	31,543	23,075	8,596	9,108	72,322
WA	18,662	15,003	4,127	3,253	41,045
SA	12,342	9,158	2,881	2,862	27,243
TAS	3,703	1,558	921	948	7,130
ACT	2,233	385	1,390	495	4,503
NT	1,944	450	1,303	180	3,877
National total	143,470	107,694	47,948	43,100	342,212

Source The figures in this table are calculated by subtracting declaration votes counted (table C.4) from declaration votes received (table C.3).

Table C.6 Electoral roll, by jurisdiction, as at 30 June, 1991 to 2008

	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	Total
1991	3,682,249	2,827,560	1,812,526	978,359	968,098	314,107	174,825	83,631	10,841,355
1992	3,774,033	2,904,865	1,924,733	1,019,439	970,066	318,849	186,788	89,809	11,188,582
1993	3,854,030	2,943,112	1,986,587	1,043,923	1,021,568	326,821	193,945	94,765	11,464,751
1994	3,826,483	2,892,013	1,993,339	1,040,779	1,007,874	324,651	192,383	97,792	11,375,314
1995	3,876,330	2,977,197	2,009,332	1,063,318	1,003,607	315,512	198,545	93,943	11,537,784
1996	3,997,657	3,028,943	2,094,850	1,104,162	1,012,652	331,080	204,969	103,124	11,877,437
1997	3,989,416	3,018,089	2,110,149	1,119,266	1,006,034	322,127	203,632	104,151	11,872,864
1998	4,054,003	3,015,405	2,144,981	1,124,910	989,884	320,479	205,328	104,648	11,959,638
1999	4,133,129	3,106,115	2,183,729	1,156,691	1,018,589	326,374	209,063	106,101	12,239,791
2000	4,187,911	3,153,514	2,241,387	1,169,243	1,030,970	324,838	215,212	107,776	12,430,851
2001	4,154,672	3,199,570	2,326,846	1,203,847	1,024,112	325,535	214,949	105,611	12,555,142
2002	4,216,767	3,253,105	2,353,278	1,204,743	1,052,739	332,896	218,735	109,717	12,741,980
2003	4,270,127	3,265,797	2,369,873	1,207,713	1,044,802	332,228	218,949	109,250	12,818,739
2004	4,310,662	3,283,191	2,441,694	1,217,279	1,039,531	335,940	223,782	109,388	12,961,467
2005	4,311,489	3,338,389	2,463,798	1,265,107	1,054,730	341,172	226,737	113,053	13,114,475
2006	4,299,510	3,324,691	2,458,457	1,259,528	1,058,029	343,494	226,576	111,254	13,081,539
2007	4,427,879	3,405,136	2,563,157	1,291,576	1,068,303	346,911	235,015	113,237	13,451,214
2008	4,528,444	3,467,794	2,642,032	1,326,577	1,083,154	353,031	241,628	119,910	13,762,570

Source Australian Electoral Commission, Annual Report 2007-08, p 34; Annual Report 2002-03, p 29; Annual Report 1996-97, p 20.

Table C.7 Population, by jurisdiction, as at 30 June, 1991 to 2008

	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	Total
1991	5,898,731	4,420,373	2,960,951	1,636,067	1,446,299	466,802	289,320	165,493	17,284,036
1992	5,962,569	4,455,002	3,029,950	1,658,045	1,456,512	469,826	294,674	168,086	17,494,664
1993	6,004,880	4,472,387	3,109,788	1,677,669	1,460,674	471,659	299,302	170,734	17,667,093
1994	6,060,190	4,487,570	3,187,113	1,703,009	1,466,138	472,939	301,953	175,826	17,854,738
1995	6,126,981	4,517,387	3,265,109	1,733,787	1,469,429	473,673	305,291	180,101	18,071,758
1996	6,204,728	4,560,155	3,338,690	1,765,256	1,474,253	474,443	308,746	184,443	18,310,714
1997	6,276,961	4,597,201	3,394,671	1,794,992	1,481,357	473,605	309,494	189,283	18,517,564
1998	6,339,071	4,637,820	3,447,725	1,822,668	1,489,552	471,967	310,320	192,148	18,711,271
1999	6,411,370	4,686,402	3,501,421	1,849,733	1,497,819	471,430	312,745	194,935	18,925,855
2000	6,486,213	4,741,339	3,561,537	1,874,459	1,505,038	471,409	315,632	197,753	19,153,380
2001	6,575,217	4,804,726	3,628,946	1,901,159	1,511,728	471,795	319,730	199,939	19,413,240
2002	6,628,951	4,863,084	3,714,798	1,926,111	1,521,127	472,766	323,077	201,524	19,651,438
2003	6,672,577	4,923,485	3,809,214	1,953,070	1,531,278	477,646	326,054	202,111	19,895,435
2004	6,707,189	4,981,467	3,900,910	1,982,637	1,540,434	482,770	327,862	204,094	20,127,363
2005	6,756,457	5,048,602	3,994,858	2,017,088	1,552,514	486,327	330,549	208,396	20,394,791
2006	6,816,087	5,126,540	4,090,908	2,059,381	1,567,888	489,951	334,500	212,625	20,697,880
2007	6,888,014	5,204,826	4,181,431	2,106,119	1,584,197	493,371	340,144	216,940	21,015,042
2008	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na

Source Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Demographic Statistics (2008) ,cat no 3101.0, Table 4, Estimated Resident Population, States and Territories (Number), viewed on 27 May 2009 at http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3101.0Sep%202008?OpenDocument.

Table C.8 Election and close of rolls enrolment, by jurisdiction, 1993 to 2007 elections

	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007
Election Enrolment
NSW	3,814,932	3,955,782	4,076,081	4,227,937	4,329,115	4,496,208
VIC	2,932,640	2,972,635	3,081,632	3,234,874	3,309,800	3,441,822
QLD	1,971,729	2,091,384	2,188,024	2,336,698	2,475,611	2,612,504
WA	1,038,968	1,088,487	1,149,619	1,206,422	1,248,732	1,313,201
SA	1,014,400	1,001,006	1,013,989	1,039,025	1,051,923	1,076,220
TAS	327,919	329,304	330,121	331,675	342,809	349,753
ACT	192,487	203,170	209,536	221,184	227,541	238,786
NT	91,563	98,800	105,048	111,022	112,930	118,045
Total	11,384,638	11,740,568	12,154,050	12,708,837	13,098,461	13,646,539
Close of rolls enrolment
NSW	3,793,616	3,926,293	4,031,749	4,204,383	4,302,122	4,495,336
VIC	2,925,654	2,954,596	3,056,887	3,218,746	3,292,409	3,442,096
QLD	1,970,226	2,082,451	2,177,556	2,319,481	2,463,402	2,612,300
WA	1,035,381	1,077,647	1,140,845	1,200,438	1,237,349	1,312,942
SA	1,014,648	989,885	1,006,398	1,034,377	1,049,814	1,075,968
TAS	327,879	325,750	329,751	328,829	339,589	349,788
ACT	190,458	200,828	208,684	219,876	224,896	238,742
NT	91,105	97,740	104,755	110,501	111,649	117,901
Total	11,348,967	11,655,190	12,056,625	12,636,631	13,021,230	13,645,073

Source Australian Electoral Commission, ‘Virtual Tally Room (2007) General enrolment by state’, viewed on 27 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/GeneralEnrolmentByState-13745.htm; ‘Virtual Tally Room (2004) General enrolment by state’, viewed on 27 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/GeneralEnrolmentByState-12246.htm; 2001 Election results CD, Enrolment statistics by division’; Election statistics CD 1993, 1996, 1998, ‘General Information, enrolment statistics by division’; Federal Election 2001 Close of Rolls, Electoral Newsfile No 100, p 1; Federal Election 1998 Close of Rolls, Electoral Newsfile No 74, p.1.

Table C.9 Overseas votes issued, by type, 1993 to 2007 elections

	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007
Pre-poll	28,978	36,655	51,337	50,006	54,792	59,758
Postal	10,911	11,313	13,749	13,030	13,752	9,164
Total	39,889	47,968	65,086	63,036	68,544	68,922

Source Australian Electoral Commission, Electoral pocketbook: election 2007 (2009), p 54; 'Virtual Tally Room 2004 Election: Declaration votes issued by state', viewed on 25 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/GeneralDecVotesIssuedByState-12246.htm; 2001 Election results CD, General information, declaration votes issued, by division; Election statistics: 1993, 1996, 1998 CD, General information, declaration votes issued.

Table C.10 Selected statistics by division

Division and jurisdiction	2004 provisional votes rejected	2007 provisional votes rejected	2007 non-sequential informal votes	Electors with British subject notation	2007 election margin
New South Wales
Banks	297	729	647	486	18,283
Barton	565	1,049	481	472	19,838
Bennelong	337	622	1,890	551	2,434
Berowra	264	454	1,234	774	14,899
Blaxland	599	1,731	1,221	299	28,450
Bradfield	441	592	401	722	22,693
Calare	358	872	313	644	19,861
Charlton	447	568	702	826	21,413
Chifley	515	1,079	1,795	732	33,204
Cook	352	730	609	748	11,315
Cowper	431	738	406	1,216	2,089
Cunningham	69	225	639	1,224	30,535
Dobell	417	509	898	1,353	6,430
Eden-Monaro	466	694	592	1,051	5,760
Farrer	300	687	345	742	19,273
Fowler	416	962	424	453	28,505
Gilmore	296	655	655	1,651	6,537
Grayndler	797	1,254	858	454	41,802
Greenway	468	586	623	984	7,240
Hughes	335	606	281	540	3,605
Hume	378	712	111	1,272	6,989
Hunter	233	925	509	635	26,331
Kingsford Smith	607	1,095	201	668	23,052
Lindsay	255	748	862	1,438	11,079
Lowe	545	739	102	334	11,598
Lyne	210	490	1,048	1,255	13,560
Macarthur	463	661	646	1,303	1,108
Mackellar	359	533	1,229	889	20,857
Macquarie	194	677	586	1,377	12,347
Mitchell	444	436	447	882	18,837
New England	416	849	449	494	25,194
Newcastle	366	692	768	592	26,905
North Sydney	486	712	676	784	9,181
Page	416	883	773	871	4,030
Parkes	398	1,107	883	525	21,501
Parramatta	730	956	1,238	643	11,726

Paterson	325	628	683	1,226	2,540
Prospect	481	996	742	622	21,354
Reid	351	1,208	933	298	26,692
Richmond	444	1,013	672	1,483	14,460
Riverina	421	908	190	404	27,378
Robertson	394	696	750	1,354	184
Shortland	353	518	225	1,092	25,217
Sydney	1,145	1,254	445	560	29,864
Throsby	234	590	309	1,851	37,751
Warringah	422	617	398	790	16,163
Watson	806	1,427	625	321	32,664
Wentworth	748	1,247	1,285	742	6,804
Werriwa	720	998	576	882	24,288
	21,514	39,657	33,375	41,509	na
Victoria
Aston	379	378	379	1,179	8,674
Ballarat	610	885	312	1,209	14,304
Batman	839	837	599	433	41,345
Bendigo	618	959	1,157	1,140	11,038
Bruce	688	789	558	706	13,401
Calwell	1,082	1,574	1,307	887	33,344
Casey	500	656	324	1,959	9,914
Chisholm	514	519	440	689	11,792
Corangamite	551	818	467	1,356	1,542
Corio	699	962	830	1,321	14,837
Deakin	489	529	265	1,059	2,328
Dunkley	768	802	283	2,659	6,982
Flinders	671	814	412	2,595	14,639
Gellibrand	1,035	1,194	946	907	36,112
Gippsland	561	907	509	1,604	10,419
Goldstein	695	644	420	924	10,323
Gorton	1,204	1,605	883	897	40,238
Higgins	705	795	497	777	11,489
Holt	1,207	1,723	448	1,775	21,599
Hotham	847	864	721	680	21,149
Indi	508	680	411	866	15,573
Isaacs	736	1,078	599	1,509	13,901
Jagajaga	353	455	391	759	15,725

Kooyong	442	443	264	735	15,622
La Trobe	638	790	840	1,940	871
Lalor	793	1,303	492	1,830	29,674
Mallee	455	708	781	571	35,416
Maribyrnong	946	860	656	575	24,227
McEwen	672	949	1,205	1,845	31
McMillan	490	734	967	1,779	7,729
Melbourne	1,152	1,801	695	642	39,015
Melbourne Ports	1,041	1,426	258	785	12,301
Menzies	415	475	410	667	10,120
Murray	658	917	1,876	796	29,438
Scullin	679	721	556	561	34,039
Wannon	538	693	208	743	12,738
Wills	914	1,099	770	383	38,647
	26,092	33,386	23,136	41,742	na
Queensland
Blair	397	1,006	578	1,018	7,459
Bonner	425	728	325	763	7,572
Bowman	432	923	341	1,193	64
Brisbane	559	941	309	609	11,314
Capricornia	434	1,157	467	689	21,630
Dawson	577	1,406	284	724	5,134
Dickson	412	609	332	1,014	217
Fadden	687	1,113	522	1,565	17,023
Fairfax	518	1,064	581	1,456	4,949
Fisher	584	973	403	1,458	4,941
Flynn		1,076	1,011	788	253
Forde	581	983	715	1,690	4,550
Griffith	695	1,044	292	640	20,402
Groom	432	866	748	589	13,686
Herbert	606	1,537	965	713	343
Hinkler	351	760	306	1,445	2,781
Kennedy	736	1,861	393	685	12,359
Leichhardt	879	2,262	893	871	6,689
Lilley	590	1,152	202	734	14,340
Longman	503	1,207	302	1,494	5,869
Maranoa	419	1,188	376	648	22,833
McPherson	439	1,104	282	1,432	14,761

Moncrieff	476	1,129	513	1,338	22,783
Moreton	544	809	291	522	7,644
Oxley	561	1,310	329	1,103	22,739
Petrie	398	658	369	1,078	3,412
Rankin	769	1,164	469	1,078	18,797
Ryan	326	618	206	700	6,418
Wide Bay	419	895	486	1,323	13,665
	14,749	31,543	13,290	29,360	na
Western Australia
Brand	901	1,598	887	2,870	9,286
Canning	882	1,253	719	2,665	9,580
Cowan	864	1,169	1,194	1,440	2,908
Curtin	686	1,003	221	873	21,488
Forrest	628	1,547	762	1,610	9,992
Fremantle	684	1,138	788	1,290	14,605
Hasluck	780	1,189	891	1,923	1,852
Kalgoorlie	953	1,648	919	747	3,377
Moore	587	790	548	1,040	12,881
O'Connor	680	1,368	1,240	1,230	25,183
Pearce	796	1,282	467	1,928	15,361
Perth	791	1,123	981	1,161	13,856
Stirling	1,026	1,355	1,233	941	2,089
Swan	914	1,355	1,088	1,237	164
Tangney	582	844	478	1,232	13,461
	11,754	18,662	12,416	22,187	na
South Australia
Adelaide	1,180	1,180	278	1,225	15,111
Barker	1,227	1,239	429	1,306	17,905
Boothby	717	758	598	1,307	5,247
Grey	990	1,334	884	1,588	7,899
Hindmarsh	894	988	475	1,175	9,170
Kingston	1,119	1,146	588	2,784	8,003
Makin	860	865	666	2,540	13,437
Mayo	823	766	335	2,522	12,680
Port Adelaide	1,348	1,632	541	1,651	35,767
Sturt	897	863	523	1,360	1,711
Wakefield	1,257	1,571	863	3,693	11,438
	11,312	12,342	6,180	21,151	na

Tasmania
Bass	269	613	424	756	1,271
Braddon	250	763	237	888	1,909
Denison	379	829	262	689	19,994
Franklin	419	789	293	879	6,058
Lyons	438	709	257	1,060	11,140
	1,755	3,703	1,473	4,272	na
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra	723	1,078	152	993	27,159
Fraser	949	1,155	372	801	32,750
	1,672	2,233	524	1,794	na
Northern Territory
Lingiari	638	800	634	383	10,427
Solomon	355	1,144	326	530	196
	993	1,944	960	913	10,623
National total	89,841	143,470	91,354	162,928 (a)	na

Note na – not applicable. (a) The national total for electors with British subject notation differs from that in the Australian Electoral Commission's submission 169.6 for the national total (159,095), New South Wales total (41,510) and Victorian total (41,742) due to an error made by the Commission in summing each division and jurisdiction.

Source Australian Electoral Commission, ‘Virtual Tally Room (2007), House of Representatives, Two party preferred by division’, viewed on 29 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/HouseTppByDivision-13745-NAT.htm; ‘Virtual Tally Room (2007), General, declaration votes received by division, viewed on 29 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/GeneralDecVotesReceivedByDivision-13745-NAT.htm; Virtual Tally Room (2004), General, declaration votes received by division, viewed on 29 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/GeneralDecVotesReceivedByDivision-12246-NAT.htm; ‘Virtual Tally Room (2007), House of Representatives, votes counted by division’, viewed on 29 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/HouseVotesCountedByDivision-13745-NAT.htm; ‘Virtual Tally Room (2004), House of Representatives, votes by division, viewed on 29 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/HouseVotesCountedByDivision-12246-NAT.htm; Analysis of informal voting: House of Representatives 2007 election (2009), Research report number 11, pp 36–185; submission 169.6, pp 42–46.

Table C.11 Pre-poll votes issued, by type, 1993 to 2007 elections

	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007
Home division	188,098	234,822	391,871	312,041	408,863	667,625
Other division	189,751	227,672	335,294	298,008	345,239	442,709
Total	377,849	462,494	727,165	610,049	754,102	1,110,334

Source Australian Electoral Commission, ’Virtual Tally Room (2007) Declaration votes issued by division’, viewed on 25 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/GeneralDecVotesIssuedByDivision-13745-NAT.htm; 'Virtual Tally Room (2004) Declaration votes issued by state', viewed on 25 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/GeneralDecVotesIssuedByState-12246.htm; 2001 Election results CD, ‘General information, declaration votes issued, by division’; Election statistics CD 1993, 1996, 1998, General information, declaration votes issued.

Table C.12 Voter turnout, Senate, by jurisdiction, 1993 to 2007 elections (per cent)

	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007
New South Wales	96.5	96.7	95.3	95.2	95.1	95.4
Victoria	96.6	96.5	95.9	95.6	95.4	95.6
Queensland	95.8	95.1	94.5	94.8	94.1	94.8
Western Australia	95.9	95.6	95.1	95.0	93.7	93.9
South Australia	95.5	96.4	96.1	96.0	95.4	95.8
Tasmania	96.6	96.9	96.4	96.2	95.9	96.0
Australian Capital Territory	97.1	96.9	95.9	95.1	95.2	96.0
Northern Territory	89.0	89.2	90.3	86.2	84.4	86.9

Source Australian Electoral Commission, ‘Virtual Tally Room (2007), Senate, Turnout by state’, viewed on 26 May 2009 at http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/SenateTurnoutByState-13745.htm; ‘Virtual Tally Room (2004), Senate, turnout by state’, http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/SenateTurnoutByState-12246.htm; 2001 Election results CD, ‘Senate, Turnout by division; Election statistics 1993, 1996, 1998 CD, ‘Senate, Turnout by division’.

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