Podcast #48: introduction to the WA election
We're back for 2021, and on this week's podcast Ben is joined by Christine Cunningham and Martin Drum to get us up to speed...
Queensland 2020 – new data showing change in method of voting
I spent some time over the summer compiling new datasets for some of the elections held in 2020. At the moment I have published...
WA 2021 – upper house preferences released
Western Australia's upper house still uses the discredited group voting ticket system to distribute preferences, the same system last used for the Senate in...
WA 2021 – final candidates announced
Nominations closed in Western Australia on Friday, with a record number of candidates nominating in both houses.
463 candidates have nominated for the Legislative Assembly,...
WA 2021 – candidate update
Nominations will close later today for the Western Australian state election (12pm WA time).
I have been keeping up a list of candidates who have...
Guide to the Western Australian state election
The summer break is over for the Tally Room, and I'm back with a big new project: the guide to the 2021 Western Australian...
That’s it for 2020
Now that I've finished posting about all of the redistributions happening at the moment, I'll be bringing down the shutters on this blog for...
Victorian state redistribution kicks off
Just as the South Australian redistribution finishes, and alongside a state redistribution in New South Wales and two federal redistributions, the starters pistol has...
SA redistribution – final map and margins
The final boundaries for the South Australian state electoral redistribution were released in November, and I have just finished producing my new map of...
NSW redistribution – draft map and margins
It's taken some time, but I have now finalised my map of the New South Wales draft electoral boundaries for the 2023 and 2027...