Canadian constitutional showdown

So it looks like Canada, only six weeks after an election saw a swing to the Conservative minority government, is headed towards another left-of-centre...

Council updates

I've got a few more council results to add. In Darebin, apparently the Greens have won a seat in Rucker Ward, and are in...

Melbourne counting room

So I'm in the City of Melbourne counting room at Victoria University on Flinders Street and I'll give you the current lay of the...

Sunday morning update

I'm going to spend some time today at the count for the City of Melbourne, but I thought I'd start by updating on some...

Election night wrap-up

So I'm calling it a night. There may be a few more results tonight, but most of the outstanding results have yet to start...

Liveblogging Victorian councils

You can look up results alphabetically by clicking here. 9:31pm - People have posted a bunch of results about results in Manningham, Melbourne and Brimbank,...

Victorian council election day preview

I'm sitting in Sydney airport about to board a flight to Melbourne. I'll be liveblogging results as they come in from Victorian Greens scrutineers...

Maps update

I've updated the electoral maps for the US House of Representatives on my "maps" page. There remain four seats up for grabs. OH-15 and...

Victorian local government election

I know, I know, I haven't been keeping up with the blog since the NZ election. After an intense launch period, with elections in...

NZ: an evolving party system

New Zealand has experienced a huge amount of change in its party system over the last two decades. The resignation of Jim Anderton from...