 The exact amount of the deposit is specified in the notice of the writ of election issued by the returning officer.For the 2011 general election, the amount of the deposit was $16,000.A candidate who subsequently polls more than one-eighth of the total number of valid votes in the electoral division he or she contests but who is not elected will have the deposit returned; otherwise, the deposit is forfeited and paid into the Consolidated Fund (the Government's main bank account).