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how does preferential voting work in the House of Representatives?

  • Written by: Stephen Morey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University

At the May 18 federal election, voters in every electorate of Australia’s House of Representatives will have a choice of multiple candidates. Preferential voting means that we rank candidates in the order that we prefer them.

So, how does preferential voting work?

Voters must number every box on the ballot paper. You can number them in any...

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how does preferential voting work in the Senate?

  • Written by: Stephen Morey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University
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Editor’s note: This is an updated version on an article that was published in 2016 when the new Senate voting rules were first introduced.


The voting system for the Australian Senate combines both preferential voting and proportional representation counting.

This system produces an upper house comprised of eight electorates (six...

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what's the point of nits?!

  • Written by: Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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