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Australian Electoral Commission
| 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 | |
| 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 |
The AEC acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.