New minor parties popping up

Yesterday was the deadline for political parties to lodge an application to be registered in time for the federal election. Applications take at least...

The big swinging seats

The pendulum orders every seat in the country by the swing required for that seat to change hands. By following the pendulum you can...

Tasmanian Legislative Council 2013 – results wrap

Yesterday's Legislative Council elections were a good result for the Liberal Party, and produced three relatively solid results. Below the fold I've posted booth results...

Tasmanian Legislative Council results

Montgomery  - Hiscutt (LIB) 45.83%, Fuller 29.64%, Morgan 14.52%, Vincent 10.01% Nelson - Wilkinson 48.80%, Baxter (GRN) 25.33%, Richardson 17.65%, Willink 8.22% Pembroke - Goodwin (LIB)...

Seat #48: Dawson

Dawson is a marginal LNP seat covering the north Queensland coast between Mackay and Townsville, and including the towns of Bowan and Ayr. The seat...

WA 2013 – results maps from the key seats

The WA Electoral Commission in the last few days has posted two-candidate-preferred figures per booth from the March state election. This has allowed me to...

Lyndhurst by-election results wrap-up

Update: results now include prepoll figures that came in late on the night. The Greens have overtaken the Sex Party, coming fifth. The DLP...

Lyndhurst by-election live

8:23pm - All ordinary votes have come in, with prepoll and postal votes yet to come. Labor's vote is sitting just over 40%. Sex...

Tasmanian Legislative Council profiles posted

Voters in three Tasmanian Legislative Council seats go to the polls on May 4 to elect upper house members for the next six years. Profiles...

Northern Tablelands by-election guide

Last week, Richard Torbay's political career came to an end. He's been a state independent MP for Northern Tablelands since 1999, and served as...