Victoria 2014 – Morwell broken down

Apart from the extremely close count in Prahran, one of the most interesting races in the recent Victorian state election was the seat of Morwell in eastern Victoria. The Nationals won Morwell off Labor in 2006, and leading in to the November election the Nationals...

Victoria 2014 – Legislative Council count finalised

Earlier today, the Victorian Electoral Commission 'pushed the button' for the eight Legislative Council regions. Overall the result is: 14 - Labor 14 - Liberal 5 - Greens 2 - Nationals 2 - Shooters and Fishers 1 - Sex Party 1 - Vote 1 Local Jobs 1 - Democratic Labour Party In circumstances where the...

Victoria 2014 – Legislative Council still counting

More than two weeks after the Victorian state election, all 88 Legislative Assembly seats have been finalised, but there are a number of undecided Legislative Council seats. Last Thursday, William Bowe at Poll Bludger produced a good summary, drawing on Antony Green's calculator and Geeklections...

Fisher update – could there be another win from third?

All votes have now been counted for last weekend's Fisher by-election for the state seat in Adelaide's southern suburbs. Earlier this week I wrote about how, after Labor won a solid lead on election night, a strong Liberal lead in the declaration votes brought the race close to...

Fisher – Liberal takes the lead?

While we were all distracted by Prahran yesterday afternoon, quite strange things were happening in the count for the South Australian state seat of Fisher following Saturday's by-election. We all expected Labor to win the Fisher by-election after an error on Sunday revealed that Labor...

Prahran – what happened?

The Victorian Greens appear to have won a second seat in the Legislative Assembly after the distribution of preferences in Prahran last night. Prahran was the last seat to be decided in the lower house (although quite a lot of the races in the...

Prahran – Greens overtake Labor

Update: We now have widespread reports that the Greens have won the distribution of preferences by a 128-vote margin over sitting Liberal MP Clem Newton-Brown. I think it's reasonable to assume there will need to be a recount, in particular to confirm that the Greens...

Prahran – could the Greens win from third?

Prahran has been the stand-out seat in terms of late counting for the Victorian state election. While every other seat has now been decided, Prahran remains too close to call - with three different candidates still in the running. At first glance, it appears that...

Fisher by-election – results wrap

Update: Sunday's recheck did indeed discover an error at the Aberfoyle Park booth which means the booth was won by Labor with 54%, not the Liberal Party with 54%. This puts the Labor two-party-preferred vote over 52%, and pretty much locks down the result. Original post: Yesterday's...

Fisher by-election live

Fisher by-election primary votes - all booths reporting, no declaration votes reported Candidate Party Votes % Swing Projected % Heidi Harris Liberal 5,126 35.05 -0.05 35.18% Jeanie Walker Independent 140 0.96 +0.96 0.96% Nat Cook Labor 4,077 27.88 +10.14 27.96% Rob De Jonge Independent 545 3.73 +3.73 3.73% Bob Couch Stop Population Growth Now 187 1.28 +1.28 1.28% Dan Woodyatt Independent 3,291 22.50 -15.95 21.83% Malwina Wyra Greens 582 3.98 -0.75 4.35% Dan Golding Independent 677 4.63 +4.63 4.63% Fisher by-election two-party-preferred votes - all booths reporting, no declaration votes reported Candidate Party Votes % Heidi Harris Liberal 7,115 49.07 Nat Cook Labor 7,384 50.93 9:01pm - With no more results expected tonight, I would...