19 October 2001

Election 2001 has attracted 1324 candidates.

This figures includes 285 candidates for the Senate and 1039 candidates for the House of Representatives.

Nominations were publicly declared at 12 noon today.

Figures released by the Australian Electoral Commission indicate that:

• 111 less candidates have nominated than for the last federal election in 1998; and
• 381 female candidates and 943 males have nominated.

Printing of the ballot papers will now commence and they will be distributed to the AEC’s 150 Divisional offices and to 100 overseas voting posts to enable pre-poll voting to begin in Australia and overseas.

Electors who can’t get to a polling place on polling day can either visit the AEC’s website at www.aec.gov.au or call the AEC on 13 23 26 to find out where they can cast a pre-poll vote.

Ends

Note media:

Attached is a summary of the number of nominations in the Senate and House of Representatives by State and Territory for this election

A full list of nominations for each State and Territory is available from the AEC’s website at www.aec.gov.au or from the AEC’s Head Office in each capital city during normal business hours. A full Australia wide list is available from the AEC’s Central office in Canberra during normal business hours from 22 October 2001.

Further information:
Brien Hallett
Asst Commissioner Information & Research
Ph. (02) 6271 4477
Mobile 0413 274 798

Nominations Details - 2001 Federal Election

	Seats to be contested	Total 2001 nominations	Total 1998 (half Senate)
Senate
NSW	6	65	69
VIC	6	52	63
QLD	6	40	57
WA	6	46	45
SA	6	26	35
TAS	6	29	32
ACT	2	14	17
NT	2	13	11
Total	40	285	329
House
NSW	50	395	392
VIC	37	225	289
QLD	27	179	192
WA	15	116	109
SA	12	71	78
TAS	5	27	27
ACT	2	13	15
NT	2	13	7
Total	150	1039	1109