Media fact sheet - 2007 federal election key facts and figures
Enrolment key facts
| How many Australians were enrolled at the 2007 close of rolls at 8pm, Tuesday 23 October 2007? (an increase of 623,843 from 13,021,230 electors at 2004 election) |
13,645,073 |
| How many Australians aged 18 to 24 were enrolled at the 2007 close of rolls? | 1,535,867 |
Nominations key facts
| How many candidates have nominated for the 2007 election? (same overall total at 2004 election) |
1,421 |
| How many candidates have nominated for the House of Representatives? (a decrease of 37 from 1,091 candidates at 2004 election) |
1,054 |
| How many candidates have nominated for the Senate? (an increase of 37 from 330 candidates at 2004 election) |
367 |
| What division has the largest number of candidates? | 13 in Bennelong (NSW) |
| What division has the smallest number of candidates? | 4 in Barton (NSW), Fowler (NSW), Lowe (NSW), Throsby (NSW), Ballarat (VIC), Wannon (VIC), Canberra (ACT) |
| How many political parties were registered when the register closed (Tuesday 16 October 2007)? | 53 political parties |
| How many of these parties are fielding candidates? | 46 political parties |
Polling arrangements
| How many polling places in Australia on election day? | 7,723 |
| How many early voting centres? (an increase from 309 centres at 2004 election) |
429 |
| How many overseas voting polling places? | over 100 Australian Diplomatic Missions |
| How many remote mobile polling teams are visiting remote locations? | 37 teams visiting 390 locations |
| How many mobile teams are visiting special hospitals? | 444 teams visiting 2,447 locations |
| How many early voting centres will have electronic voting machines for electors who are blind or have low vision? | 29 locations around Australia |
| How many languages will information be available in at every polling place? | Information on how to vote in 21 languages |
| Which polling place issues the most votes? | Australia House in London (20,716 at 2004 election) |
| Which polling place in Australia issued the most votes in 2004? | Narre Warren in the Division of Holt in Victoria issued 7,823 votes |
| Which polling place in Australia issued the least votes in 2004? | Jenolan Caves in the Division of Calare in NSW and Tardun in the Division of Kalgoorlie in WA both issued 19 votes |
Election resources
| How many ballot papers are printed? | Over 43 million |
| How many ballot boxes produced*? | 45,500 ballot boxes |
| How many voting screens produced*? | 152,500 voting screens |
| How many recycling bins produced*? (* these figures include items recovered for re-use after the 2004 election and weigh 140 tonnes overall) |
approx. 14,000 |
| How many pencils do we need? | approx. 100,000 |
| How much string do we need? | approx. 140 kilometres |
| How many households will be delivered the ‘Your official guide to the 2007 federal election’? | approx. 8 million |
| What print alternative formats will the guide be produced in? | audio, E-text and Braille |
| How many temporary staff will be employed? | approx. 70,000 |
| How many election call centre operators have been trained? | approx. 450 |
| When will the election call centre operate? | 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week, and on election day 7am to 9pm |
| How much will the 2007 election cost? | approx. $95 million including pre-election advertising and excluding public funding |
| What is the public funding for candidates if they achieve at least 4% of the formal first preference vote? | $2.10 (210.027 cents) per vote |
Virtual Tally Room at www.aec.gov.au
| How many pages will the VTR have on election night? | 1200 pages |
| How often will VTR results be updated on election night? | every 90 seconds |
| How often will VTR results be updated in the post-election period? | every 15 minutes |
More information
Key facts and figures from the 2004 federal election are available on the AEC website
Media enquiries:
Phil Diak, Director, Media and Communication Strategy
Ph: (02) 6271 4415
Mobile: 0413 452 539
