Coalition retirements in NSW reach new high
In the lead up to the state election, there have been quite a few prominent MPs have announced their retirement, including a number in...
What might happen at the Victorian and WA federal redistributions?
Yesterday's post analysed the intra-state trends in terms of enrolment for each NSW federal electorate. Today I'm looking at the trends in Victoria and...
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...