The Tally Room

So I just got back to my house in Hackett in the Canberra inner north. I spent the day travelling around the Ginninderra electorate visiting polling booth workers campaigning for Meredith Hunter, Greens candidate for Ginninderra. First of all, the polls today continue the strong performance...

The best coverage is being provided by Antony Green. This is the problem with having so many elections in short order. It's election morning and only now am I getting around to covering what will finally bury the legacy of the Iemma years in NSW. Ryde...

More election-eve coverage from Poll Bludger and Decomposing Trees. Voters will go to the polls on Saturday in the Australian Capital Territory to elect their Legislative Assembly. I've already covered the race in Molonglo. Unfortunately due to the Canadian election I haven't had time to...

This should be about it for the Canadian election. Ontario saw the Liberals lose a number of seats, mainly to the Conservatives with the NDP making gains. The NDP lost one seat in Ontario to the Liberals while gaining five seats in Northern Ontario and...

So let's start with the obvious. Stephen Harper's government was re-elected as another minority government. Harper gained nineteen seats on his 2006 performance, winning 143 seats, 12 short of a majority. Stephane Dion's Liberal Party lost 27 seats, falling to 76, less than a quarter...

Polls close in Newfoundland and Labrador at 10am AEDT. The last polls in British Columbia and Yukon close at midday. Even though there is 4 1/2 hours gap between the opposite ends of Canada, there are staggered voting times which narrows the gap between...

Canadians will begin voting in a few hours in their third general election in less than five years, which looks likely to result in yet another minority government. The campaign has been split into two parts. The first part saw the Conservatives performing strongly, looking...

It looks like I've picked the perfect time to start an election blog, let's look at the next month of elections: October 14 - Canadian General Election October 18 - ACT Legislative Assembly election October 18 - By-election in NSW state seats of Cabramatta, Lakemba, Port Macquarie,...