Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p A federal election to determine the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on 7 September 2013. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia, led by Warren Truss, by a 17-seat 3.6 percent two-party swing.The proclamation dissolving parliament and formally beginning the election period, was issued by the Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, on 5 August 2013. The writs of election were subsequently issued by Bryce and the state governors.Voting in Australia's federal elections has been compulsory since 1925. For the House of Representatives, a preferential ballot system has been in use since 1919, in single-member seats. For the Senate – the proportionally representative upper house – a single transferable vote system has been in use since 1949, with optional group voting tickets since 1984. Elections are conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).A 2014 half-Senate election on 5 April occurred in Western Australia as a result of 1,375 lost ballot papers.. }
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- Australian_federal_election,_2013 abstract "A federal election to determine the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on 7 September 2013. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia, led by Warren Truss, by a 17-seat 3.6 percent two-party swing.The proclamation dissolving parliament and formally beginning the election period, was issued by the Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, on 5 August 2013. The writs of election were subsequently issued by Bryce and the state governors.Voting in Australia's federal elections has been compulsory since 1925. For the House of Representatives, a preferential ballot system has been in use since 1919, in single-member seats. For the Senate – the proportionally representative upper house – a single transferable vote system has been in use since 1949, with optional group voting tickets since 1984. Elections are conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).A 2014 half-Senate election on 5 April occurred in Western Australia as a result of 1,375 lost ballot papers.".