The Tally Room

So the NSW local government election is scheduled to be held on September 4, which is less than seven weeks away. Greater Sydney is still under lockdown, with case numbers close to their highest level. We may be at the peak, or there may be...

I have posted another two seat guides for the federal election as freebies for everyone to read: Boothby and Gilmore. With so many people still stuck under lockdown I thought people might enjoy having something to read. These two seats are both very marginal, one...

The draft electoral boundaries for Victoria's next state election were released on Wednesday. Significant population growth on the outer fringe of Melbourne has seen significant changes over the last eight years. This has resulted in three seats being abolished and three others split in...

The Australian Electoral Commission yesterday announced the final boundaries for Victoria for the next federal election. I don't have any detailed or complete analysis because they have not published any maps or data, just descriptions of the changes. They have made changes to 13 seats compared...

I have just completed the first stage of the guide to the next federal election, and I'm now making it available as a reward for people who support this website, with the guide to be publicly released down the track. The guide so far features...

New York City is currently undergoing their first experience of using ranked-choice voting, otherwise known as preferential voting, in a major election. It is being used for the primaries for the mayor of New York City along with other local offices. The Democratic mayoral primary...

The Australian Electoral Commission has announced the final boundaries for Western Australia for the next federal election. While they have announced what changes have been made to the draft boundaries, they have only provided this information through the use of words describing the changes. No...

10:14 - It's looking a decent-sized swing to the Nationals on the two-candidate-preferred vote. The existing margin was 2.6%, but it's looking like the new margin will be something like 7%, bearing in mind that a lot of pre-poll votes are yet to report. I've...

With the final results now in from the Tasmanian state election, I wanted to go back to a post I wrote in early April about the role of parties in the Legislative Council. The chamber has historically been dominated by independent members, but the two...