LEX7939
FOI Request LEX7939 – Designated Electors Data
I seek access to the following, as at the close of rolls 7 April 2025:
1. The number of designated electors.
1a. Of the number identified in item (1), this number broken down by state or territory.
1b. Of the numbers identified in items (1) & (1a), this number broken down by electoral division.
No document response as per decision letter.
However, the below table extracted from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) website sets out
the number of designated electors per federal electoral event since the introduction of the designated
elector scheme to the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (i.e. from the 2019 federal election onwards).
The table has been extracted from the following webpage:
Compliance & Enforcement Activities -
Australian Electoral Commission
2. The number of designated electors declared in financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25
to date.
Number of designated electors declared in financial year 2022/23:
37 Number of designated electors declared in financial year 2023/24:
1 Number of designated electors declared in financial year 2024/25:
211
2a. Of the numbers identified in item (2), a breakdown of whether the declaration was made by
the Electoral Commissioner or a delegate.
Each declaration captured in response to item (2) was made by a delegate of the Electoral
Commissioner.
Australian Electoral Commission
www.aec.gov.au
3. The number of unique applications for internal review of a designated elector declaration in
financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 to date.
Number of unique applications for internal review of a designated elector declaration in financial year
2022/23:
4 Number of unique applications for internal review of a designated elector declaration in financial year
2023/24:
0 Number of unique applications for internal review of a designated elector declaration in financial year
2024/25:
4
4. The outcome of unique internal review decisions (i.e. confirmed or set aside) of declared
designated electors review applications made in financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25
to date.
Outcome of unique internal review decisions of declared designated electors review applications
made in financial years 2022/23:
4 confirmed
Outcome of unique internal review decisions of declared designated electors review applications
made in financial years 2023/24:
N/A Outcome of unique internal review decisions of declared designated electors review applications
made in financial years 2024/25:
3 confirmed, 1 set aside
4. The number of unique applications for review to the Administrative Review Tribunal of a
declared designated elector in financial year 2024/25 to date. (I have assumed the
Commission is notified)
The number of unique applications for review to the Administrative Review Tribunal of a declared
designated elector in financial year 2024/25 to date:
0
5. The number of declarations ceasing to have effect by virtue of s 202AH(3) in financial years
2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 to date.
The number of declarations ceasing to have effect by virtue of s 202AH(3) in financial years 2022/23,
2023/24 and 2024/25 to date:
0
Australian Electoral Commission
www.aec.gov.au