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The maps and data for the final WA federal redistribution were released on Tuesday this last week but unfortunately I was busy at the time packing up to move house the next day. I have now had a chance to update the analysis I...

As of this morning, we have almost reached the end of the NSW council election count. It appears that all election day and pre-poll booths have been fully data entered, and they are just waiting for one more day of postal and declaration votes...

This blog post will be used to track the close counts for the 26 big partisan councils. I'm going to be busy this week packing for a house move so won't be doing big updates in one go, but I'll update a council at...

Ben is joined by Leo Puglisi from 6 News to analyse the results of the NSW local government elections. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room’s supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support. You can listen to an ad-free...

This blog post includes a summary of the state of the race for the 27 councils with a population of 95,000 or more. The first few were also posted in the live blog overnight but for convenience I've included them here again. I have a...

12:20 - Okay I'm going to stop here, and do another call of the board in the morning. Central Coast - 12:19 - It looks like Labor has lost their majority, and possibly there will be a clear conservative majority. The conservative independents who benefited from...

Polls have opened for election day for the NSW local government elections. I won't be posting any analysis until after polls close at 6pm, but you can post your thoughts here.

The Australian Electoral Commission today announced the final decisions on boundaries for the NSW federal redistribution. As with the Victorian and Western Australian announcements last week, the AEC is yet to publish maps, digital boundary files or SA1 data. With the council election coming...

Last week I wrote an analysis piece about the different shape of ballot papers in different parts of New South Wales - the urban areas and some large rural councils have above-the-line voting, small rural councils have a single column of ungrouped candidates, and...

If a council in New South Wales wants to change the number of councillors who sit on that council, they need to hold a referendum, with voters making the final decision. In 2024, four councils are holding referendums on reducing the size of their council....