The Tally Room

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...

I've had much less time than I would have liked to blog during the campaign, and have used my little spare time to update the lists of candidates for each House of Representatives seat. It seems appropriate now to open a new thread for commenters...

While the campaign has been fiercely fought, there hasn't seemed to be much for myself to add in terms of blog posts on the front page. The conversation has been continuing fiercely on the previous election thread and on each seat's discussions. Almost 2500 comments...

The final list of candidates was released on Friday. A record number of candidates are running in both houses of Parliament - in line with the record number of parties registering at the election. A total of 1188 candidates are running for the House of...

There have been a ridiculous number of changes to the candidate list, so much that I lost track of it last week. I have stopped updated the Google Drive spreadsheet, and instead I have uploaded an Excel spreadsheet with all the candidates listed in a...

This morning brought the news that former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie will be running for the ALP in the marginal LNP seat of Forde, on the southern outskirts of Brisbane. Discussion has already begun on the Forde page about his prospects in the seat, and...