Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 89

89 .         Failure and partial failure of election, when occurs and consequences of

        (1)         If no candidate is nominated for an election, or if no candidate is returned as elected at an election, the election shall be deemed to have wholly failed, and a new writ shall forthwith be issued for a supplementary election.

        (2)         If an insufficient number of candidates is nominated for a Council election where the relevant number is more than one, or if an insufficient number of candidates is returned as elected at such an election, the election shall be deemed to have partially failed, and a new writ shall forthwith be issued for a supplementary election to fill the remaining vacancy or vacancies, as the case may be.

        [Section 89 inserted: No. 18 of 1940 s. 4; amended: No. 40 of 1987 s. 51; No. 20 of 2021 s. 94.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 79.]

        Note for this Division:

                See sections 191B, 191C and 191D for offences in relation to distributing or publishing how-to-vote cards.