By-elections in WA?

Via Pollbludger, reports out of Western Australia suggest that by-elections may be imminent in the seats of two of the former Labor government's biggest...

Antony Green’s Queensland election guide

With the continuing speculation of an impending Queensland election, Antony Green has launched the ABC elections guide to the coming election. All the usual features,...

Margins in strong Greens seats

There are a handful of seats in the House of Representatives where the Greens are within spitting distance of winning the seat. In nearly...

UK election animation

I've come across an interesting election animation, showing the electoral map of every UK election since the Reform Act of 1832, showing the geographical...

Double Dissolution possibilities

Tim Andrews has written a post projecting what he thinks would happen to the Senate at a double dissolution or half senate election, concluding...

RealClearWorld’s top 5 elections of 2009

A few days ago the website RealClearWorld came out with a list of the five elections it considers the most significant of 2009. They...

Israeli electoral reform?

Israel is one of the only countries in the world where its entire legislature is elected to represent the country as a whole, and...

Early election possibilities

After Nick Xenophon voted against the government's stimulus package this afternoon, I've heard at least one journalist claim that, if the bill is blocked...

Blog post of the week

I know, I know, I don't actually do "blog post of the week", but a post today from Possum at Pollytics is the funniest...

The right prevails in Israel

There's a lot of stories touting a supposed narrow victory for Tzipi Livni's Kadima in today's Israeli election, but this reflects a first-past-the-post mentality...