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At the 2022 Australian federal election, based on the 2021 apportionment, there were 151 divisions: 47 in New South Wales, 39 in Victoria, 30 in Queensland, 15 in Western Australia, 10 in South Australia, 5 in Tasmania, 3 in the ACT and 2 in Northern Territory.
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Electorates in Australia are geographically defined areas represented by a single elected Member of Parliament. Known officially as divisions at the federal level and electoral districts at the state and territory level, "electorates" are also commonly referred to as seats or constituencies .
The lower houses of the parliaments of the states and territories of Australia are divided into electoral districts.Most electoral districts (except the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania, which have multi-member electorates using a proportional voting method) send a single member to a state or territory's parliament using the preferential method of voting.
The Australian state of Western Australia is divided into 15 electoral divisions for the purposes of electing the Australian House of Representatives. At the 2022 federal election, the Australian Labor Party won 9 seats, the Liberal Party of Australia won 5 seats, and 1 seat was won by an independent. [1]
The Australian Capital Territory, an internal territory of Australia, is divided into 3 electoral divisions for the purposes of electing the Australian House of Representatives. At the 2022 federal election the Australian Labor Party won all three seats in the territory.
The Australian state of Victoria is divided into 39 electoral divisions for the purposes of electing the Australian House of Representatives. At the 2022 federal election the Australian Labor Party won 24 of the state's 39 divisions, while the Liberals won 8, the Nationals won 3, the Greens won one, and three were won by independents. [1]
A map of all local government areas in Australia. This list has been broken down into several sublists: List of local government areas of New South Wales; Local government areas of the Northern Territory; List of local government areas of Queensland; List of local government areas of South Australia; List of local government areas of Tasmania