Victoria

Updated: 13 August 2007
VICTORIA
Number of divisions: 37 %
Enrolled 3 234 874  
Turnout 3 077 590 95.14
Number of static polling booths 1 762  
Number of special hospital teams 88  
Number of pre poll centres 88  
ALP TCP 1 540 613 52.14
NON ALP TCP 1 414 402 47.86
Informal 122 575 3.98
Informal votes by category
Category Ballot Papers % 1996
Blanks 30 587 24.95 24.06
Number '1' only 31 935 26.05 34.78
Ticks and crosses 15 903 12.97 27.32
Langer style 3 949 3.22  
Non sequential 17 349 14.15  
Voter identified 82 0.07 0.03
Marks 10 093 8.23 11.51
Slogans making numbering illegible 511 0.42  
Other 12 166 9.93  
Total 122 575 3.98 2.93
Specific data
    Total votes Total informal %
Highest % informal division Calwell 93 208 6 035 6.47
Lowest % informal division Deakin 81 258 2 082 2.56
Absent votes   186 107 8 187 4.40
Postal votes   128 689 1 911 1.48
Pre poll votes   144 452 3 797 2.63
Provisional votes   19 451 1 140 5.86

graph showing informal voting trends for Victoria 1901-2002

Informal votes by division