Australian federal election, April 2018

Australian federal election, April 2018

? April 2018
All 17 seats in the House of Representatives 9 seats were needed for a majority 4 (of the 9) seats in the Senate
Opinion polls
Registered	105
Turnout	85.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader PineappleCrusher Bsharri Hoogstra Party Liberal Socialist Party Labor Leader since Unknown (Unknown) Unknown (Unknown) Unknown (Unknown) Leader's seat Brisbane (Qld.) Senator for Western Australia Canberra (ACT.) Last election 1 5 1 Seats won 5 seats 4 seats 3 seats Seat change 4 1 2 Popular vote 31 18 18 Percentage 34.44% 20.00% 20.00% Swing ??? ??? ??? TPP 53.49% 46.51% TPP swing 3.61 3.61   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   File:Deladi0.jpg File:JengaLucille.jpg Leader Deladi0 PM-ME-SPRINKLES JengaLucille Party Centre Alliance Pirate Party Conservatives Leader since 11 March 2018 (2018-03-11) 27 March 2018 (2018-03-27) Unknown (Unknown) Leader's seat 12 Melbourne (Vic.) Did not contest Last election 2 2 ? Seats won 2 seats 2 seats 0 seats Seat change ??? Popular vote 13.33% 7 0.00 Percentage ? 7.78% 0.00 Swing ? ??? ?
Prime Minister before election NotKhrushchevsGhost Greens Subsequent Prime Minister Bsharri Socialist Party

A federal election to determine the members of the 7th Parliament of Australia. The left coalition of the Socialist Party, Labor Party, and Pirate Party led by-Bsharri, Hoogstra, and PM-ME-SPRINKLES defeated the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia led by PineappleCrusher by a 5-seat margin. Bsharri was sworn in by the Governor-General, TheElectricFire7 as Australia's ?th Prime Minister on 24 April 2018 along with the Bsharri Ministry and the members of the House of Representatives and Senate, while at the same time, he also opened up the 7th Parliament of Australia

The proclamation dissolving the House of Representatives and formally beginning the election period, had been issued by the Governor-General, TheElectricFire7, on 4 April 2018. The writs of election were subsequently issued by TheElectricFire for the election of members of the House of Representatives and the state governors for the senators for each state.

Voting in Australia's federal elections has been compulsory since 1925. For the House of Representatives, a preferential ballot system has been in use since 1919, in single-member seats. For the Senate – the proportionally representative upper house – a single transferable vote system has been in use since 1949, with optional group voting tickets since 1984. Elections are conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).

Results

House of Representatives

Government (10)
Coalition
     Socialist (4)
     Labor (3)
     Pirate (2)
     Independent (1)

Opposition (5)
     Liberal (5)

Crossbench (2)
     Centre (2)

House of Representatives (IRV) – Turnout 85.71% (CV) – Informal 0.00%

Party			Votes	%	Swing (pp)	Seats	Change (seats)
	Liberal Party of Australia		31	34.44	???	5	???
	Socialist Party		18	20.00	???	4	???
	Australian Labor Party		18	20.00	???	3	???
	Centre Alliance		12	13.33	???	2	???
	Pirate Party		7	7.78	???	2	0
	Independents		4	4.44	?	1	?
	Conservatives		0	0.00	???	0	???
	Total		90			17
Two-party-preferred vote
	Left Coalition		?	?	?	10	??
	Liberal Party of Australia		?	?	?	7	??

The disproportionality of the lower house in the 2013 election was 5.64 according to the Gallagher Index

Independent: Youmaton

Popular vote Liberal   34.44% Socialist   20.00% Labor   20.00% Centre   13.33% Pirate   7.78% Independents   4.44% Other   0%

Two-party-preferred vote Coalition   53.49% Labor   46.51%

Seats Liberal   29.41% Socialist   23.53% Labor   17.65% Centre   11.76% Pirate   11.76% Independents   5.89%

Senate

Senate (STV OPV) – Turnout 85.71% (CV) – Informal 0.00%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Change
	Liberal Party of Australia		26	28.89	???	5	???
	Socialist Party		22	20.00	???	4	???
	Australian Labor Party		16	17.78	???	3	???
	Centre Alliance		13	14.44	???	2	???
	Pirate Party		9	10.00	???	2	0
	Independents		4	4.44	?	1	?
	Conservatives		0	0.00	???	0	???
	Total		90			17
Two-party-preferred vote
	Left Coalition		?	?	?	10	??
	Liberal Party of Australia		?	?	?	7	??

Popular vote Labor   29.79% Liberal/National   20.01% Greens   8.65% Liberal   7.71% LNP (QLD)   6.94% NXT   3.30% CLP (NT)   0.27% National   0.25% Other   23.08%

Seats Coalition   39.47% Labor   34.21% Greens   11.84% NXT   3.95% CLP (NT)   1.32% Other   10.52%

Divisions changing hands

Seat	Pre-April 2018				Swing	Post-April 2018
	Party		Member	Margin		Margin	Member	Party
Canberra, ACT		Nationals	?	?	?	?	Hoogstra	Labor
Chisholm, VIC		Socialist	Nameyxe	?	?	?	Youmaton	Independent
Denison, TAS		Greens	ForzaAustralia	?	?	?	MattMonti	Labor
Fairfax, QLD		Labor	MrUnited12	?	?	?	THM	Liberal
Gorton, VIC		Greens	PaulaReece	?	?	?	FelineNibbler	Liberal
Greenway, NSW		Independent	General_Rommel	?	?	?	Viado_Celtru	Liberal
Kingston, SA		Nationals	?	?	?	?	Electrums	Centre Alliance
Melbourne, VIC		Labor	NotKhrushchevsGhost	?	?	?	PM-ME-SPRINKLES	Pirate
Sydney, NSW		Liberal	LividMilkTea	?	?	?	madama-liberte	Labor
Whitlam, NSW		Pirate	scrubfungen	?	?	?	Edible_Pie	Liberal

Opinion Polls

House of Representatives polling

Date	Firm	Primary vote						TPP vote
		LIB	SOC	LAB	CA	PIR	OTH	LAB	LIB
9 April 2018	Greenout	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	56%	44%
10 April 2018	ABC	37.1%	8.6%	14.3%	22.9%	8.6%	8.5%	43%	57%
13 April 2018	Aus Tonight	21%	36%	N/A	21%	14%	7%	50%	50%