Australian Senate

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Australian Senate
18th Parliament
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Upper house of the Parliament of Australia
Leadership
Gregor_The_Beggar, Country Labor Party
Since 26th October 2020
later_slater1407_, Social Democratic Party
Since 1st November 2020
Structure
Seats 8
Political groups

Government (6)
     Socialist (3)
     Country Labor (3)

"Crossbench (1)"

Opposition (1)

Elections
Single transferable vote
Last election
10 October 2020
Meeting place
Senate chamber
Parliament House
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Website
Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter I, Part II of the Australian Constitution. There are a total of 8 senators: 1 senator is elected from each of the six states (regardless of population) and two from each of the two autonomous internal territories (the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory). Senators are popularly elected under the proportional representation.

In AustraliaSim specifically, Senators are elected out of a national pool of voters through party-list proportional representation. They then choose which state or territory do they represent under, mimicking the process for a smaller community.

AustraliaSim adheres to a quota of <math>1+\frac{\text{total votes}}{1+\text{total seats}}</math> when apportioning members.[1] This is the Droop quota. See wikipedia:Largest remainder method#Quotas for more information.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. NGSpy (31 May 2023). "As a reminder of how it works, the vote threshold needed is always equivalent to 1 / (No. of Seats Available + 1) + 1 Vote". meta-abc. AustraliaSim. Retrieved 31 May 2023 – via Discord.