2009 election preview: India
At the recent US election, over 131 million people cast votes in the presidential contest. Yet Indian elections take place on a much larger...
NSW 2023 – election guide unlocked
We're now seven weeks out from the NSW state election, and it seemed like a good time to take down the paywall for my...
The blue wall blocking the Labor majority
Labor won a large two-party-preferred vote, yet looks set to fall short of a parliamentary majority. For most of modern Australian political history, a...
New dataset – referendum results
As I started to put my mind to the upcoming Voice referendum, I realised there was a surprising absence of data on the results...
First part of federal election guide launched
Australia's next federal election is due to be held by May 2025. There are redistributions underway for three states, but the other 50 electorates...
Victorian federal redistribution – official numbers published
The Australian Electoral Commission has now officially published the population projections to be used when redrawing Victoria's federal electoral map prior to the next...
How optional preferential voting affects Brisbane City elections
In cases where members are elected to represent single-member wards, or divisions, Queensland councils use the optional preferential voting (OPV) electoral system to elect...
Tasmanian LC candidates announced
Nominations have been declared for three Tasmanian Legislative Council elections, with polling day on May 4.
Tasmania's upper house is never fully dissolved, with two...
Vic 2018 – first draft of the candidate list
I've been trickling out seat guides for the Victorian election gradually for the last while. I've now posted 53 out of 88 lower house...
NSW 2019 – not the same old contests
NSW state politics appears to be shifting away from a conventional Labor-Coalition contest, with different kinds of contests dominating in different regions.
While there has...