The Tally Room

In the last few days, there has been much media interest in the decision of the Greens NSW to not direct preferences to the Labor Party in the Legislative Council on their how-to-vote cards. This provoked a fierce response from Labor party figures such as...

It is now Sunday evening in the Republic of Ireland, and most seats have been decided in their general election. The overall result is clear, with the governing Fianna Fail party decimated, their government partner the Green Party completely eliminated from the Dail, and...

11:10am - We're getting early figures in for a bunch of constituencies. They are all confirming the trend that we have seen. In Donegal South-West, the Deputy PM, Mary Coughlan, is in trouble. 9:04am - I've been doing some number-crunching of the 2007 election results...

Ireland's electoral system is one that is relatively familiar to Australians, but quite unusual around the world, using a system similar to Hare-Clark, used in Tasmania and the ACT. The lower house of the Irish Parliament, the Dáil Éireann, has existed in various forms for...

Ireland goes to the polls this Friday in a general election that will likely see a massive shift in Irish politics. The current Irish government has been in power since 1997, led by the conservative Fianna Fail party. They have been in coalition since 2007...

With the NSW Labor government on track for a massive defeat, I thought I'd look into the history of massive landslide defeats in Westminster system countries. Most of the examples I found came from Canada, mainly from provincial elections, along with a few other...

Yesterday's Nielsen poll has Labor still on track for a catastrophic defeat. Along with the January Galaxy poll, the Nielsen poll has the ALP polling only 34% of the two-party-preferred vote, compared to the Coalition on 66%. On primary votes, the Coalition has hit a...

I have now finished my guide to the NSW state election, to be held on 26 March. The guide includes profiles of all 93 Legislative Assembly districts, as well as overviews of NSW political history, recent political events, the key seats, and the race...

The long, painful death of the Irish government entered its final stage over the last few days, with mass resignations of Cabinet ministers and conflict between the two governing parties resulted in the general election being called for March 11. Ireland's government includes the major...

I've left the front page of the blog quiet for most of the last month while I have worked hard at posting seat profiles for all 93 Legislative Assembly districts for the upcoming NSW state election on March 26. I have now finished 62 electoral...