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This Database was archived at the end of 2018 but its components continue to be enhanced and the website modified for ease of access.
A current project is to include brief notes and references for each Senate election result in the Senate National Summaries and to add active links to Glossary entries and online sources.
For example, the notes on the 1949 Senate election, the first held with proportional representation, examine the details and context of the adoption of the electoral system that was to have major consequences for the role of the Senate.
Campbell Sharman, 1 September 2020
The Australian Politics and Elections Database is being archived and no information will be added on elections or changes of government that occur after December 2018
Existing Database information on Australian elections and periods in government from 1856 to 2018 will continue to be upgraded with missing information and enhanced notes.
Elections from January 2019
For information on Australian elections from January 2019, see the following links:
- General information on Australian elections: Wikipedia 'Elections in Australia' at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Australia
- Australian electoral commissions:
- Australian Electoral Commission https://www.aec.gov.au/
- New South Wales Electoral Commission https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/
- Electoral Commission of Queensland https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/
- Electoral Commission of South Australia https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/
- Tasmanian Electoral Commission https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/
- Victorian Electoral Commission https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/
- Western Australian Electoral Commission https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/
- Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission https://www.elections.act.gov.au/
- Northern Territory Electoral Commission https://ntec.nt.gov.au/
- Individual election websites
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