If you are the only person nominated for a position in a district, or if someone else withdraws their nomination and you are the only one left, the Electoral Commission will declare you duly elected, following the rules in section 179(2). You will be officially elected because there is no one else to vote for. The Electoral Commission will make sure this happens.

When you are elected, an Electoral Commissioner will write your name on a special document called a writ, and then send it to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as stated in section 185. This is how they make your election official. The writ is an important document that confirms your election.