The Tally Room

I'm a graduate of the University of Sydney, and today ballots were sent out to all graduates of the university to vote in the quadrennial election of five Graduate Fellows to sit on the Senate. The University Senate is the governing body, and also includes...

A by-election will be held in the NSW state seat of Miranda on 19 October. Miranda covers parts of the Sutherland Shire in southern Sydney. The seat has traditionally voted Liberal but Barry Collier held the seat for Labor from 1999 to 2011. In 2011, Collier...

Moving on from the Australian federal election, I have gone through my New Zealand election map and clarified the boundaries to ensure they are as accurate as possible. While doing this, I have produced time-series maps for the general electorates and the Māori electorates. Each file...

I've finally finished my post-election maps for Germany, for those who may be interested. I have updated the maps for the 2013 election on the Maps page to reflect the 'first vote' results in each constituency. I have also added a map for the 2005...

Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU parties have gained the largest swings towards them at the 2013 German federal election, with minor parties generally losing ground. The CDU/CSU gained a large 7.8% swing towards them, with the centre-left Social Democrats gaining a smaller 2.7% swing. The three minor...

Just a quick post to let people know that the next major election will be the German federal election, to be held this Sunday 22 September. Due to the Australian federal election, I haven't had time to engage in this campaign, but polling suggests a...

After an election where the vast majority of candidates running were men, the male-dominated Coalition won seats, and today a new cabinet will be sworn in with only one woman, it may be surprising to know that the number of women in the new...

Clive Palmer's push to take the Sunshine Coast seat of Fairfax off the Liberal National Party looked like it had been successful on election night, but a very poor performance on special votes has Palmer's lead falling so fast that it is likely to...

There are four seats I am now tracking where I don't think it's entirely bedded down: McEwen, Fairfax, Indi and Parramatta. UPDATE: Now covered all four key seats. McEwen Labor MP Rob Mitchell currently leads by 97 votes, over the Liberal Party's Donna Petrovich. Vote type ALP % LIB % To...

As the Australian Labor Party prepares to be the first political party in Australia to allow its membership to directly elect its leader, the NZ Labour Party has just chosen its new leader: its first elected directly using a similar model to the ALP. David...