Latest NSW Newspoll hits hard
The latest Newspoll has reversed the small gains made by Nathan Rees in the previous Newspoll, with the Coalition polling 41%, the ALP 31%...
NSW Greens choose Lee Rhiannon for Senate
In breaking news, the NSW Greens conducted their preselection ballot count yesterday, with Lee Rhiannon winning comfortably to be chosen for the first position...
5 things not to do when you’re trying to rig an election.
5. Rig an election where 80% of people turned out to vote
The turn out at the recent election in Iran was the...
Europe 2009 – summary
The overall results for the European Parliament were:
EPP-ED - 264
PES - 161
ALDE - 83
G/EFA - 53
EUL-NGL - 33
I/D - 18
UEN - 14
Other - 110
While...
Guest post at FairVote Blog
I've been taking a break post-EU but will be back to usual transmissions soon, with a final concluding post on the EU and a...
Today’s elections
Since I focused all my attention on the European Parliament election, I've missed a few other elections. I thought it would be good to...
Europe 2009 – Results wrap part 3
Here we go with the final instalment, covering Greece and the Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007.
Bulgaria - The...
Maps update
I'm still working on my map of UK House of Commons constituencies for the next general election. I recently finished the East of England,...
Europe 2009 – Results wrap part 2
Here we go again:
Austria - It was a bad result for both parties in the governing grand coalition, with the centre-right People's Party suffering...
Europe 2009 – Results wrap part 1
Here is a brief summary of how the EU elections went in each country. Our first edition covers Ireland, the UK, Spain, Portugal, France...