At stake in this election:

• 151 seats in the House of Representatives

Government Structure:

• Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II*
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Scott MORRISON
• Assembly: Australia has a bicameral Federal Parliament consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate is composed of 76 seats and the House of Representatives has 151 seats.

* Queen Elizabeth II is represented by Governor-General Peter COSGROVE.

Electoral System:

• In the House of Representatives, 151 members are elected in single-member constituencies to serve three-year terms. Constituencies are apportioned among the six states and two mainland territories according to population.

Main parties in the election:

• Party: Liberal Party**
  • Leader: Scott MORRISON
  • Seats won in last election: 45
• Party: Liberal National Party (LNP)**
  • Leader: Malcolm TURNBULL
  • Seats won in last election: 21
• Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
  • Leader: Andrew COOPER
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Australian Labor Party (ALP)
  • Leader: Bill SHORTEN
  • Seats won in last election: 69
• Party: The National Party of Australia**
  • Leader: Michael MCCORMACK
  • Seats won in last election: 10
• Party: Country Liberals (Northern Territory)
  • Leader: Nigel SCULLION
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: The Greens
  • Leader: Richard DI NATALE
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Centre Alliance***
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
  • Leader: Pauline HANSON
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Jacqui Lambie Network
  • Leader: Jacqui LAMBIE
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party
  • Leader: Derryn Hinch
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Independents
  • Seats won in last election: 2

* There are 57 parties registered in Australia (actually 81 counting parties like the Queensland Greens and the Greens NSW as separate). () Don’t know number in this election yet.

** The Liberal Party, The Liberal National Party, and The National Party of Australia are members of an alliance called The Coalition.

*** The Centre Alliance was formerly called the Nick Xenophon Team.

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 25,088,636 (2019 est.)
• Registered Voters:16,323,823 (source)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 12,589,589 (2019 est.)
• Is Australia a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
• Has Australia ratified CEDAW: Yes (28 July 1983)
• Gender Quota: No (There are no legal quotas, but there are voluntary party quotas)
• Female candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 45 (30%) of the 150 members of the House of Representatives; 30 (39.5%) of the 76 members of the Senate
• Human Development Index Position: 3 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2019)

Disability Data:

• Is Australia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
• Has Australia ratified CRPD: Yes (17 July 2008)
• Population with a disability: 3,412,652 (est.)