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The Commonwealth of Syndic Australia
"An am fìrin a unsiač, nì Astrālēa adhartas - In truth and solidarity, Australia advances"
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The Commonwealth of Syndic Australia
"An am fìrin a unsiač, nì Astrālēa adhartas - In truth and solidarity, Australia advances"
The Australic Electoral Institute (A.E.I.)
Official Election Notice
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Official Election Notice
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Polling - All Parties First Preference (Ex. New Guinea and Military): ISP 23% | ALP 22%| CP 22% | AGP 13% | CSD 8% | AJP 6% | LIS 4% | LCP 1% | ALL OTHER 1%
The Commonwealth of Australia's 2025 Federal Election is now exactly 90 days away, on April 27°.
Introduction
The Commonwealth of Australia derives it's Federal electoral process and system of government from the Australic Constitution, as promulgated following the 1923 Revolution. This constitution provides for the structure of the federal legislature - as a bicameral parliament - and the executive - as a cabinet headed by the Prime Minister and otherwise composed of the Chairpersons of the various Federal Consolidated Syndicates.
The Federal Election refers to the democratic process for selecting members to the Federal Parliament, as the Federal Consolidated Syndicates have a separate process. The Federal Parliament, being bicameral in nature, is comprised of an Upper House (the Senate) and a Lower House (the House of Representatives). The purpose of the House of Representatives is to represent the individual communes that comprise the Commonwealth, whilst the Senate represents the states and territories.
The Composition of Parliament
The number of positions in the Senate is prescribed by the constitution as;
..."twelve seats allotted for senators from each state of the federation and four seats for each territory..."
Whilst for the House of Representatives;
"...shall be composed of a number of seats for communal ministers exactly double the number of senators, with each minister representing a communal constituency of as close to equal population as possible, with a permissable variation of 12.5%."
With 14 states and 2 territories - plus an additional two special seats allotted for the disputed New Guinea Territory, the current size of the Federal Senate is 178. Likewise, the Federal House of Representatives possesses double that number, at 356, with each communal constituency possessing a population of approximately 100,000 ±12,500.
The Electoral Process
The Constitution mandates that a federal election must be held every three years, on April 27°. At a Federal Election, all seats in the House of Representatives are contested, whilst half of those in the Senate are contested. The reason for only half of Senate seats being contested is to stagger the election of senators; the tenures of senators are twice as long as those of communal ministers - 6 years as opposed to 3 - with the intent being that the senators who have reached the end of their 6 year tenure are those whose seats are being contested in a federal election.
The Senate and House of Representatives use two similar but distinct voting methods:
Members for the House of Representatives are elected utilising a single-member preferential system. That is to say, every voter numbers the candidates running in their electorate based on their preference. The candidate with the least number of first preference votes is discarded and their second preference votes distributed, until there are two candidates - the one with the majority wins.
Voting for the Senate utilises a preferential proportional system. As such, within each state or territory there is a certain threshold of votes required to win a single seat (dependant on state population). The least popular candidate is discarded much the same as the previous voting method, until there are enough candidates above the threshold to fill each seat.
Voting for the Senate utilises a preferential proportional system. As such, within each state or territory there is a certain threshold of votes required to win a single seat (dependant on state population). The least popular candidate is discarded much the same as the previous voting method, until there are enough candidates above the threshold to fill each seat.
Voting in Federal elections is mandatory for all adult and capable citizens - thus all adult and capable residents. One can abstain on the grounds of conscientious objection, but it is much easier to simply post a blank or invalid ballot, often referred to as a 'donkey vote'. Voting is done via secret ballot either in person, at a polling centre where one can be checked against the electoral roll, or via mail, also checked against the electoral roll.
The Election Season Begins
This forthcoming election, an additional 20 seats in the House of Representatives and 10 in the Senate will be contested, due to the ascension of the former Pacific Territory into the states of Fiji and Melanesia.
Today is the deadline for both the declaration of candidacy for any persons seeking to contest a position in the forthcoming election, as well as the deadline for any political party wishing to contest this election to register, if not already registered.
The individual candidacies for each seat will be updated on the official register as the election approaches, whilst all political parties will be listed below:
The A.E.I. will be open for queries regarding the electoral process and will forward such questions about individual parties' electoral agendas. Furthermore, updates and news regarding the election will be posted to this channel, as well as party agendas and analyses.
Additional information may also be found on the relevant intranet scripts.