The Tally Room

Since 'One Vote One Value' legislation passed shortly after the 2005 election, all lower house electorates have been drawn to have roughly the same number of electors (with the exception of a small number of large seats in the north). Prior to these reforms,...

I plan on updating this blog post as counting proceeds in key seats over the next few days. Belmont - Liberal by 245 votes Reversal of Labor 154-vote margin on Sunday. Collie-Preston - Labor by 6 votes Decrease from 62-vote margin on Sunday. Eyre - Nationals by 17 votes Decrease...

In my last post, I detailed the ongoing contests for the Legislative Council. In short, the Greens are competing for the last seat in four regions, the Shooters and Fishers are competing in two regions, and Family First in one region. The election wasn't a...

There are a number of Legislative Assembly seats that are too close to call and deserve further attention. In addition, the race for the final seat in each Legislative Council region is unlikely to be resolved for a number of days. Belmont - Labor by 154...

The Liberal Party have won a majority in their own right in the Legislative Assembly, gaining a number of seats, while the Nationals have increased their numbers slightly and Labor has taken a hit. There are five seats left to decide, which I will detail...

It's not midnight yet in Western Australia, but it's after 2am in Sydney so I probably should call it a night. On my count, the Liberals hold 29 seats, the Labor Party holds 18, the Nationals hold six, and six are still up for grabs. These...

Liberal - 29 Labor - 18 National - 6 Undecided seats - Belmont, Collie-Preston, Eyre, Kimberley, Midland, Warren-Blackwood 9:57pm - Looking back at the Legislative Council - the Greens are one vote behind the Liberals in North Metro. In South Metro it looks like the final seat is...

Voters are going to the polls today in Western Australia today - and those of us not in WA are simply left waiting until we have some results later tonight. In the meantime I've been learning how to use a few new tools to display...

Two days out from the Western Australian state election, the Liberal/National alliance looks set to grow its numbers, and the Liberals are likely to win a majority in the Legislative Assembly in their own right. Recent polling shows the Liberal/National alliance at 57-58% of the...

After a great deal of work, the Tally Room guide to the WA 2013 state election now has profiles of 32 out of 59 Legislative Assembly districts and all six Legislative Council regions. Unfortunately I've run out of time to finish the state, although I...