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The impact of optional rpeferential voting on the 2001 Queensland state election

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Title The impact of optional rpeferential voting on the 2001 Queensland state election
Author Stockwell, Stephen Edward
Editor Tracey Arklay
Year Published 2001
Place of publication Brisbane
Publisher Griffith University
Abstract The ALP's "Just Vote 1" campaign message was designed to limit to effect of preference exchange among conservative parties. This paper analyses the impact of this tactic which produced a 53.6% increase in the exhausted vote over the 1998 election even though there were ten seats in 2001 with only two candidates (and thus no exhausted votes). The size of the landslide to Labor made this tactic irrelevant but it affected the outcome in five seats and could have been decisive in a closer election. The concern is raised that the optional preferential system produces a less representative and less democratic outcome.
Peer Reviewed Yes
Published Yes
Copyright Statement Copyright remains with the author 2001. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owner for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher's website or contact the author.
Publication Title Proceedings of APSA conference 2001
Conference name Australian Political Science Association 2001
Location Brisbane
Date From 2001-09-24
Date To 2001-09-26
URI http://hdl.handle.net/10072/1270
Date Accessioned 2002-06-20
Date Available 2008-12-04T01:37:28Z
Language en_AU
Research Centre Griffith Centre for Cultural Research
Subject Australian Government and Politics
Publication Type Conference Publications (Full Written Paper - Refereed)
Publication Type Code e1

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