Members of the Senate will be elected by white ballot and members of the House of Representatives by green ballot on the day of the upcoming federal election.

A party or alliance needs at least 6 seats in the House of Representatives to form a government with a majority.

Representatives elected to the House of Representatives are known as Members of Parliament or Members of Parliament.

In this federal election, members of the lower house of parliament will be elected based on preferential voting or preferential voting. This may be done on or before polling day.

The political party that wins the most seats in the House of Representatives forms the government.

Half of the members of the Senate and members of the House of Representatives are elected by a full federal election once every three years.

The House of Representatives is often referred to as the People’s House or House of Government.

Evan Eakin-Smith of the Australian Electoral Commission explained the way to vote in the House of Representatives.

He said there were a total of 151 divisions across Australia and one member would be selected for each of them.

Each political party votes to elect a leader for itself. And if that party can win the election and successfully form the government, then their party leader will be the Prime Minister.

Dr Peter Chen taught politics at the University of Sydney. He says past elections have shown that it can be difficult for smaller political parties to win a seat in a federal election.

The boundaries of each constituency are determined based on population. Therefore, it can be said that there are almost equal number of voters in all constituencies.

Elected representatives of the House of Representatives are known as ‘Members of Parliament’ or ‘Members of Parliament’.

A party or alliance needs at least six seats in the House of Representatives to form a government with a majority.