NSW redistribution – draft boundaries released

The NSW Electoral Commission has released the draft boundaries for the NSW state redistribution this morning. I'm at work today so won't be able to...

Gender balance in the Parliament: what the data says

Earlier today I posted the full list of candidates compiled in the creation of the Tally Room election guide. You can view it here. The list has...

Open data: the full candidates list

While I have been preparing the Tally Room election guide for the upcoming federal election, I have compiled a list of all candidates who have...

Federal election guide now up and running

After a year preparing maps, posting seat profiles and pulling together a large amount of information, the Tally Room guide to the 2013 federal election...

What a map can show

The seat of Batman in the inner north of Melbourne has been in the news since Martin Ferguson announced his retirement earlier this week. Earlier...

Yet more parties registering

Earlier in May I wrote a blog post and an article at New Matilda about the surge in parties registering for the upcoming federal election,...

An unsurprising landslide

Yesterday's by-election in the NSW state seat of Northern Tablelands saw a result in line with expectations: the Nationals won the seat with a...

Northern Tablelands 2013 – results live

Results as of 8:33pm Candidate Party Votes % Swing Bill Bush IND 919 2.76 +2.76 Adam Marshall NAT 20,910 62.87 +34.53 Dora Koops GRN 1,461 4.39 +1.11 Herman Beyersdorf ALP 3,205 9.64 +6.24 Katherine Nicholson IND 1,479 4.45 +4.45 Jim Maher IND 4,580 13.77 -49.63 Silvana Nero CDP 706 2.12 +0.54 8:23pm - I'm going to call it a night now, and I'll come back...

New minor parties popping up

Yesterday was the deadline for political parties to lodge an application to be registered in time for the federal election. Applications take at least...

The big swinging seats

The pendulum orders every seat in the country by the swing required for that seat to change hands. By following the pendulum you can...