How will Australia choose its next Prime Minister?

On May 3rd Australians will head to the ballot boxes to vote in their first federal elections from 2022.

The results will determine who will be the next Prime Minister, as well as a composition of the parliament of the nation.

Australia is known to have a unique electoral system – and some bizarre traditions of the election day. Voting is mandatory for all citizens over 18 years of age, the country uses preferential vote and Taking a “sausage of democracy” is a personalized day of the election day.

Almost 18 million people are registered to vote in these elections – approximately 98% of those eligible.

Unlike the first past, the mail system – used in the UK and most states in the United States – which chooses candidates based on who received the largest number of votes in a single number, whether they have provided an absolute majority – the voters in Australia ranked candidates in order of preference.

If no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote in the first ratio, the votes from the less popular candidates are then redistributed and this process is repeated until someone provides a majority.

In competitions for the Chamber of Representatives, the voters are obliged to mark the preference for each candidate indicated on the newsletter.

However, in the Senate competitions, voters only have to mark a certain number of preferences.

This is the leader of the party who receives the most places in the House, which then became the Prime Minister. There is no separate vote for leadership.

All places in the House of Australia – this is 150 in these elections – will be ready for grabing, as well as 40 out of 76 places in the Senate.

Australia has two major parties: the left-wing Australian Labor Party and the conservative liberal-national coalition.

A party must win at least 76 seats in the house to form a majority government.

If he cannot do so, he must try to win support from minor parties or independent MPs.

Both in the state and federal elections, the share of votes for minor parties and independently has been increasing in Australia for decades.

That reached record levels of the federal elections in 2022, with One in three Australians voted for candidates outside the two major partiesS

Labor has formed the majority government after winning the 2022 election, which have delivered the biggest loss to the Liberal Party since its inception.

It seems that the Labor has 78 seats in the House of Representatives, while the coalition has 57, with minor parties and independent dividing the rest.

But with one place removed in the house, if Laburi loses only two places in this election, he will be deprived of his majority in parliament.

In order to form a government in itself, the coalition must win 19 seats, probably including many of those who lost to independent candidates during the voice of 2022.

Anthony Albanese has been the Prime Minister after the last elections and an unwavering parliament for almost 30 years.

While he enjoyed a period of widespread popularity after he came to power in 2022, he has recently been under pressure on the processing of dividing themes such as dwellings, indigenous affairs and anti -Semitism and Islamophobia.

Albanese was caused by Peter Dutton, who became the head of the liberal-national coalition after his defeat in 2022. He challenged his first elections as an opposition leader.

Known as an unwavering conservative, Dutton has many years of experience in important ministerial wallets – such as defensive and internal affairs – but sometimes it is a controversial figure, especially on social issues.

Both the survey and the political messages around this year's elections show that the cost of living is the most concern for many voters.

After the 2022 election, inflation – which is now slowing down – raised the prices of everyday things like food and utilities, leaving many households to feel stretched.

The Albanian government implements a number of policies that are said to be aimed at providing relief, such as reducing medicines costs and offering tax reduction, energy discounts and assistance to rental to those eligible.

Australia, however, has raised interest 13 times since May 2022 – something that is done independently of the government, but it can be seen that it reflects their economic government – and this puts additional pressure on borrowers and those with mortgages across the country.

Housing accessibility will also be a key problem this election cycle, with several Australian cities being among the most expensive in the world for home buyers.

Historically, the Australians are accustomed to getting a result and knowing who will form the government on an election night.

However, it is not usually the Australian Election Commission – the official body that is manually charged to count the votes – announces this.

Instead, AEC provides what is known as an “indicative number” throughout the day, which media commentators, electoral experts, and sometimes even the parties and candidates themselves, then set up their calls.

AEC officially does not declare a place until it is certain that the result will not change based on the number of unlimited votes, which can sometimes take days.