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...