The Tally Room

Last night's by-election was a thumping victory for the ALP's Yvette D'Ath. The result was largely in line with expectations, with the Liberal National government polling much more poorly than they did at the 2012 election, and due to the circumstances of the by-election. These...

Labor wins Redcliffe by-election. Primary vote results as of 9:34pm - 13/13 booths reporting Candidate Party Votes % Swing Projected Andrew Tyrrell Independent 177 0.74 +0.74 0.74 Sally Vincent Family First 586 2.46 -2.07 2.34 Len Thomas Independent 2,513 10.57 +10.57 10.57 John Marshall Greens 950 3.99 -2.73 3.89 Gabriel Buckley Independent 230 0.97 +0.97 0.97 Yvette D'Ath Labor 10,375 43.63 +12.87 43.98 Talosaga McMahonl Independent 317 1.33 +1.33 1.33 Liz Woollard Independent 279 1.17 +1.17 1.17 Kerri-Anne Dooley Liberal National 8,353 35.13 -14.11 35.15 Total formal votes 23,780 Two-party-preferred results as of 9:34pm - 13/13 booths reporting Candidate Party Votes % Swing Projected Yvette D'Ath Labor 11,748 56.19 +16.29 56.39 Kerri-Anne Dooley Liberal National 9,161 43.81 -16.29 43.61 Total in count 20,909 8:23pm - The final ordinary booth,...

High Court Justice Kenneth Hayne, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, brought out the first part of his judgement in the case of the Western Australian Senate election from 2013. His findings included that: The 1370 voters whose votes were lost were effectively "prevented from...

Nominations closed yesterday for the state by-election in the Queensland seat of Redcliffe, scheduled for 22 February. Eight candidates have nominated. The major party candidates are Yvette D'Ath for the ALP and Kerri-Anne Dooley for the Liberal National Party. D'Ath held the federal seat of...

At the end of election night we have some prepoll votes and all of the regular election-day booths. We're still waiting on postal votes, as well as other pre-poll votes and possibly some special hospital booths. These are the figures as of the end of...

These figures are no longer being updated. Primary vote results as of 8:45pm - 40/40 booths reporting Candidate Party Votes % Swing Projected Timothy Lawrence Stable Population Party 541 0.87 +0.68 0.89 Geoff Ebbs Greens 6,434 10.37 +0.18 9.93 Christopher Williams Family First 598 0.96 +0.22 0.95 Karel Boele Independent 419 0.68 +0.68 0.68 Anthony Ackroyd Bullet Train 481 0.77 +0.77 0.77 Anne Reid Secular Party 352 0.57 +0.57 0.57 Terri Butler Labor 24,291 39.14 -1.23 38.18 Melanie Thomas Pirate Party 1,000 1.61 +1.61 1.61 Travis Windsor Independent 544 0.88 +0.88 0.88 Ray Sawyer Katter's Australian Party 884 1.42 +0.74 1.47 Bill Glasson Liberal National 26,521 42.73 +0.51 44.14 Total formal votes 62,065 Two-party-preferred results as of 8:45pm - 40/40...

This morning saw remarkable events in South Australian politics, involving a prominent federal politician launching an aborted attempt to enter state politics, and a threat from a sitting Premier to resign weeks out from an election. Don Farrell, a prominent Labor senator and one of...

This is a short post to let readers know that the guide to the South Australian election is complete. In addition to profiles of all 47 electorates, I have written up sections on South Australian political history, the last redistribution, the key seats and the...

With nominations declared on Friday, eleven candidates are off and running for the Griffith by-election on 8 February. The federal seat was vacated by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd following his party's defeat at the 2013 election. These eleven candidates include candidates from Labor, the Liberal...

So after a week of speculation and rumour, Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings acted today to move Tasmania towards the next state election. Giddings met with the Governor this morning, and then proceeded to sack the two Greens ministers from her cabinet and announce an election...