Membership and Elections
The Assembly consists of 88 members, each coming from a single-member electorate. These are commonly known as seats. They are intended to represent approximately the same population in each electorate. Voting is by full-preference instant-runoff voting, as with the equivalent federal lower house, the Australian House of Representatives.
Each member is elected for a fixed term of 4 years, with elections occurring on the last Saturday of November every 4 years. There are no limits to the number of terms for which a member may seek election.
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