The Tally Room

There will be a by-election in the Tasmanian Legislative Council electorate of Pembroke on August 1. Pembroke covers the eastern shore of the Derwent River, and is one of the seats covering the Hobart area. The seat was held by Labor MLC Alison Ritchie...

There's two interesting by-elections taking place in coming weeks, one in the UK in the House of Commons seat of Norwich North on 23 July, and the other in the Tasmanian Legislative Council seat of Pembroke on 1 August. The Norwich North by-election was triggered...

In an unsurprising move, the Greens have chosen Adam Bandt as the candidate for the federal seat of Melbourne. Bandt is the Convenor of the Australian Greens, and was  candidate for Melbourne in 2007 and Lord Mayoral candidate in 2008. Bandt is a former...

Japan's Prime Minister, Taro Aso, has called an election which will likely bring the ruling Liberal Democratic Party government down. Yesterday's local elections in Tokyo saw the defeat of the LDP, who have dominated the prefectural assembly since 1965. In the aftermath, Aso has...

I know this is an unusual post, but I thought I need to give it a shot. I'm currently looking for work at the moment, which obviously is difficult in the current economy. If anyone who reads the blog knows of any jobs you...

Psephologist Peter Brent of Mumble has completely revamped his website, replacing the basic rolling thread of commentary with a new Wordpress blog. It's always been hard to follow Mumble without an RSS feed or the ability to link to individual posts or comment, but...

I've added one more map tonight to my Google Earth maps collection. I have put together the map for the 2006 South Australian state election. This is the only map that currently applies to an Australian parliament that I hadn't completed, and paves the...

I have still been working on my map for the next United Kingdom general election in 2010. I have now finished six of the nine regions of England: South East, South West, Greater London, East, East Midlands and West Midlands. This adds up to...

Indonesia is at the polls today to elect their president in the second direct election of their president. In 2004, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) defeated sitting President Megawati Sukarnoputri. This election sees three tickets running. Under Indonesian electoral law, candidates must have the support...

I've been thinking recently about the Local Government Areas in Sydney. With the exception of the City of Sydney, which has grown and contracted over time, and Canada Bay, which was formed by a merger of Drummoyne and Concord in 2000, local government in...