The Tally Room

In between today's election posts, I wanted to let you know that I joined the Election Nerds radio show on election night. The show was taped at 2SER in Sydney, and while it is normally broadcast on 2SER, it was broadcast across the Community Radio...

The results of the Queensland election varied substantially between the various regions of Queensland. Labor last won an election in 2009, when they won a small but solid majority of 51 seats. It now appears that Labor has won around 43-46 seats at the 2015...

This is the first in a series of wrap-up posts. I will also devote a post to going in-depth in the undecided seats, as well as a regional breakdown of the vote, and a look at how preferences flowed, over the course of today...

11:52pm - Just to be clear, that's it from me tonight. As it currently stands, the ALP holds 44 seats, needing one more to form a majority. There are three seats undecided. Labor leads the LNP in Whitsunday, and the LNP leads Labor in...

There's a lot going on in Queensland today, so here's a fresh blogpost to tide you over until polls close. There are multiple reports of voters being turned away due to a lack of ID (which shouldn't stop them from voting), the LNP is...

Polls have just opened in Queensland for election day. We now have three major polling companies giving us the same figures for the statewide two-party-preferred vote: Galaxy, Reachtel and Newspoll are all giving the LNP 52% and ALP 48%. If those numbers are true, the...

Queenslanders go to the polls tomorrow morning to elect a new Parliament, three years after giving power to the Liberal National Party in a massive landslide, and reducing Labor to a rump. While the LNP has maintained a small lead in most polls this year,...

Nominations closed yesterday, with 433 candidates nominating for the Queensland state election. This included 177 candidates not yet identified for this website at the time of writing my last post. The LNP and Labor both filled the few gaps in their candidate ranks. The Greens...

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,...