1996 Australian House of Representatives Election Results
The Australian House of Representatives is elected using instant runoff voting from 148 single-member districts. - The candidate with the most first choices won 95% of the races.
- The candidate with the second most first choices won 5% of the races.
- No candidate finishing third or lower won a race.
Here are some facts about the 1996 elections, gleaned from the data available at http://www.aec.gov.au/results/1996/data/scrutiny/main.htm Did IRV make a difference? | Number or races (%) | Who won | 85 (57.4%) | The winner received a majority of first choices. | 56 (37.8%) | The winner received a plurality of first choices. | 141 (95.3%) | The IRV result was the same as the plurality result. |
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| 7 (4.7%) | The winner came in second by first choices. | 0 (0.0%) | The winner came in third or lower by first choices. | 7 (4.7%) | The IRV result was different from the plurality result. |
Gender effects Male winners | Number or races (%) | Who won | 116 (78.4%) | Male winner received a majority or plurality of first choices. | 4 (2.7%) | Male second-place finisher beat male first-place finisher. | 2 (1.3%) | Male second-place finisher beat female first-place finisher. | 122 (82.4%) | Total male winners |
Female winners | Number or races (%) | Who won | 25 (16.9%) | Female winner received a majority or plurality of first choices. | 0 (0.0%) | Female second-place finisher beat female first-place finisher. | 1 (0.7%) | Female second-place finisher beat male first-place finisher. | 26 (17.6%) | Total female winners |
Distribution of number of candidates per race Number of Candidates | Number of Races | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 38 | 6 | 31 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
The average is 6.2, the mode is 5, and the median is 6. |
