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Election of a candidate

Name of PR System

Exclusion of candidates

Exclusion of the lowest candidate when two or more are equal

Commonwealth Senate

Senate System

Amalgamated Transfer Values

All of the ballot paper parcels received by the excluded candidate are amalgamated by transfer value and distributed in decreasing order of magnitude.

Exclude the candidate that had the lowest total the last time those candidates were equal.

If those candidates were equal at all times, exclude the candidate determined by the Australian Electoral Officer.

Bulk exclusion of candidates is permitted under certain conditions.

NSW Legislative Council

Optional preferential proportional representation

Ballot papers passed on to continuing candidates
from excluded candidates are always transferred at
full value i.e. value of 1.

Exclude the candidate drawn by lot.

Western Australia Legislative Council

Proportional Representation

All the excluded candidates' votes are transferred in the order in which the excluded candidate received them and at the value at which they were received.

Exclude the candidate that had the lowest total the last time those candidates were unequal.

If those candidates were equal at all times, exclude the candidate determined by the lot.

South Australia Legislative Council

Modified Hare-Clark

All the excluded candidates' votes are transferred in the order in which the excluded candidate received them.

Exclude the candidate that had the lowest total the last time those candidates were unequal.

If those candidates were equal at all times, exclude the candidate determined by the returning officer.

Tasmania House of Assembly

Hare-Clark

All the excluded candidates' votes are transferred in the order in which the excluded candidate received them.

Exclude the candidate that had the lowest total the last time those candidates were unequal.

If those candidates were equal at all times, exclude the candidate determined by the returning officer.

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

Hare-Clark

Amalgamated Transfer Values.

All of the ballot paper parcels received by the excluded candidate are amalgamated by transfer value and distributed in decreasing order of magnitude.

Exclude the candidate that had the lowest total the last time those candidates were unequal.

If those candidates were equal at all times, exclude the candidate determined by lot.

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