2 November 2007

A total of 1421 candidates have nominated to run in the 2007 federal election, the Electoral Commissioner, Ian Campbell announced today. 

This national figure includes 367 Senate candidates for the 40 Senate vacancies and 1054 candidates for the 150 House of Representatives seats across Australia.  

Mr Campbell said the candidate nominations were officially declared at 12noon today at public events held around Australia.

The 2007 nominations are made up of 407 female candidates and 1013 male candidates. In one case gender information was not supplied.  1421 candidates also stood at the 2004 federal election. 

Mr Campbell said that the secure printing of ballot papers would now start with early voting to commence in the coming week.

Further nominations details:
See below for a summary of the number of nominations for House of Representatives and Senate elections in each State and Territory.

Media contacts:
Phil Diak
Director Media and Communication Strategy
Ph. (02) 6271 4415
Mobile: 0413 452 539

Number of nominations by State/Territory in the 2007 federal election

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BREAKDOWN

State/Territory	Seats to be contested	Total 2007 nominations	Total 2004 nominations
New South Wales	49	344	382
Victoria	37	242	257
Queensland	29	216	205
Western Australia	15	125	124
South Australia	11	74	76
Tasmania	5	31	25
Australian Capital Territory	2	11	10
Northern Territory	2	11	12
AUSTRALIA	150	1054	1091

SENATE STATE AND TERRITORY BREAKDOWN

State/Territory	Number of vacancies	Total 2007 nominations	Total 2004 nominations
New South Wales	6	79	78
Victoria	6	68	65
Queensland	6	65	50
Western Australia	6	54	40
South Australia	6	46	47
Tasmania	6	28	26
Australian Capital Territory	2	16	13
Northern Territory	2	11	11
AUSTRALIA	40	367	330