The Tally Room

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...

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 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...

Voters are going to the polls today in the by-election for the southern Adelaide seat of Fisher in the South Australian parliament. The by-election was triggered by the death of independent MP Bob Such. I'll be back with live coverage of the results from 6pm Adelaide...

The last week has been painfully slow as we wait for the final figures from the Victorian state election. At the moment, there are a small number of seats still in contention. Labor holds slim leads in Bentleigh and Frankston, but this is probably enough...

Labor is set to form government, but the results have proven to be extremely complicated. At the moment, Labor is only guaranteed to win 44 out of 88 seats, although they are leading in three other seats. In this post, I run through the...

The current count in the Legislative Council is extremely complicated, with both major parties falling a long way short of a majority. In this post, I run through the latest in each region's count. But first, a summary. Labor is going to find it very...

10:52pm - My last comment is about the Legislative Council. As it currently stands, the Legislative Council will include 14 Liberals and 2 Nationals, 13 Labor MLCs, five Greens, three Shooters and one member each for Family First, Country Alliance and the Democratic Labour...

Booths have just opened in Victoria for today's state election. I'll be back tonight at 6pm with full coverage of the results, and in the meantime you can post your comments in this open thread. I appeared on Radio National's Drive program with Waleed Aly on...

While I've been busy preparing guides to the three major state elections coming up soon, I've been neglecting two by-elections due over the next two months in South Australia. The seats of Fisher and Davenport in southern Adelaide will both be electing new MPs in...