The Tally Room

McEwen was the closest seat at the 2007 election, and this time it's one of the closest again. Currently the Liberal Party's Donna Petrovich leads the ALP's Rob Mitchell by 331 votes, which amounts to a margin of 50.19%. McEwen covers parts of northern Victoria...

Behind yesterday's profile seat of Barton, Capricornia is the second-closest seat in the country, with the ALP's Peter Freeleagus currently leading by 156 votes. Capricornia is Labor's only Queensland seat outside of Brisbane, and was expected to fall with the loss of Kirsten Livermore's personal...

Another short update on today's counting in tight races. Barton - the addition of more ordinary votes has narrowed the Labor lead from 68 to 42. Capricornia - the addition of more ordinary votes has increased the Labor lead from 141 to 152. McEwen - Labor MP...

As of the time of writing (on Monday night), Barton is the second-closest seat in the country, with Labor leading by 68 votes with no special votes counted. As I did before the election, I have taken the booth results and split them into four...

After very little to no counting taking place on Sunday, counts progressed yesterday in a number of key seats. This is a short update on those races. In the northern Victorian seat of Indi, a count was finally conducted between the Liberal Party's Sophie Mirabella and...

Tony Abbott's Liberal/National Coalition has been elected, but without a sweeping landslide as previously predicted. So far the Coalition has gained eleven seats off the ALP, as well as two off retiring independents: Banks, NSW Bass, TAS Braddon, TAS Corangamite, VIC Deakin, VIC Hindmarsh, SA La Trobe, VIC Lindsay, NSW Lyne, NSW Lyons, TAS New England,...

There is a lot still up in the air in the Senate, but it is the more interesting element of the election at this point and is producing the most incredible results, with the likelihood of an increase in Greens numbers despite a national...

As I'm sure readers have seen, my blog is not coping with current demand for hits. Until I can solve his problem I have set up a temporary Wordpress.com website at tallyroominexile.wordpress.com. I used this website for last night's results and plan on blogging today. All...

11:39pm - This is my final update for the night - hopefully tomorrow I'll be back home at the Tally Room. The Senate has become extremely interesting. At the moment the LDP has gained a seat, Family First has gained a seat, Clive Palmer has at least...

Election day has arrived. Today I'll be spending the day at the polling booth at Sydney Town Hall, one of the biggest booths in the country. I probably won't be doing much on the blog today, but please use this thread to discuss the election...