The Tally Room

Just days after the Liberal Party actually conducted a local preselection to choose their candidate for Macarthur, the ALP has delved into the unedifying spectacle of dividing up the federal electorates of southwestern Sydney without any consideration of what any actual members might think...

Today is election day in the US, which tends to be a minor affair in odd-numbered years. This year, there are a number of interesting contests that I wanted to highlight. A special election has been called in New York's 23rd district to replace Rep....

Three more seat profiles have now been completed for the three most marginal Liberal seats: Bowman McEwen Paterson I have also included a little box in the top right hand corner of the website where links are provided to the most recently written seat guides. Keep an eye...

Former Mayor of Campbelltown Russell Matheson has defeated sitting Liberal MP Pat Farmer in preselection for the seat of Macarthur. Farmer has become the first federal Liberal MP to be defeated for preselection in five years, since Malcolm Turnbull defeated Peter King for Wentworth...

I'm still slowly making my way through writing my guide to the federal election. I have now finished 13 House of Representatives seat guides, with the latest being the four most marginal seats in Adelaide: Boothby, Hindmarsh, Kingston and Sturt. Now that redistributions have concluded...

Local government election results have now been posted on the website of the Tasmanian Electoral Commission, showing primary vote figures from election night. I don't know about most of the races, but a few key points of interest: Mayor of Hobart Rob Valentine has been...

I have today finished electoral maps for Northern Ireland. I have completed boundaries for the period 1997-2007 and the new boundaries for the 2010 general election. Northern Ireland uses the same 18 constituencies for both Westminster elections and Legislative Assembly elections. When electing the...

The AEC yesterday released the final electoral boundaries for New South Wales for the next federal election. While they are planning to commence a Victorian redistribution early in 2010, it won't be done in time for the election, meaning that all seats in Australia...

The Daily Telegraph this morning reports a story that the NSW Liberal Party have approached recently-retired rugby league player Hazem El Masri as a candidate for the state seat of Lakemba at the 2011 state election. It's a fascinating story indicating how ambitious the NSW...

Former Campbelltown mayor Russell Matheson has begun a preselection challenge against Pat Farmer, Liberal member for Macarthur, nominating for the party's preselection, which will take place in the next few weeks. Matheson has been a Campbelltown councillor since 1991, and in that time has served...