Guide published for Tasmanian upper house

Elections are held for Tasmania's upper house every year, usually in May. I've now finished my guide to the three races to be contested this year. Read the guide here. Two to three seats are contested each year, with all 15 up for election over a...

Prahran and Werribee by-elections live

8:00am - It appears that the final pre-poll figures for Werribee came in just after midnight, and the Labor lead increased slightly to 441 votes. This is definitely not enough to call the seat for Labor so we will need to watch as the...

WA election guide unlocked

We are now just over a month out from the Western Australian state election. The writs will be issued tomorrow, and nominations close next week. This seemed like the right time to unlock my state election guide for everyone to read. The guide has been...

Port Macquarie set up for Liberal-Nationals contest after retirement

A by-election is incoming for the NSW north coast state seat of Port Macquarie. This seat had previously been a safe Nationals seat, although it had fallen into independent hands in the 2000s. This changed in 2020, when sitting MP Leslie Williams quit the party...

Understanding the different redistribution methodologies

The AEC published a fact sheet today with their estimates of margins for each electorate changed by the recently-completed federal redistributions. There are a few pretty big differences between their estimates and my own, and I wanted to explain what I think is going on....

Werribee by-election due soon in Victoria

A state by-election will need to be held in early 2025 for the western Melbourne seat of Werribee. This by-election was triggered by the retirement yesterday of Tim Pallas, a long-serving Labor minister who has served as Treasurer since 2014. Werribee lies on the western...

SA redistribution finalised

South Australia's Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission published the final version of the state redistribution yesterday, to come into effect at the next state election in March 2026. Compared to the draft redistribution, the EDBC has generally made the changes even more minimalistic, reversing changes in...

2025 federal election guide now live

The Australian federal election will be held at some point in the first half of 2025, and I have now completed my guide to all 150 electorates. I published guides for 50 seats in mid-2023, but electorates in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia...

Prahran by-election incoming

There will be a by-election for the Victorian state seat of Prahran coming up soon, likely at the start of 2025. Sam Hibbins won the seat for the Greens in 2014, and again in 2018 and 2022. He quit the party earlier this month after...

Podcast #136: Victorian council election results

Ben is joined by Leo Puglisi from 6 News and Chris Eddy from Local Government News Roundup to wrap up the Victorian council elections. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room’s supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support. You...