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Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election in Australian Capital Territory

(for more information on this election see national summary for the House of Representatives)

Election of 10 November 2001

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House of Representatives enrolment and voting in Australian Capital Territory

Total number of voters on the roll
221,184
Number of House of Representatives seats in this state/territory
2
Number of uncontested seats
0
If uncontested seats, number of voters on the roll in uncontested seats
Number of voters on the roll in contested seats
221,184
Total ballots cast (may differ from number of votes in multiple voting systems)
210,052
Turnout (rate of voting in contested seats)
94.97%
Total valid votes
202,666
Rate of informal (invalid) voting
3.52%
Informal (invalid) ballots in multiple voting system
Not applicable
Electoral system
Adult franchise at 18 years (from 1974); single member districts, preferential voting (AV); compulsory preferences; compulsory voting

House of Representatives votes and seats won in Australian Capital Territory

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Election held on 10 November 2001
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'

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Party Name First preference vote n First preference vote share % Change from previous election % Seats won n Uncontested seats held n Seat share %
Australian Labor Party  95,215  46.98  -3.66  2  0  100.00 
Liberal Party  65,651  32.39  +1.87  0     
Australian Democrats  16,266  8.03  +0.63  0     
Australian Greens  14,335  7.07  +2.89  0     
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party  5,576  2.75  -2.33  0     
Christian Democratic Party  4,254  2.10  *  0     
Votes for other than listed parties 1,369 0.68 -0.96       
Totals 202,666  100.00    2  0  100.00 

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* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.

Sources

Australian Electoral Commission, Election 2001: Election Results, CD-ROM, Canberra, 2002 (ISBN 0642501815); Scott Bennett, Gerard Newman and Andrew Kopras, Commonwealth Election 2001, Canberra: Commonwealth Parliament, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Information Research Services, Research Paper No. 11 2001–02, 2002 (ISSN 13287478).

For a general review of this election, see John Warhurst and Marian Simms (editors), 2001: The Centenary Election, St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 2002 (ISBN 070223303X); David Solomon (editor), Howard's Race: Winning the Unwinnable Election, Pymble, NSW: HarperCollins, 2002 (ISBN 073227373 0).