Glossary

GLOSSARY - T

Tally Room

The location where voting figures are collected by the Electoral commission and provisional results are announced immediately after an election.

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Ticket Voting

This type of voting applies to the Legislative Council only. Voters may number one ticket box to indicate that their vote follows the order of preferences designated by a particular group or political party.

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Two-Candidate Preferred Count

This describes the situation where there is a full distribution of preferences through to two remaining candidates. It is undertaken for statistical purposes where a candidate is elected at an earlier stage of the count. It is sometimes called a Two-Party Preferred Count because the result tends to show the preference of electors in an electorate in respect to the two major parties.

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