The Tally Room

Nominations close for the Queensland state election on Tuesday. So far, I've collected the names of 255 candidates who plan on running. This compares to 430 candidates in 2012, and 397 in 2009. The record number was 438 in 1998. It's possible that the number...

As predicted, Campbell Newman visited the Acting Governor yesterday and called the next Queensland state election for January 31. Rolls close this Saturday, 10 January at 5pm, and nominations close on Tuesday, 13 January at 12pm. If you haven't enrolled to vote, updated your details,...

There have been persistent rumours last night and this morning that Queensland Premier Campbell Newman will cut his holiday short today to come back and call the Queensland state election. Most reports have suggested that the election will be called for the 31st of January,...

This is the last front-page blog post for the Tally Room for 2014. I'll be returning on January 12, and will be jumping straight into coverage of next year's Queensland and New South Wales state elections. 2014 was a very big year for the Tally Room....

The City of Brisbane is unlike any other council in Australia. With a population of over one million people, the council is much larger than metropolitan councils in other Australian cities. The election for Lord Mayor of Brisbane is the largest single-member election in Australia,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...