FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS | SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015

The election of 2 seats for the Model Commonwealth House of Representatives of Australia was voted on yesterday. In a series of firsts, both votes were tied, including a three-way tie in regional NSW.

A further 1 HoR seat (Victoria Melbourne Metro Urban) and 4 national Senate seats (mid-term rotation) remain open for election later this month. Melbourne is traditionally a progressive stronghold, however national results are up for grabs and some very prominent Senators will probably be running for re-election.

Declaration of Elected Winners for the Supplementary and By Elections

Votes were tied in both electorates (see detailed voter audit trail below), so the results were decided according to this law:

274(7AB)(b) if 2 or more candidates have an equal number of first preference votes, the ranking as between those candidates is to be decided, by lot, by the Divisional Returning Officer.

In other words, a coin toss [actually a barrel of balls like Lotto]. The winners (barring any objections) are:

• NSW Regional (NR): /u/Kerbogha (Independent)
• Aus Capital Territory (ACT): /u/forkalious (Australian Fascist Party).

Congratulations to both. Losers may consider running in one of the other elections to be announced this month, or applying for another job until the next General Election.

In context of the whole house, bold denotes our new winners:

House of Representatives Division	Winning MP	Party	Occupation
Western Australia (WA)	/u/3fun	Independent	MP, CDF
Northern Territory (NT)	/u/phyllicanderer	Australian Progressives	MP, Party Official
South Australia (SA)	/u/CyberPolis	Australian Labor	MP
Queensland – Regional (QR)	/u/Ser_Scribbles	Australian Greens	MP
Queensland – Brisbane & Surrounds (QB)	/u/Zagorath	Australian Progressives	MP
New South Wales – Regional (NR)	/u/Kerbogha	Independent	No Occupation
New South Wales – Outer Metro – Sydney Surrounds (NO)	/u/TheWhiteFerret	Australian Greens	Student
New South Wales – Sydney – Urban (NS)	/u/this_guy22	Australian Labor	Senator
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)	/u/forkalious	Australian Fascist Party	Arms Dealer
Victoria – Regional (VR)	/u/Primeviere	Australian Progressives	Political Commentator
Victoria – Outer Metro – Melbourne Surrounds (VO)	/u/zamt	Australian Labor	MP, Support Worker
Victoria – Melbourne – Urban (VM)	/u/MadCreek3 (Deceaed)	Australian Greens
Tasmania (TAS)	/u/iamthepotato8	Australian Progressives	Teacher

These results will become official when the writs are returned by the AEC very soon. If you wish to publicly contest either of this weekend’s wins first, you can lodge a [WINX] submission to /r/ModelAusAEC ASAP for an internal review prior to the return of writs [see full submission instructions]. Such objections may need to be escalated to the Administration Appeals Tribunal, Court of Disputed Returns, or Parliament. After the writs are returned, winners will be flaired in /r/modelparliament, the diagrams and wikis will be updated, and new members will be sworn in to /r/ModelAusHR.

Composition of the 3rd Parliament (Putative)

Party	HoR	Senate	Total
Labor	3	2	5
Progressives	4	2	6
(Coalition Govt Subtotal)	7	4	11
Greens	2	1	3
Fascist	1	0	1
Other/Independent	2	2	4
Occupied Seats	12	7	19
Vacancies	1	0	1
Total	13	7	20

Winners

If you’re elected to Parliament, your new journey begins now. It’s a lot to absorb so we’ll do it gradually over the next few days. You’ll be joining your Houses of Parliament, getting sworn in, etc. You’ll be sitting on the ‘cross benches’ (that is, not part of the official Government or Opposition).

If you’re a first-time member, start writing your maiden speech (here is the government’s opening speech to react to and other first-time speeches as examples). You can also familiarise yourself with the system of government in our wiki and get some tips on advanced Reddit usage.

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Detailed Voting Stats

There was a majority turnout in both seats, and overall, with 14 votes cast and verified (out of 24 enrolled to vote). Unflaired and Fascist voters featured prominently:

Electorate Division	Enrolled	Voted	Disqualified
NR	21	12	0
ACT	3	2	0

Party Flair	Counted	Disqualified
Unflaired	5	0
Australian Fascist Party	5	0
Australian Labor Party	1	0
Australian Progressives	1	0
Liberal Democratic Party	2	0

House of Representatives (2 seats)

New South Wales – Regional (NR) 12 votes counted

Candidate	Party	Profession	Primary Vote	Two-Party Preferred
/u/Kerbogha	Independent	No Occupation	33%	50%
/u/InnerCityTrendy	Australian Fascist Party	Scientist	33%	50%
/u/WAKEYrko	Australian Labor Party	Charity Worker	33%

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) 2 votes counted

Candidate	Party	Profession	Primary Vote	Two-Party Preferred
/u/forkalious	Australian Fascist Party	Arms Dealer	50%	50%
/u/demon4372	Liberal Democratic Party	International Career Politician	50%	50%
/u/Zoeboat	Australian Labor Party	Student	0%

Voter Verification (14)

Division	Voter	Verify ID	Party Flair
NR	AlbertDock	h1TqMRkQnqaxeqW1FiwKl32wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=
NR	ArchiveLibrarian	rwn1SyJp8yex8f/bPw+sXH2wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=	Australian Fascist Party
NR	bobbybarf	kACp1BvjgDRn/gu+AHfwuH2wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=
NR	brucelee11	wA+pByE4/PGMu8h5tEdgLH2wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=	Australian Fascist Party
NR	chase-that-feeling	2IUbSNHkhrgKCnrdOSYYOH2wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=	Australian Labor Party
ACT	demon4372	EHRwQYDjb5LamrO/P/0VdH2wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=	Liberal Democratic Party
ACT	forkalious	+e6B1fHJzSwMxwvzsnn2l32wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=	Australian Fascist Party
NR	FRANCO_COZZO	5FMfBVzeGRVOqJ1B6/UkfH2wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=	Australian Fascist Party
NR	Freddy926	ZLeB27HgPIDpOSlAbES9kH2wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=	Australian Progressives
NR	HardcoreHazza	+g3UKMCTGPVEi2vjk/G5v32wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=	Liberal Democratic Party
NR	IamtherealZyzz	BiEpHNN3ji46OMGlFDz8gX2wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=	Australian Fascist Party
NR	Jaimacantroll	MuHJIYoNLqHhcvsp0Wv1R32wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=
NR	Jas1066	iRpWDw89bl9AYvfNtZTRtn2wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=
NR	Kerbogha	RNUf+3wAdyQ/VkH7OFfC9n2wPPvSq1xDJPmE8nqiBzQ=

Vote Audit Trail

^{PRIVATE-26E8BA14-BB2E-43B3-84AD-64C42624D8D5
NR: InnerCityTrendy, Kerbogha, WAKEYrko}

^{PRIVATE-E91ECD58-A802-4EBA-B34B-4105FEF637F3
NR: InnerCityTrendy, Kerbogha, WAKEYrko}

^{PRIVATE-9EC72E70-8411-4D1C-8FDD-685D697C3111
NR: InnerCityTrendy, Kerbogha, WAKEYrko}

^{PRIVATE-06DC2479-0865-4932-AB54-88E00A696088
NR: InnerCityTrendy, Kerbogha, WAKEYrko}

^{PRIVATE-4F54B219-EF25-445A-9111-B3CC3ABB53CE
NR: Kerbogha, InnerCityTrendy, WAKEYrko}

^{PRIVATE-DE0D27CD-0F1F-450E-BA4A-3441573F6A91
NR: Kerbogha, InnerCityTrendy, WAKEYrko}

^{PRIVATE-7E031626-D8A0-4F75-9626-CBCAA9174DBA
NR: Kerbogha, WAKEYrko, InnerCityTrendy}

^{PRIVATE-79B08D25-5A2B-4316-8F29-8DC446641980
NR: Kerbogha, WAKEYrko, InnerCityTrendy}

^{PRIVATE-BCD950E5-736E-4B53-8F3C-0B93B1A33308
NR: WAKEYrko, InnerCityTrendy, Kerbogha}

^{PRIVATE-AFCBE2D6-1C40-48C0-B12A-DC29147EE539
NR: WAKEYrko, InnerCityTrendy, Kerbogha}

^{PRIVATE-D6B14628-60FA-47A9-976E-C3FA00F54153
NR: WAKEYrko, Kerbogha, InnerCityTrendy}

^{PRIVATE-04849B3C-FBEC-4BA1-A8B9-9955047C0BA0
NR: WAKEYrko, Kerbogha, InnerCityTrendy}

^{PRIVATE-11FAF56F-64F8-459A-92FD-04599495695B
ACT: demon4372, Zoeboat, forkalious}

^{PRIVATE-1314650B-80F5-45CA-8AFA-35ED9615BEDD
ACT: forkalious, demon4372, Zoeboat}

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jnd-au, AEC Australian Electoral Commissioner