Moving on from the Australian federal election, I have gone through my New Zealand election map and clarified the boundaries to ensure they are as accurate as possible.
While doing this, I have produced time-series maps for the general electorates and the Māori electorates. Each file includes the national map for both the candidate and party vote at the 2008 and 2011 elections, which you can toggle.
The electoral boundary review for the 2014-2017 elections will announce the number of general and Māori electorates, with the electorates to be redrawn over the next few months. The draft boundaries will be released in November, with the final maps released in April.
Under New Zealand law, the South Island is guaranteed 16 general electorates. A quota is struck as the general electoral population of South Island divided by 16, which is used to determine the number of Māori electorates and the number of general North Island electorates.
You can read more about the redistribution process here.
Ben, a stupid question – what software opens these .kmz files?
Google Earth.
You can see them all here: https://www.tallyroom.com.au/maps
All the time series are here: https://www.tallyroom.com.au/maps/timeseries
And there’s a tutorial on how to use them here: https://www.tallyroom.com.au/maps/tutorial
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