Election Statistics - Informal voting

The following graphs compare the rates of informal voting in Victorian local council elections. Each rate is the overall rate for all councils holding elections in that financial year. Only elections conducted by the VEC since 2000 are included. By-elections have not been included. For information about by-elections, please contact the VEC.

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• Overall informal rates in postal elections
• Overall informal rates in attendance elections
• Overall informal rates in and outer metropolitan regional municipalities
• Overall informal rates in metropolitan municipalities

Overall informal rates in postal electionsTop

1999-2000	2.93%
2000-2001	2.58%
2001-2002	2.77%
2002-2003	3.29%
2003-2004	N/A
2004-2005	3.37%
2005-2006	3.64%
2006-2007	N/A
2007-2008	N/A
2008-2009	3.78% (excluding City of Melbourne leadership team) 3.77% (including City of Melbourne leadership team)

Overall informal rates in attendance electionsTop

1999-2000	7.94%
2000-2001	N/A
2001-2002	7.44%
2002-2003	8.86%
2003-2004	N/A
2004-2005	10.43%
2005-2006	9.33%
2006-2007	N/A
2007-2008	N/A
2008-2009	9.90%

Overall informal rates in and outer metropolitan regional municipalitiesTop

1999-2000	2.99%
2000-2001	2.58%
2001-2002	1.94%
2002-2003	3.05%
2003-2004	N/A
2004-2005	2.66%
2005-2006	3.23%
2006-2007	N/A
2007-2008	N/A
2008-2009	3.51%

Overall informal rates in metropolitan municipalitiesTop

1999-2000	3.91%
2000-2001	N/A
2001-2002	4.33%
2002-2003	5.27%
2003-2004	N/A
2004-2005	5.66%
2005-2006	5.66%
2006-2007	N/A
2007-2008	N/A
2008-2009	5.80% (excluding City of Melbourne leadership team) 5.91% (including City of Melbourne leadership team)

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