German election: SPD collapse, CDU win

The Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union are on track to form a new government in Germany following yesterday's election, although the conservative...

New Senate guides posted

I have now completed guides to the races for the Senate in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. I'd appreciate any comments. In...

Fletcher favourite for Bradfield

The Herald this morning is reporting that the favourite for today's Liberal preselection for the Bradfield by-election is communications executive Paul Fletcher. Liberal Party...

Could there be a Victorian redistribution in 2010?

There's been an assumption that the next federal redistribution for Victoria will be delayed until after the 2010 federal election. Victoria last had a...

Electoral Reform Green Paper released

The federal government today released its second Electoral Reform Green Paper, following on from a Green Paper dealing with election funding released in December...

Maps of German election results

With Germany voting next week to elect a new Bundestag, I thought people might find these maps of the German results from the European...

Latest UK map update: England finished

I'm happy to report that I have now finished the English part of my UK House of Commons electoral map. I have uploaded it...

Labor MPs off the leash

The Sydney Morning Herald ran a story today reporting planning by the NSW Liberal Party for the 2011 state election based on the assumption...

New federal election profiles

I know the blog has been pretty dead lately, but I have some new profiles for the 2010 federal election guide up to read...

Greens preselect Bradfield candidate

The Greens tonight chose their candidate to run for the Bradfield by-election later this year. The Greens have chosen Susie Gemmell, who was the...