Nationally, a total of 14, 610,136 people are now enrolled, according to statistics issued by the Australian Electoral Commission on Friday.

The figure includes an additional 56,744 voters who have enrolled since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's weekend announcement.

AEC spokesman Phil Diak the increase was positive, particularly given the number of online enrolments.

"This is first election where people can fully enrol online, including submitting it electronically via
a PC, tablet or smartphone,” he said.

However, Mr Diak said there are still 1.3 million eligible voters left to enrol.

“[The Commission] is hoping there will be substantial activity between now and the close of polls on Monday night,” he said.

The surge in enrolments follows a number of campaigns launched by the AEC.

In addition to allowing voters to enrol online, the Commission has been targeting voters on social media and through campaigns at sporting grounds and university campuses.

In the ACT, an additional 761 Canberra voters enrolled the vote over the past few days, bringing the total enrolment figure to 263,535.

There have also been a substantial number of postal votes lodged, including 655 for the seat of Canberra and 834 for the seat of Fraser. In NSW, 465 postal votes have been received for the seat of Eden-Monaro.