Record Number of Candidates to Contest 2013 Election (ANTONY GREEN )

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Record Number of Candidates to Contest 2013 Election

A record number of candidates are set to contest both the House of Representatives and the Senate on 7 September.

A record 1,188 candidates will contest the House and 529 the Senate. The tables below summarise the nominations in both chambers.

Number of Candidates – House of Representatives
Code Party Name 2013 2010 Change
ALP Labor Party (4 Country Labor) 150 150 ..
LIB Liberal Party 108 109 -1
LNP Liberal National 30 30 ..
NAT National Party 20 16 +4
CLP Country Liberal Party 2 2 ..
GRN Greens 150 150 ..
PUP Palmer United Party 150 .. +150
FFP Family First 93 108 -15
RUA Rise Up Australia 77 .. +77
IND Independents 68 82 -14
KAP Katter’s Australian Party 63 .. +63
CDP Christian Democratic Party 48 42 +6
ASXP Australian Sex Party 36 6 +30
DLP Democratic Labour Party 33 7
ACP Australian Christians 31 .. +31
CEC Citizens Electoral Council 24 12 +12
ONP One Nation 15 21 -6
BTA Bullet Train for Australia 12 .. +12
AFN Australia First 10 5 +5
SPP Stable Population Party 10 .. +10
SPA Secular Party 9 19 -10
CYA Country Alliance 8 .. +8
SAL Socialist Alliance 7 12 -5
AIN Australian Independents 6 .. +6
Unaffiliated Candidates 4 5 -1
VCE Australian Voice 4 .. +4
DEM Australian Democrats 3 25 -22
APP Australian Protectionist Party 3 .. +3
NCP Non-Custodial Parents Party 3 2 +1
FNPP Australian First Nationas Party 2 .. +2
FUT Future Party 2 .. +2
LDP Liberal Democratic Party 1 22 -21
SPRT Australian Sports Party 1 .. +1
UNP Uniting Australia Party 1 .. +1
VEP Voluntary Euthanasia Party 1 .. +1
SOL Senator On-Line 1 .. +1
SEP Socialist Equality Party .. 10 -10
TCS The Climate Sceptics .. 7 -7
BAP Building Australia .. 3 -3
CA Carers Alliance .. 3 -3
COM Communist Alliance .. 1 -1
Total Candidates 1188 849 +269
Number of Electorates 150 150
Average candidates per seat 7.9 5.7

Notes: Of the Labor candidates, 146 nominated as Australian Labor Party, and four as Country Labor. The four seats contested by Country Labor are Cowper, Hume, New England and Parke.  There are ten seats where there are three cornered contests with both the Liberal and National Parties nominating candidates. These seats are Throsby in New South Wales, Bendigo, Corangamite and Mallee in Victoria, Barker in South Australia and Canning, Durack, Forrest, O’Connor and Pearce in Western Australia.

Number of Candidates per House of Representatives Electorate
Nominations 2013 2010 2007 2004 2001 1998 1996 1993 1990
2 candidates .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1
3 candidates .. 6 .. .. .. .. 3 3 12
4 candidates .. 33 7 3 9 1 22 21 39
5 candidates 12 43 12 18 25 10 38 28 31
6 candidates 24 26 42 29 35 38 31 28 38
7 candidates 33 24 36 39 30 35 23 23 15
8 candidates 28 7 29 30 25 28 14 22 9
9 candidates 27 8 16 18 13 17 8 12 2
10 candidates 12 1 4 7 7 8 9 5 1
11 candidates 8 2 3 4 1 8 .. 4 ..
12 candidates 3 .. .. 1 5 2 .. .. ..
13 candidates 2 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. ..
14 candidates .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. ..
16 Candidates 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
No. of Electorates 150 150 150 150 150 148 148 147 148
Total Candidates 1188 849 1054 1091 1039 1109 908 942 782
Average per Electorate 7.9 5.7 7.0 7.3 6.9 7.5 6.1 6.4 5.3

There are 12 candidates in Corangamite, Deakin and Mallee, 13 in Bendigo and McMillan, and 16 candidate in Melbourne.

Number of Candidates and Groups at Senate Elections By State
State Nominations NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT
2013 Columns 45 40 36 28 34 24 14 12
Candidates 110 97 82 62 73 54 27 24
2010 Columns 33 22 24 23 19 11 5 7
Candidates 84 60 60 55 42 24 9 15
2007 Columns 26 24 25 22 20 11 8 6
Candidates 79 68 65 54 46 28 16 11
2004 Columns 30 20 22 16 17 10 7 6
Candidates 78 65 50 40 47 26 13 11
2001 Columns 24 15 13 18 10 12 7 7
Candidates 65 52 40 46 26 29 14 13
1998 Columns 23 21 22 18 14 13 8 6
Candidates 69 63 57 45 35 32 17 11
1996 Columns 19 13 19 10 13 8 6 4
Candidates 63 44 48 29 31 19 14 7
1993 Columns 22 13 12 11 13 9 7 2
Candidates 66 51 42 33 36 20 14 4
1990 Columns 16 11 11 10 9 6 6 3
Candidates 62 38 33 30 26 16 12 6
1987 Columns 13 16 10 8 11 5 5 5
Candidates 50 52 36 31 45 21 11 9
1984 Columns 10 9 8 8 11 5 5 4
Candidates 40 36 28 28 37 16 10 7

Note: There are a record number of candidates in every state.

 

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