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+ | Congress of {{CountryLink|Australia}} is sometimes referred to as the Senate of Australia, hence the elected officials are referred to as '''Senators''' instead of Congress members. | ||
− | + | The [[Congress elections|Congressional/Senate elections]] take place on the 25th day of each month. Only the top 5 parties can make nominations for Congress candidates. | |
− | + | Until October 2008, Congressional/Senate Elections were held as part of the general elections which included both [[Presidential elections|Presidential]] & Congressional Elections and they were held on the 1st of each month. Up to this point, citizens voted for the party list in a certain region, not the individual Congress candidates. | |
− | + | From October 2008 up to September 2012, citizens voted for an individual candidate on a party list in a certain region. As of September 2012, citizens vote for lists of party representatives instead of individual candidates which is valid for a whole country, not a certain region. | |
+ | The first [[Congress elections|Congressional/Senate elections]] in {{CountryLink|Australia}} were held on eDay 11 (''{{HistoryDate|11}}'') when first ever general elections were held in the [[New World]]. Unfortunately, not a lot of data is known from this period and the first known results are from December 2008. | ||
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+ | ==Congress elections in Australia== | ||
*[[Congress of Australia 2008]] | *[[Congress of Australia 2008]] | ||
*[[Congress of Australia 2009]] | *[[Congress of Australia 2009]] | ||
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==Numbers of Congress seats by parties== | ==Numbers of Congress seats by parties== | ||
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Congress of Australia is sometimes referred to as the Senate of Australia, hence the elected officials are referred to as Senators instead of Congress members.
The Congressional/Senate elections take place on the 25th day of each month. Only the top 5 parties can make nominations for Congress candidates.
Until October 2008, Congressional/Senate Elections were held as part of the general elections which included both Presidential & Congressional Elections and they were held on the 1st of each month. Up to this point, citizens voted for the party list in a certain region, not the individual Congress candidates.
From October 2008 up to September 2012, citizens voted for an individual candidate on a party list in a certain region. As of September 2012, citizens vote for lists of party representatives instead of individual candidates which is valid for a whole country, not a certain region.
The first Congressional/Senate elections in Australia were held on eDay 11 (1 December 2007) when first ever general elections were held in the New World. Unfortunately, not a lot of data is known from this period and the first known results are from December 2008.
Congress elections in Australia
- Congress of Australia 2008
- Congress of Australia 2009
- Congress of Australia 2010
- Congress of Australia 2011
- Congress of Australia 2012
- Congress of Australia 2013
- Congress of Australia 2014
- Congress of Australia 2015
- Congress of Australia 2016
- Congress of Australia 2017
- Congress of Australia 2018
- Congress of Australia 2019
- Congress of Australia 2020
- Congress of Australia 2021
- Congress of Australia 2022
Numbers of Congress seats by parties
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