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Australian Electoral Commission
The amount of election funding payable is calculated by multiplying the number of formal first preference votes received by the rate of payment applicable at the time. This rate is indexed every six months in line with increases in the Consumer Price Index.
The election funding rate from 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2017 is 265.675 cents per eligible vote.
| Election | Rate applicable (cents) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 federal election | 262.784 | |
| 2015 Canning and North Sydney by-elections | 259.405 | |
| 2014 Western Australian Senate election | 252.781 | |
| 2014 Griffith by-election | 252.781 | |
| 2013 federal election | 248.800 | |
| 2010 federal election | 231.191 | |
| 2009 Bradfield and Higgins by-elections | 224.851 | |
| 2008 Lyne and Mayo by-elections | 218.940 | |
| 2008 Gippsland by-election | 214.018 | |
| 2007 federal election | 210.027 | |
| 2004 federal election | 194.397 | |
| 2001 federal election | 179.026 | |
| 1998 federal election | 162.210 | |
| 1996 federal election | 157.594 | |
| 1993 federal election | 100.787 1 | 50.393 2 |
| 1990 federal election | 91.223 1 | 45.611 2 |
| 1987 federal election | 76.296 1 | 38.148 2 |
| 1984 federal election | 61.2 1 | 30.6 2 |
