Indonesia goes to the polls

It's hard to find solid information, but a number of polling companies have produced exit polls, and according to the Jakarta Post's coverage of...

A new Morgan senate poll

Roy Morgan polling has come out with a new poll measuring voting intention for the Senate, broken down according to each state and the...

Time itself is pro-gay marriage

In the aftermath of the Iowa Supreme Court ruling that same-sex marriage is protected under the state's constitution, Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com has laid...

World election news – April 7

We've got a bunch of global elections taking place over the next two months. I have posted an electoral calendar in the sidebar. These...

Testing out the election-wiki

I have installed the Wordpress Wiki plugin and set up a page that should be editable for all registered users. If you go to the...

McGinty resigns: Fremantle by-election is on

Thanks to Simon Copland in comments who has pointed out to us that former WA Attorney-General Jim McGinty has resigned as Member for Fremantle,...

Latham revisionism

Mark Latham has made another return to Australian political debate in the last few days, with an article from his former chief of staff...

India’s redistribution

I haven't managed to get my head around the consequences of India's electoral "delimitation" process, which saw most of the country's electorate boundaries redrawn...

John-Paul who?

Following Lawrence Springborg's election-night resignation has resulted in the election of largely-unknown Gold Coast MP John-Paul Langbroek as leader of the Queensland LNP. Langbroek...

India 2009: Maharashtra

Maharashtra is India's second-largest state, covering western parts of central India. The state's capital is Mumbai, India's largest city and financial capital. Maharashtra has 48...