State Electoral District is a term used to refer to an electorate within the Lower House or Legislative Assembly of Australian states and territories. Most state electoral districts (except Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania, which have multi-member electorates using a proportional voting method) send a single member to a state or territory's parliament using the preferential method of voting. The size of a state electoral district is dependent upon the Electoral Acts in the various states and vary in size between them. At present, there are 409 state electoral districts in Australia.
State electoral districts do not apply to the Upper House, or Legislative Council, in those states that have one (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia). In New South Wales and South Australia, MLCs represent the entire state, in Tasmania they represent single-member districts, and in Victoria and Western Australia they represent a region formed by grouping electoral districts together.
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By State/Territory 1
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Australian Capital Territory 1.1
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New South Wales 1.2
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Northern Territory 1.3
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Queensland 1.4
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South Australia 1.5
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Tasmania 1.6
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Victoria 1.7
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Western Australia 1.8
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See also 2
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References 3
By State/Territory
Australian Capital Territory
There are three electorates for the Legislative Assembly, two with five members each, and one with seven members, making up seventeen members in total.
New South Wales
There are currently 93 electoral districts in New South Wales.
Northern Territory
There are 25 single-member electoral divisions in the Northern Territory, and 17 former divisions.
Queensland
There are 89 electoral districts in Queensland, for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. Information about the QLD electoral districts for the 2006 elections can be obtained from the Electoral Commission of Queensland website.[1]
South Australia
There are 47 single-member electoral districts in South Australia, for the South Australian House of Assembly.
Tasmania
Electoral divisions of Tasmania
There are 5 electoral divisions in Tasmania.
Victoria
There are 88 electoral districts in Victoria, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Western Australia
There are 59 single-member electoral districts in Western Australia for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. 42 are in the Perth metropolitan area and 17 are in the rest of the state.
See also
References
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^ "2006 State General Election : 9 September 2006".
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Australian state and territory electoral districts
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