The lower houses of the parliaments of the states and territories of Australia are divided into electoral districts . Most electoral districts (except the 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 area of a state electoral district is dependent upon the Electoral Acts in the various states and vary in area between them. At present, there are 409 state electoral districts in Australia.
3-581: 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. There are five electorates for
6-713: The Legislative Assembly , each with five members each, making up 25 members in total. There are currently 93 electoral districts in New South Wales. There are 25 single-member electoral divisions in the Northern Territory, and 17 former divisions. There are 93 electoral districts in Queensland , for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland . Information about the QLD electoral districts for
9-641: The 2006 elections can be obtained from the Electoral Commission of Queensland website. There are 47 single-member electoral districts in South Australia , for the South Australian House of Assembly . There are 15 electoral divisions in Tasmania for the upper house Legislative Council. In the lower house the five federal divisions are used, but electing 5 members each There are 88 electoral districts in Victoria, for
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