Results map – East Hills and the St George area

Today's blog post looks at a string of seats in southern Sydney, including East Hills and the three seats of the St George region. The...

Results map – Holsworthy, Miranda and Heathcote

Today I'm focusing on three seats in the Sutherland Shire area, overlapping with surrounding areas. The map shows that one seat stands out from...

Results map – south-eastern NSW

For today I've got two maps, one of Goulburn, and the other of three other seats in the south-eastern corner of the state.  Swing data...

Results map – Leppington and Camden

Today I'm heading to south-western Sydney, with a map showing Leppington, Camden and some surrounding seats. This map shows Leppington and Camden surrounded by Macquarie...

Results map – Parramatta, Epping and Ryde

Over the next two weeks I'll be picking clusters of seats and posting maps showing the swings in those seats at the recent NSW...

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...