NSW 2023 – gender balance in the new parliament
There has been an uptick in the number of women elected to parliament in both chambers at the recent NSW election, which I expected...
How would CPV have changed the NSW results?
New South Wales uses optional preferential voting (OPV) for its lower house, unlike every other single-member electorate system for a lower house in Australia,...
2PP preference flows at the 2023 NSW election
I've started to see a few questions about how preferences flowed at this election. So while we don't have the full picture, I thought...
Podcast #91: Aston by-election results
Ben is joined by Peter Brent to discuss the remarkable results of Saturday's Aston by-election. We discuss the context of the by-election, the potential...
Personal votes and the effect of retirements in NSW
The recent NSW state election saw a high number of retirements in the lower house. The Coalition had more retirements than at any other...
Aston by-election live
10:36 - I'm going to leave the live blog here.
This result tonight was truly remarkable. We all now know the history - governments simply...
The blue wall blocking the Labor majority
Labor won a large two-party-preferred vote, yet looks set to fall short of a parliamentary majority. For most of modern Australian political history, a...
Podcast #90: Aston by-election preview
Ben is joined again by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss this weekend's federal by-election in the seat of Aston.
This podcast is...
NSW 2023 – the vanishing Labor majority
At the end of election night, Labor had definitively won 45 seats, but was expected to pick up enough extra seats to win a...
Podcast #89: NSW election results
Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the results of the NSW state election.
Poll Bludger live results page
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