Closing the gap in federal seat enrolments in NSW
Federal redistributions will commence this year in three states. Victoria will lose a seat, Western Australia will gain a seat, and New South Wales...
Prospects for changes in federal seat numbers
After every election, there is a process to determine how many electorates each state and territory is entitled to at the following federal election....
How did below-the-line voting perform in Victoria?
I spent a lot of energy before the Victorian election talking about below the line voting - encouraging voters to use the method and...
Voting patterns for left-wing minor parties in Victoria
One of the most fascinating aspects of the Victorian state election was the role of the small left-wing minor parties. The Greens used to...
Victoria 2022 – which parties did best in areas with high informal rates?
In the weeks after the Victorian election, I saw some analysis looking at the geographic patterns of support for some of the parties. One...
Victoria 2022 – informal vote drops despite bigger ballots
The informal rate reached a record high at the 2018 Victorian state election. With record-large ballot papers at the 2022 election, I had wondered...
Victoria 2022 – the early vote majority
The recent Victorian election was the first such election since the COVID-19 pandemic started, and it was yet another example of the trend towards...
New Victorian election datasets
Over the summer break I've added a bunch of new data to my data repository. Specifically I've added results from the 2006, 2010 and...
The non-classic contests in Victoria
One way of looking at the Victorian election is to examine which seats ended up being 'non-classic' contests - seats where the two-candidate-preferred count...
Podcast #85: Wrapping up Victoria 2022
For the final episode of 2022, Ben is joined by Narelle Miragliotta and Henry Schlechta to discuss the final results of the Victorian state...