Despite hopes of breaking a deadlock, Tasmania votes for status quo
There were some noticeable swings in the Tasmanian election, and there will be some changes in the Assembly, but overall the result seems to have produced a Parliament with a similar balance of power. That's not great news for the government, because the outgoing...
Tasmanian election night live
10:56 - All of the pre-poll booths that were due to be counted tonight have now reported. So I don't expect any more results to come in tonight.
Right now the numbers for the parties in the parliament look about the same following the election....
Tasmanian election day
8:00 - Polls have just opened for election day for Tasmania's 2025 state election.
I won't be blogging during the day today, but I will be covering the results tonight in a separate live blog. I'm also going to try posting some updates on Instagram...
Comings and goings in Tasmanian politics
Hare-Clark is basically unique amongst Australian electoral systems because there is a realistic possibility that a member of parliament will lose their seat to a fellow member of the same party - indeed it happens fairly regularly. Another unusual feature is the use of...
Podcast #153: Tasmania’s election landscape
Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the latest Tasmanian state polls and go through Tasmania's five electorates one by one, discussing the race and possible winners in each division.
We refer extensively to Kevin Bonham's blog post breaking...
Queensland’s state redistribution kicks off
This weekend's Tasmanian state election is likely to be the last major election in 2025, barely halfway through the year, but that means the rest of this year will be redistribution season.
Two federal redistributions, in Queensland and Tasmania, are set to resume later this...
How have countbacks performed in NSW?
I wrote a blog post last weekend about how the NSW government has been sneaking in a change to how council vacancies are filled into a bill that is billed as primarily ending the privatisation of council election administration.
Since then I've had the chance...
How do votes turn into seats in Tasmania?
You need a quota to win a seat in a Tasmanian House of Assembly election. But in practice no-one polls exactly a quota. In reality, the final seats are decided by partial quotas and the distribution of preferences.
Yet these patterns are not random -...
Follow the Tally Room on Instagram
With a bit of a break in action after the federal election, I've decided to launch an Instagram account for the Tally Room. The account will have posts lining up with blog posts here on the website, as a bit of a taste of...
NSW government bill would end council countbacks
There is a bill currently before the NSW Legislative Council which makes a number of changes to how local government elections work in New South Wales. The bill has been referred to an inquiry that is currently open for submissions.
The bill's focus has been...