* 1203 candidates for 151 seats in the House of Representatives

* 421 Senate candidates for 40 seats up for election

* 966 men, 648 women, 10 'other' running as candidates

* Chisholm in Victoria has the most candidates (12)

* 8000 voting venues nationally

* 105,000 temporary election workers

* 17,228,900 voters enrolled, or 96.8 per cent of eligible Australians

* NSW has the most voters (5.47 million), followed by Victoria (4.34 million), Queensland (3.5 million), WA (1.77 million), SA (1.27 million), Tasmania (402,000), ACT (314,000) and NT (146,000)

* 564,240 eligible Australians are not enrolled to vote.

(SOURCE: Australian Electoral Commission)

Australian Associated Press