Tasmanian distribution of preferences liveblog

12:47pm - George Razay has been elected in Bass - not even for the seventh seat, but the sixth. Razay ended up on 6968 votes,...

Corrected federal election data now published

During the federal election count, I identified a number of issues with the data being published by the AEC. Two main issues emerged, where...

Federal redistributions kick off

Now that the Parliament has officially opened for its first sitting after the federal election, we're off to the races with redrawing the electoral...

Podcast #154: Tasmania votes for another hung parliament

Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham and Chris Monnox to discuss the results of the Tasmanian state election and prospects for the formation of...

Tasmania 2025 – the close races

Tasmanian election results can often be simplified to totals for each party in each electorate. But votes aren't cast for parties, they're cast for...

Despite hopes of breaking a deadlock, Tasmania votes for status quo

There were some noticeable swings in the Tasmanian election, and there will be some changes in the Assembly, but overall the result seems to...

Tasmanian election night live

10:56 - All of the pre-poll booths that were due to be counted tonight have now reported. So I don't expect any more results...

Tasmanian election day

8:00 - Polls have just opened for election day for Tasmania's 2025 state election. I won't be blogging during the day today, but I will...

Comings and goings in Tasmanian politics

Hare-Clark is basically unique amongst Australian electoral systems because there is a realistic possibility that a member of parliament will lose their seat to...

Podcast #153: Tasmania’s election landscape

Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the latest Tasmanian state polls and go through Tasmania's five electorates one...