Tasmania goes to the polls – March 3

It appears that the Tasmanian premier, Will Hodgman, will today call the state election for March 3. For the first time since 2002, the...

Queensland federal redistribution finalised

Six Australian states and territories have been due for federal electorate redistributions during the current federal parliamentary term - we've already completed the process...

New dataset – Victorian 2014 election

I've got a new addition to the data repository - my collection of complete and clean election datasets. I've now posted the results of...

Bennelong – different swings but no big change

There wasn't much suspense in last night's by-election results - it was clear early on that Labor wasn't coming close to the swing they...

Bennelong by-election live

Candidate Party Primary Primary % Swing 2PP votes 2PP % 2PP Swing Tony Robinson Liberty Alliance 623 0.86 0.86 Wesley Folitarik Sustainable Australia 827 1.14 1.14 James Jansson Science Party 902 1.25 1.25 John Alexander Liberal 31,901 44.08 -9.23 39195 54.16 -5.66 Kristina Keneally Labor 26,290 36.33 5.97 33172 45.84 5.66 James Platter People's Party 149 0.21 0.21 Justin Alick The Greens 5,000 6.91 -2.40 Anthony Ziebell Affordable Housing 622 0.86 0.86 Anthony Fels Non-Custodial Parents 116 0.16 0.16 Joram Richa Conservatives 3,251 4.49 4.49 Gui Cao Christian Democratic 2,299 3.18 -3.83 Chris...

Queensland election dataset – pre-poll voting keeps growing

I've just finished pulling together all of the data from the recent Queensland state election and have added it to my data repository. This dataset...

Tasmanian election 2018 – read the guide

The Tasmanian election is due to be held by May 2018 - and if the last three elections are any guide, the election will...

Nick Xenophon’s vote – does it hit Labor or Liberal harder?

Last week, I posted data showing the Nick Xenophon Team vote at the 2016 Senate election broken down by state electorate. In the process of...

Launching the guide to SA 2018

As we near the conclusion of 2017's election season, with the Bennelong by-election this weekend, I have finished my first major guide for 2018:...

One Nation 2016 vote – how well did it predict 2017?

On Tuesday, I published estimates of the Senate vote at the 2016 federal election for the Nick Xenophon Team, broken down by South Australian...