The lower houses of the parliaments of thestates and territories of Australia are divided intoelectoral districts. Most electoral districts (except theAustralian Capital Territory andTasmania, which have multi-member electorates using aproportional voting method) send a single member to a state or territory's parliament using thepreferential 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.
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 andWestern 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 theLegislative 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 inQueensland, for theLegislative Assembly of Queensland.Information about the QLD electoral districts for the 2006 elections can be obtained from theElectoral Commission of Queensland website.[1]
There are 47 single-member electoral districts inSouth Australia, for theSouth 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 theVictorian Legislative Assembly.
There are 59 single-member electoral districts inWestern Australia for theWestern Australian Legislative Assembly. 42 are in thePerth metropolitan area and 17 are in the rest of the state.