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Earlier in May I wrote a blog post and an article at New Matilda about the surge in parties registering for the upcoming federal election,...

Yesterday's by-election in the NSW state seat of Northern Tablelands saw a result in line with expectations: the Nationals won the seat with a...

Results as of 8:33pm Candidate Party Votes % Swing Bill Bush IND 919 2.76 +2.76 Adam Marshall NAT 20,910 62.87 +34.53 Dora Koops GRN 1,461 4.39 +1.11 Herman Beyersdorf ALP 3,205 9.64 +6.24 Katherine Nicholson IND 1,479 4.45 +4.45 Jim Maher IND 4,580 13.77 -49.63 Silvana Nero CDP 706 2.12 +0.54 8:23pm - I'm going to call it a night now, and I'll come back...

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

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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