Will Sanders updates earlier work on participation and representation in ATSIC elections, adding analysis of the fifth round of ATSIC elections held in 2002. Will argues that overall voter turnout is reasonable given the voluntary nature of ATSIC elections. He discerns a distinctive geography of both voter turnout and candidate interest, which are higher in sparsely settled northern and central Australia, and lower in southern more settled Australia. Women's participation in ATSIC elections as voters, candidates and in being elected as regional councillors is quite high, but there is some falling away in women's election to the 52 full-time salaried offices of commissioner and regional council chairperson. There is some weakness in the representation of women as regional councillors in remote areas and an under-representation of councillors under the age of 35. The election of Torres Strait Islanders to ATSIC regional councils can be related to under-lying demography. Distinctive geographies and other patterns of participation and representation in ATSIC elections are both understandable and well entrenched and are unlikely to change greatly in the future.