Federal seat count for next election locked in
The Australian Electoral Commission made it official last week: the House of Representatives will shrink by one seat. New South Wales and Victoria will...
Rockingham by-election open thread
9:15 - It looks like we've got most of the 2PP count we'll get tonight and the swing is sitting on just over 22%,...
Podcast #99: History of STV in the USA
Ben is joined by American political scientist Jack Santucci to discuss the history of the single transferable vote electoral system and its implementation in...
WA redistribution – follow-up analysis
I wrote a quick blog post yesterday after the release of the draft electoral map for the next Western Australian state election. Now I'm...
Draft state electoral boundaries for Western Australia released
The draft electoral boundaries for the next Western Australian state election were released overnight. One regional electorate has been abolished, making room for one...
Enrolment growth forces NT redistribution back to the drawing board
The Northern Territory Electoral Commission published its draft boundaries for the 2024 Legislative Assembly election back in May, but that process will now have...
Fadden by-election live
11:31 - I'm finished for the night. We are still waiting for the two-party-preferred figures from Helensvale pre-poll centre and otherwise have all the...
Single-member council wards rolling out in Victoria
Victoria is continuing the process of reviewing its local council wards, and since my last update in May, we have started to see proposed...
Podcast #98: By-election season
Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss three upcoming by-elections in Fadden, Rockingham and Warrandyte, and for a brief update on other election...
Which NSW councils need ward redistributions?
Prior to the 2021 NSW council elections, I analysed the population trends in another of Sydney councils which have been shouldering the bulk of...