NT redistribution – draft boundary map finished

Following up on Wednesday's post about the Northern Territory redistribution, I've now completed my Google Earth map of the electoral boundaries. You can download the...

The election night time curve

I think those of us who have followed a lot of Australian elections have some instinctive sense of how election night progresses - when...

US08 – Vote early, vote often

With six days to go before polls close in the US, levels of early voting are at their highest levels in a US election....

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...

British Columbia wrap – election results

I have spent this afternoon fixing the errors in my BC Google Earth map. It turns out that the Electoral Boundaries Commission, whose maps...

Gender balance in winnable seats

I posted earlier this week about the number of candidates running for each party, with a breakdown of candidates by gender. I had a...

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,...

Victoria 2018 – Greens vote, mapped

Today's maps focus on the performance of the Greens, who went backwards in terms of votes, yet managed to win a record number of...

QLD referendum results map

Queenslanders yesterday voted in a referendum on whether the state Parliamentary terms should be extended from three to four years, and that election dates...

Blain by-election results live

8:09 - And that's it for tonight. Short and sweet election night. 8:07 - One last point to raise before finishing this liveblog. If you...