Western Australia

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Number of divisions: 15		%
Enrolled	1 206 422
Turnout	1 140 922	94.57
Number of static polling booths	795
Number of special hospital teams	55
Number of pre poll centres	49
ALP TCP	524 825	48.38
NON ALP TCP	559 970	51.62
Informal	56 134	4.92

Informal votes by category

Category	Ballot Papers	%	1996
Blanks	13 120	23.36	24.34
Number '1' only	16 776	29.87	36.26
Ticks and crosses	5 578	9.93	23.34
Langer style	2 347	4.18
Non sequential	12 218	21.75
Voter identified	63	0.11	0.02
Marks	4 371	7.78	13.89
Slogans making numbering illegible	101	0.18
Other	1 590	2.83
Total	56 164	4.92	3.16

Specific data

		Total votes	Total informal	%
Highest % informal division	O'Connor	79 208	4 693	5.92
Lowest % informal division	Curtin	78 477	2 590	3.30
Absent votes		91 299	4 439	4.86
Postal votes		33 487	561	1.68
Pre poll votes		43 816	1 111	2.54
Provisional votes		6 756	416	6.16

Informal Votes By Division