Voting closed last night for the Victorian local government elections. Ballot boxes will be opened today and votes will start to be counted.
I believe the deadline for declaring results is November 15, and we may not get any official figures before the declaration. I suspect there will be scrutineer reports and news stories, and you can discuss them here.
I won’t be doing any analysis prior to November 15, when we have proper data.
For days now we have been hearing reports about low levels of turnout. Frustratingly this data seems to only be available as printouts stuck up on the wall of local council buildings, but a number of these reports have been posted in the Tally Room discord (sign up on Patreon for access). And then last night the Age reported about huge queues at each council’s sole polling booth with voters who never received a postal ballot trying to get in to vote before the deadline.
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It is quicker to count more open and tranparent a single member election manually then it is to undertake a data entry process.
When data entry tis undertaken the VEC will only provide a primary vote report. Scrutineers are denied copies of the preference data files. The preference data files should be published in real time and made public progressively as the data is recorded.
The Talley Room of Shame. comments censored not published. Flaws in the system not discussed.
Anthony you’re a fool. Sometimes comments get caught in moderation.
Do you think you’ll get more than the 2.5% you polled in 2016?
Having said that, I agree with your comment. There should be a lot more transparency.
Who’s anthony?
“The Wrght System” (sic) is Anthony van der Craats, formerly known as Melbcity, lord mayoral candidate.
Anyone know where I can follow the results? Would like to see what is happening in Darebin?
From what I can gather, Adam, we will get published results the first week of November. Counting begins tomorrow, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the results leak as they are counted
The Age seem to have some early results for the City of Melbourne:
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Reece (REECE) 15342 24.36%
Riza (LIB) 9219 14.63%
Koutoufides (KOUTA) 8752 13.90%
Ingleton (GRN) 7239 11.49%
Wood (WOOD) 6503 10.33%
Reed (ALP) 4165 6.61%
Morgan (MORGA) 3146 4.99%
van der Craats (RUTBL) 2720 4.31%
Hakim (HAKIM) 2397 3.81%
Bisinella (VFM) 2190 3.48%
Kim (AJP) 1310 2.08%
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TOTAL 62983 (31.8% counted)
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/reece-koutoufides-among-leaders-in-battle-for-melbourne-lord-mayor-20241028-p5klue.html
…and councillor votes:
Team Nick Reece – 13243 – 22.55%
Liberals for Melbourne – 9415 – 16.03%
Team Kouta – 7763 – 13.22%
The Greens – 6671 – 11.36%
Team Wood – 6294 – 10.72%
Labor for Melbourne – 4167 – 7.10%
Team Morgan – 2533 – 4.31%
Rip Up the Bike Lanes! – 1993 – 3.39%
Voices for Melbourne – 1654 – 2.82%
Team Hakim – 1517 – 2.58%
Animal Justice Party – 1044 – 1.78%
Innovate Melbourne – 882 – 1.50%
Your Voice Matters To Me – 662 – 1.13%
Team Elvis Martin – 614 – 1.05%
Team Participate – 274 – 0.47%
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TOTAL 58726
Owen Guest quote from The Age: “It shows that Melburnians are ready for a Liberal government”. While the broader accuracy of that can be debated, I don’t think Owen Guest realises that an election in which non-resident business owners get 2 votes for every 1 resident vote is not comparable to a state or federal election where only residents vote…
Some more up-to-date counting reported in The Age – looks like Reece will win the lord mayoral race.
“A preliminary count of preferences as of Monday evening shows Reece well ahead of other candidates after the tallying of more than 63,000 votes.
The analysis, provided to candidates and sent to The Age, shows a flow of preferences that ends with Reece holding 62.11 per cent of the vote and the Liberal Party’s Mariam Riza on 37.89 per cent.
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As of Monday evening, candidates were knocked out in the following order: Animal Justice Party, Voices for Melbourne, Rip Up The Bike Lanes!, Gary Morgan, Jamal Hakim, Phil Reed (Labor), Arron Wood, Koutoufides and Ingleton.
At the point of his elimination, Koutoufides had 20.23 per cent of the vote, compared with Ingleton’s 22.91 per cent. More than half of Koutoufides’ votes then went to Reece.
Ingleton was then knocked out, leaving Reece up against Riza.”
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victorian-council-election-results-2024-live-updates-candidates-knocked-out-as-early-primary-votes-roll-in-20241029-p5km8t.html?post=p57s0j#p57s0j