The Tally Room

I've pulled together the primary vote totals as of this afternoon and calculated swings for each council and ward in urban NSW. I've restricted my analysis to councils between Newcastle and Shellharbour, as councils outside this area are almost always dominated by independents. Across this region, here...

In this post I will quickly summarise the state of play in the 14 most populous councils I have analysed (excluding Ku-ring-gai, where no tickets are standing across multiple wards). I'll be back later today with some analysis of the swings across the councils and...

10:21pm - Let's look at Bayside. Labor is on six seats (thanks to a massive vote in the Port Botany ward), the Liberal Party is on five, there are three independents, and one seat is still in play. Greens candidate Greta Werner has a solid...

polls are open today in a bunch of councils across NSW - the new amalgamated councils and those who survived amalgamation attempts. I'll be covering the results tonight from 6:30pm. Today I'll be driving around to some of the polling booths in Sydney, so check...

We're due for two state by-elections in New South Wales later this year, and I've just finished guides for both electorates, which you can read now. Blacktown Former NSW opposition leader John Robertson has announced plans to resign. Labor should easily retain this seat. Cootamundra Former Nationals minister...

The 2015 Queensland election was very close, with neither party winning a majority of seats. Labor is estimated to hold 48 seats, while the LNP holds 42 seats. There are two Katter's Australian Party seat, and one independent seat. 47 seats are needed for...

Queensland has recently undergone a redistribution of state electoral boundaries, the first in almost a decade. The existing boundaries were used at three elections: 2009, 2012 and 2015. The number of seats was increased from 89 to 93. This resulted in the creation of five...

There is speculation that the next Queensland state election could take place in the next few months, and in preparation for this election I've now completed my guide to the 93 electorates which will be contested. Each guide, as is usual, contains a history of...

This is just a quick post to note that nominations closed last Wednesday in the NSW council elections. I've posted the full candidate lists for the fifteen largest councils on my council guides. Read the guides via these links: Bayside Canterbury-Bankstown Central Coast Cumberland Georges...

In the process of putting together my guide to the Queensland election, I had to consider how to handle the potential vote for One Nation, who have polled as highly as 23% earlier this year and were sitting on 15% in the most recent...