Australia 2004 House Elections (held 9 Oct) ================Warren D. Smith============ 150 total seats, IRV used to elect each. 7.27 candidates on average per seat (1091 total for 150 seats). [I do not think any seat had fewer than 4 contestants, but did not carefully count.] The two top parties are the "National/Liberal/CLP" party (really effectively only 1 party but since, historically, formed from smaller parties merging, seems like more; I suppose it is technically possible for all "three" of these parties to run candidates against the others but that is very rare, in fact I do not think it occurred in either 2004 or 2007 and Australian media often calls this entity the "NatLib" party for short) -- and Labor. 89 Seats decided on first preferences "A distribution of preferences was not necessary to determine the elected candidate." DISTRICT OF STATE PARTY THAT WON THE SEAT Aston VIC Liberal Barker SA Liberal Batman VIC Australian Labor Party Berowra NSW Liberal Blair QLD Liberal Blaxland NSW Australian Labor Party Boothby SA Liberal Bowman QLD Liberal Bradfield NSW Liberal Calare NSW Independent Calwell VIC Australian Labor Party Canning WA Liberal Casey VIC Liberal Chifley NSW Australian Labor Party Cook NSW Liberal Corangamite VIC Liberal Cowper NSW The Nationals Curtin WA Liberal Deakin VIC Liberal Dickson QLD Liberal Dunkley VIC Liberal Fadden QLD Liberal Fairfax QLD Liberal Farrer NSW Liberal Fisher QLD Liberal Flinders VIC Liberal Forde QLD Liberal Forrest WA Liberal Fowler NSW Australian Labor Party Fraser ACT Australian Labor Party Gellibrand VIC Australian Labor Party Gilmore NSW Liberal Goldstein VIC Liberal Gorton VIC Australian Labor Party Grayndler NSW Australian Labor Party Grey SA Liberal Groom QLD Liberal Gwydir NSW The Nationals Higgins VIC Liberal Hotham VIC Australian Labor Party Hughes NSW Liberal Hume NSW Liberal Hunter NSW Australian Labor Party Indi VIC Liberal Kooyong VIC Liberal La Trobe VIC Liberal Lalor VIC Australian Labor Party Leichhardt QLD Liberal Lingiari NT Australian Labor Party Longman QLD Liberal Lyne NSW The Nationals Macarthur NSW Liberal Mackellar NSW Liberal Macquarie NSW Liberal Mallee VIC The Nationals Maranoa QLD The Nationals Maribyrnong VIC Australian Labor Party Mayo SA Liberal McEwen VIC Liberal McPherson QLD Liberal Melbourne VIC Australian Labor Party Menzies VIC Liberal Mitchell NSW Liberal Moncrieff QLD Liberal Moore WA Liberal Murray VIC Liberal New England NSW Independent North Sydney NSW Liberal O'Connor WA Liberal Oxley QLD Australian Labor Party Parkes NSW The Nationals Paterson NSW Liberal Pearce WA Liberal Petrie QLD Liberal Port Adelaide SA Australian Labor Party Prospect NSW Australian Labor Party Reid NSW Australian Labor Party Riverina NSW The Nationals Robertson NSW Liberal Ryan QLD Liberal Scullin VIC Australian Labor Party Sturt SA Liberal Tangney WA Liberal Throsby NSW Australian Labor Party Wannon VIC Liberal Warringah NSW Liberal Watson NSW Australian Labor Party Werriwa NSW Australian Labor Party Wills VIC Australian Labor Party 61 seats decided using preferences besides first "A distribution of preferences was necessary to determine the elected candidate." I have added "***" to each of the 8 seats where the final winner DIFFERED from the "first-round" plain-plurality winner. DISTRICT OF STATE PARTY THAT WON THE SEAT Adelaide SA Australian Labor Party *** Ellis won but Worth(Lib) had most top-prefs Ballarat VIC Australian Labor Party Banks NSW Australian Labor Party Barton NSW Australian Labor Party Bass TAS Liberal Bendigo VIC Austr'n Labor Pty *** S.Gibbons won but K.Gibbins(Lib) had most top-prefs Bennelong NSW Liberal Bonner QLD Liberal Braddon TAS Liberal Brand WA Australian Labor Party Brisbane QLD Australian Labor Party Bruce VIC Australian Labor Party Canberra ACT Australian Labor Party Capricornia QLD Australian Labor Party Charlton NSW Australian Labor Party Chisholm VIC Australian Labor Party Corio VIC Australian Labor Party Cowan WA Australian Labor Party *** Edwards won but Simpkins(Lib) had most top-prefs Cunningham NSW Australian Labor Party Dawson QLD The Nationals Denison TAS Australian Labor Party Dobell NSW Liberal Eden-Monaro NSW Liberal Franklin TAS Australian Labor Party Fremantle WA Australian Labor Party Gippsland VIC The Nationals Greenway NSW Liberal Griffith QLD Australian Labor Party Hasluck WA Liberal Herbert QLD Liberal Hindmarsh SA Austr'n Labor Pty *** Georganas won but Birmingham(Lib) had most top-prefs Hinkler QLD The Nationals Holt VIC Australian Labor Party Isaacs VIC Australian Labor Party Jagajaga VIC Australian Labor Party Kalgoorlie WA Liberal Kennedy QLD Independent Kingsford Smith NSW Australian Labor Party Kingston SA Liberal Lilley QLD Australian Labor Party Lindsay NSW Liberal Lowe NSW Australian Labor Party Lyons TAS Australian Labor Party Makin SA Liberal McMillan VIC Liberal Melbourne Ports VIC Australian Labor Party *** Danby won but Southwick(Lib) had most top-prefs Moreton QLD Liberal Newcastle NSW Australian Labor Party Page NSW The Nationals Parramatta NSW Australian Labor Party *** Owens won but Cameron(Lib) had most top-prefs Perth WA Australian Labor Party Rankin QLD Australian Labor Party Richmond NSW Australian Labor Party *** Elliot won but Anthony(Nat) had most top-prefs Shortland NSW Australian Labor Party Solomon NT CLP - The Territory Party Stirling WA Liberal Swan WA Australian Labor Party *** Wilkie won but Reynolds(AD) had most top-prefs Sydney NSW Australian Labor Party Wakefield SA Liberal Wentworth NSW Liberal Wide Bay QLD The Nationals --(end of file).