Does incumbency help minor parties in the Victorian upper house?
When people defend group voting tickets, they often talk about the benefits of electing small parties and having a more diverse parliament. I have...
Why the vote shifted but the seat count didn’t
I bang on a lot about proportional representation on this website. Part of the argument for PR is about ensuring the representation of smaller...
Podcast #84: Victorian election results
Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the results of the Victorian state election.
This podcast is supported by the Tally...
Victoria 2022 – the state of play in the upper house
It's early days in counting for the Legislative Council, but there are already some trends emerging.
The Druery alliance has been broken, with only a...
Victoria 2022 – the next morning
Labor won a comfortable victory in yesterday's election, losing only a handful of seats against an opposition that performed poorly.
By the latest count at...
Election night – where to find me
Polls have now closed. I won't be trying to do a Tally Room liveblog tonight - you can find me at the Guardian liveblog.
I...
Election day open thread
Polls have now opened for election day for the Victorian state election.
Please use this post to discuss today's events, and also tonight's results.
I won't...
Victoria 2022 prediction thread
Today's post is a quick one. I've mostly finished my list of ideas for blog posts, so for today I'm just going to ask:...
Record early vote suggests a minority will vote on election day
With two days of pre-poll voting to come, the statistics so far suggest that a clear majority of voters will cast their ballot before...
Victorian voting patterns by type of vote
Last week I wrote about the growing numbers of people casting a pre-poll vote over the last few Victorian elections. For this blog post,...