Election 2010: 1198 candidates to contest the 2010 federal election

30 July 2010

A total of 1198 candidates have nominated to run in the 2010 federal election, the Electoral Commissioner Ed Killesteyn announced today.

This national figure includes 349 Senate candidates for the 40 Senate vacancies and 849 candidates for the 150 House of Representatives seats across Australia.

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

The 2010 nominations are made up of 353 female candidates and 845 male candidates. A total of 1421 candidates stood at the 2007 federal election.

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

Editors note: A full list of candidates for every state and territory will be available on the AEC website this evening. A news item on the AEC website home page will link to this information.

Number of nominations by state/territory in the 2010 federal election

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BREAKDOWN
State/territory	Seats	2010 nominations	2007 nominations
New South Wales	48	299	344
Victoria	37	194	242
Queensland	30	158	216
Western Australia	15	92	125
South Australia	11	68	74
Tasmania	5	20	31
Australian Capital Territory	2	7	11
Northern Territory	2	11	11
AUSTRALIA	150	849	1054
SENATE STATE AND TERRITORY BREAKDOWN
State/territory	No. of vacancies	2010 nominations	2007 nominations
New South Wales	6	84	79
Victoria	6	60	68
Queensland	6	60	65
Western Australia	6	55	54
South Australia	6	42	46
Tasmania	6	24	28
Australian Capital Territory	2	9	16
Northern Territory	2	15	11
AUSTRALIA	40	349	367

Phil Diak | Director Media
AEC, Canberra
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0413 452 539