Editing Elections in Australia (section)

===Federal Parliament===
{{See also|Parliament of Australia}}
The Australian Parliament consists of [[bicameralism|two chambers]] (known as a bicameral Parliament), the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] (commonly also referred as the [[lower house]]) and the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] (also referred as the [[upper house]]). The House of Representatives has 150 members, elected for a maximum term of three years in single-member [[constituency|constituencies]] (each approximately equal in voters). Elections are conducted by a system of [[preferential voting]] (also called alternative voting or [[instant-runoff voting]]).<ref name="ahp" />

The Senate has 76 senators, elected through a preferential system of [[proportional representation]] with a system of [[single transferable vote]], with each state constituting a single [[constituency]] normally returning 6 senators every three years and each territory constituting a single constituency returning two senators. Electors in the two territories elect senators for non-fixed terms that are defined by the term of the House of Representatives. State senators normally serve fixed six-year terms, with half of the seats in each State expiring every three years. In the event of a [[double dissolution]], the terms of all the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives seats end immediately.