The Tally Room

I've mostly missed coverage about the Japanese elections, which take place tomorrow, August 30. I don't have much information to add to my previous posts on Japan, except to note that recent polls maintain that the Democratic Party is on track to win government...

I've posted a guide to the Bradfield by-election on the blog, apart from the regular blog postings. I've included a breakdown of votes according to each part of the electorate, as well as booth maps for both the Liberals and the Greens. Obviously it...

Phillip Coorey at the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Brendan Nelson will resign from Parliament today, with reports of a press conference planned for 2pm. Nelson had previously announced that he would retire at the next election, and Liberal figures had begun manouevring...

There a whole bunch of interesting preselections currently taking place or concluding in various Greens state parties. Unfortunately I know a lot more than I'm able to say here, but I'll give you what I can. This list shows that the Greens are currently...

So I've started working on a project that I will reveal in a few weeks' time as part of this blog. One of the things I am doing is making booth maps of each federal electorate. I have made three so far, and on...

I plan on covering the German federal election, but I haven't had a chance to consider the state elections happening in Germany before that. Luckily Charles in Germany has posted this comment on the blog yesterday, and I'll post it here as a new...

The South Australian Greens are also in the middle of choosing their ticket for the Legislative Council for the March 2010 state election. The meet-the-candidates forums are currently taking place, and the ballot and endorsement of the ticket will take place in September. The four...

A week after the AEC released the electoral boundaries, I have finally produced my Google Earth map of the boundaries. This took a lot longer than in the case of Queensland, but that's because I made a file that's much smaller and easier to...

So the federal government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme was voted down today, with all non-government senators voting to block it. It appears clear that this bill will return later this year, with two weeks of sitting in late November presenting an opportunity. In order to...

I've been thinking a lot about the future of the Nationals, and I thought I would play through some scenarios regarding their future. When considering the losses of seats through redistribution and election losses in New South Wales, and the creation of the LNP in...