Tasmanian preference distribution update – final day
The distribution of preferences concluded today in the final three electorates: Bass, Braddon and Lyons, after Clark and Franklin concluded on Friday.
The final seat...
Tasmanian preference distribution update – day four
The count is nearing the end, with Clark and Franklin finishing their count today.
Quite a few candidates reached quotas today, with most of the...
By-election incoming for Northern Tablelands
NSW Nationals MP Adam Marshall announced his retirement yesterday, which will force a by-election for his state seat of Northern Tablelands in the New...
Tasmanian preference distribution update – day three
Quite a lot of counting was conducted today, with Braddon particularly proving interesting.
Any remaining doubt about the party breakdown in Franklin and Lyons has...
Tasmanian preference distribution update – day two
We had a lot more counting today in all five electorates.
At this point Clark is entirely clear.
There are two seats where the winning party...
Tasmanian preference distribution update – day one
The process of counting primary votes for the Tasmanian state election concluded yesterday, and we started to see preferences distributed in three of five...
Podcast #118: India goes to the polls
Ben is joined by Sofia Ammassari from Griffith University to discuss the upcoming Indian federal election.
The world's largest democracy is going to the polls...
Comparing the Greens vote in Brisbane in 2022 and 2024
There's been a lot of discussion comparing the recent City of Brisbane council election to the 2022 federal election. Both elections saw a high...
Podcast #117: Tasmania elects a hung parliament
Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham to wrap up the Tasmanian state election. We discuss the close undecided races, what might come next for...
Tasmania 2024 – the close races
In this post I'm going to run through each seat in depth, explaining who I think has won and which seats are in play.
To...