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Electoral divisions for the Australian House of Representatives are commonly known as electorates, seats or divisions. There are currently 150 single-member electorates for the Australian House of Representatives. ==Apportionment== Section 24 of the Constitution of Australia requires that the total number of members of the Australian House of Representatives shall be "as nearly as practicable" twice as many as the number of members of the Australian Senate. Section 24 also requires that electorates be apportioned among the states in proportion to their respective populations; provided that each original state has at least 5 members in the House of Representatives, a provision that gives Tasmania higher representation than its population would justify. The ''Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918'' sets out further provisions.〔Australian Electoral Commission.(''Research Report 4 - Australian Federal Redistributions 1901-2003.'' ) Accessed 5 May 2008.〕 There are also two electorates in both the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. Within each state and territory, electoral boundaries are redrawn from time to time in a process known as ''redistribution''. This takes place at least once every 7 years, or when the state's entitlement to the number of members of the House of Representatives changes. Boundaries are drawn by a Redistribution Committee, and apportionment within a state is on the basis of the number of ''enrolled voters'' rather than total residents. Within a state or territory, the number of enrolled voters in each Division can not vary by more than 10% from the average across the state, nor can the number of voters vary by more than 3.5% from the average projected enrolment three-and-a-half years into the future. Divisions are divided into four classes according to population and demographic: inner metropolitan (well-established portions of a state capital city), outer metropolitan (more recently developed portions of a state capital), provincial (divisions made up predominantly of regional cities) and rural.〔(Demographic Classification of Divisions )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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