Melbourne by-election live

10:47pm - CORRECTION - My calculations were miscounting absentee votes from last time. Now that I have fixed this, and added in prepoll votes...

South Australian redistribution: draft maps released

Late last week the Electoral District Boundaries Commission of South Australia released draft boundaries for the next South Australian state election in March 2014. Antony...

ACT guide posted

Despite my plans to stop posting on the website, I have now also posted a guide to the upcoming ACT election in October. This includes...

New guides to upcoming by-elections

I have just posted two new guides for two by-elections expected in the next few months. A by-election will be held soon in the state...

London voting

Voters across the United Kingdom will be voting today in local elections, for local councillors and Mayors. The system varies wildly - with some areas...

Brisbane City Council 2012

Brisbane City Council stands out from all other local government in Australia. Unlike all other capital cities, Brisbane is governed by a single local...

QLD 2012: A broken system

In my previous posts I examined the results of the Queensland 2012 election and what it means for the ALP to be so decisively...

QLD 2012: Surveying the wreckage

As of this morning, the result is Liberal National Party on 76 seats, the Labor Party on 6, Katter's Australian Party on 2, and...

QLD 2012: Labor crushed

This was no ordinary election defeat. This was no ordinary landslide defeat. It is quite possibly the worst defeat of a major party at...

QLD 2012 – Final predictions

As is tradition on this blog, I've put together my prediction of the results. I never put much stock in these - it's always...