Media Advice 2001: Provision of Election Result

9 November 2001

For up to date election results access the Australian Electoral Commission's virtual tally room at www.aec.gov.au from 6:30pm on election night Saturday 10 November 2001.

The site will show House of Representatives and Senate results, updating approximately every three minutes. Results will be available at divisional, state/territory and national level.

In the days following election night, results from the counting of other votes such as postal, absent, pre-poll and provisional votes will be provided as will Divisional results down to polling place level.

Instructions on how to access results for the House of Representatives and the Senate are located on the welcome page of the tally room site. To ensure you have the latest results, hit the 'refresh' button on your web browser frequently. Details of what each screen displays together with general notes are provided at the bottom of each result screen.