The Australian Electoral Commission has made payments to political parties and candidates totalling $58,076,456.01, following the 2013 federal election.
Election funding is provided to parties and candidates polling at least 4% of the primary vote in House and Senate elections. Each first preference vote was worth 248.800 cents.
The payment is indexed. At the 2010 election, each vote was worth 231.191 cents and a total of $53,163,385 was paid to candidates.
Payments to parties and candidates are made in two stages, with the first stage based on the number of votes counted as at the 20th day after election day. The AEC made payments totalling $56,367,240.38 based on the progressive vote count on September 27. The final payment totals $1,709,215.
| 2013 Federal Election Funding Payments | |
|---|---|
| Parties | Total Payment Amount ($) |
| Liberal Party of Australia | |
| National Party of Australia | |
| Country Liberals (Northern Territory) | |
| COALITION TOTAL | |
| Australian Labor Party | |
| Australian Greens | |
| Palmer United Party | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | |
| Nick Xenophon Group | |
| Katter’s Australian Party | |
| Family First | |
| Bullet Train for Australia | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) |
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| Independent Candidates | Total Payment Amount ($) |
| Catherine McGowan (Indi, Victoria) |
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| Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Tasmania) |
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| Robert Taber (New England, New South Wales) |
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| Lawrie McKinna (Robertson, New South Wales) |
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| Nathan Bracken (Dobell, New South Wales) |
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| Richard Sage (Barker, South Australia) |
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| Stephen Attkins (Lyne, New South Wales) |
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| Jamie McIntyre (New England, New South Wales) |
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| Mark Aldridge (Wakefield, South Australia) |
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