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Electoral Act 1993

The House of Representatives - Vacancies

59: No person to be candidate for more than 1 district or on more than 1 list

You could also call this:

"You can only be a candidate in one area or on one party list in an election."

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You can't be a candidate in more than one electoral district at a general election. You also can't have your name on more than one party list that is submitted under section 127. If you try to do either of these things, your nominations will be void.

If there are two or more by-elections on the same day, you can't be a candidate in more than one of them. You can be a candidate in one electoral district and have your name on one party list at a general election. This party list must be submitted under section 127.

If you break these rules, you will lose any money you paid to be a candidate, and it will go into a Crown Bank Account. This happens if you try to be a candidate in more than one district, on more than one party list, or in more than one by-election.

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Part 3The House of Representatives
Vacancies

59No person to be candidate for more than 1 district or on more than 1 list

  1. No person shall at any general election be—

  2. a candidate for more than 1 electoral district; or
    1. a candidate whose name is included on more than 1 party list submitted pursuant to section 127.

      1. If 2 or more by-elections are held on the same polling day, no person shall be a candidate at more than 1 of those by-elections.

      2. At any general election, any person may be both—

      3. a candidate for any one electoral district; and
        1. a candidate whose name is included on any one party list submitted pursuant to section 127.

          1. If any person breaches subsection (1) or subsection (2), all nominations of that person as a candidate for those districts, party lists, or by-elections, as the case may be, shall be void, and any deposits made by him or her or on his or her behalf shall be forfeited and be paid into a Crown Bank Account.

          Notes
          • Section 59: substituted, on , by section 12 of the Electoral Amendment Act (No 2) 1995 (1995 No 61).
          • Section 59(4): amended, on , pursuant to section 65R(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 44).
          • Section 59(4): amended, on , by section 12 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 1).