Universal elections will be held in Australia for the election of a new federal parliament. According to the results of the voting, the names of 40 of the 76 senators, as well as the names of 150 members of the House of Representatives.
The members of the Senate are elected for six years, and members of the lower house of the parliament for three years. According to the Australian Electoral Commission, 1456 politicians are fighting for places in both chambers of the legislative body in the current elections. 330 of them will fight against Senate, 1126 for the seats of the House of Representatives.
During the early voting week, about 5.7 million of Australia's 18.1 million voters have already participated in their voting, and more than 1.5 million were sent to the completed ballots. More than 333,400 Australians who have the right to vote have not been registered to run in the elections.
