2022 Australian election - IRV did not yield much different House of Reps than FPTP would have

2022 Australia House of Representatives election

This election was held using Instant-Runoff Voting. IRV allows a candidate who is not leading in the first count to be elected if no candidate takes majority of votes in the first count and if a less-popular candidate accumulates more transferred votes than the leading candidate. In only 13 districts in all of Australia did a candidate who did not lead in the first count succeed in taking a seat in the end. In New South Wales in this election, there were five "turn-overs" - Labour took three seats where the Labour candidate was not leading in the first count and two Independent candidates who were not leading in the first count took seats. These took place in Bennelong, Fowler, Gilmore, Mackellar and Roberson. In Victoria in this election, there were three "turn-overs" - Labour took one seat where the Labour candidate was not leading in the first count and two Independent candidates who were not leading in the first count took seats. These took place in Goldstein, Higgins and Kooyong.

in Queensland in this election, there were two "turn-overs" - the Green Party took two seats where the Green Party candidate was not leading in the first count. These took place in Brisbane and Ryan.

in Western Australia in this election, there was one "turn-over". In Curtin, an Independent candidate who did not lead in the first count took the seat in the end.

In South Australia in this election, there was one "turn-over". In Boothby, a Labour candidate who did not lead in the first count took the seat in the end.

In Tasmania in this election, there was one "turn-over". In Lyons, a Labour candidate who did not lead in the first count took the seat in the end.

In this election, in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and the Northern Territory, there were no "turn-overs." In each district, the candidate leading in the first count took the seat, either in the first count or in the end.

NSW

three Labour turn-overs (Labour candidate won when not leading in first count)

two Ind turn-overs (Ind won when not leading in first count)

NSW

districts, party ID of leader in the first count and party ID of winner in the end

Banks Liberal Liberal

barton lab lab

bennelong lib Labour turn-over

berowra lib lib

Blaxland lab lab

Bradfield lib lib

calare national national

chifley lab lab

cook liberal liberal

cowper national national

cunningham lab lab

dobell lab lab

eden lab lab

farrer lib liberal

fowler lab ind turn-over

gilmore lib labour turn-over

grayndler lab labour

greenway lab lab

hughes lib lib

hume lib lib

hunter lab lab

kingsford lab lab

lindsay lib lib

lyne national national

macarthur lab lab

mackellar lib ind turn-over

macquarie lab lab

mcmahon lab lab

mitchell lab lab

new england national national

newcastle lab lab

north sydney lib ind

page national national

parkes national national

parramatta lab lab

patterson lab lab

reid lab lab

richmond lab lab

riverina national national

robertson lib lab turn-over

shortland lab lab

sydney lab lab

warringha ind ind

watson lab lab

wentworth lib ind

warriwa lab lab

whitlam lab lab

Victoria Goldstein Lib Ind turn-over Higgins Lib Lab turn-over Kooyong Lib Ind turn-over Queensland Brisbane Lib Nat Green turn-over Ryan Lib Nat Greens turn-over Western Australia Curtin Lib Ind turn-over South Australia Boothby Lib Lab Tasmania Lyons

ACT no turn overs

Northern Territory no turn overs