Guide for Brisbane City launched
There will be five elections held in 2024 that I am planning to profile in depth. I've now finished my first of those five...
Podcast #95: From seats into votes
Ben is joined by Professor Matthew Shugart from UC Davis to discuss how the electoral system influences the party system. We discuss the effective...
Warrandyte by-election guide launched
Yet another by-election was triggered yesterday, in addition to the Fadden and Rockingham by-elections. The Victorian state seat of Warrandyte will be going back...
Guide for upcoming Rockingham by-election
There will be a state by-election coming up soon for the Western Australian seat of Rockingham.
Rockingham is at the southern fringe of Perth, and...
Victorian council ward reviews eradicating PR in Melbourne
39 Victorian councils are currently undergoing reviews of their electoral structure - the number of councillors, number of councillors per ward and the exact...
NT redistribution – draft boundaries published
The draft boundaries for the next Northern Territory Legislative Assembly election in 2024 were released yesterday. Changes were mostly restricted to the Darwin-Palmerston area,...
Podcast #94: Moving forward in Thailand
Ben is joined by journalist Erin Cook to discuss last weekend's national election in Thailand, which saw the progressive Move Forward win the most...
NSW 2023 – final dataset complete
I've now finished my dataset for the 2023 NSW state election and I've added it to the data repository.
The repository now has data for...
ACT redistribution – draft maps released
The draft electoral boundaries for the next ACT Legislative Assembly election were released this morning. You can find the report here, and the map...
New dataset – referendum results
As I started to put my mind to the upcoming Voice referendum, I realised there was a surprising absence of data on the results...