The Tally Room

I haven't really been covering the campaign for the Victorian state electorate of Altona before today's by-election. Altona is a safe Labor seat in the Western suburbs of Melbourne, sitting on Port Philip Bay. Altona is going to the polls to elect a successor to...

I have now posted a guide to the Tasmanian state election, which will be held on March 20, 2010. This includes profiles of Tasmania's five state electorates. Continue reading...

I have now posted a page on the blog profiling the upcoming South Australian election, which you can read here. I have also now posted a tutorial explaining some of the ways you can use the Google Earth maps posted on this blog to make...

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday announced plans to hold a referendum on changing the electoral system for the House of Commons to the "Alternative Vote" system, a preference voting system similar to that used in Australia. Electoral analysis has shown that preference voting would...

I've now finished seat profiles for 56 out of 150 House of Representatives seats. I've now finished profiles for all seats under a 4% margin as well as fifteen with higher margins. I'm continuing to work on them as quickly as possible but I...

Political events in Northern Ireland in recent days suggest that an election for the Legislative Assembly may loom in the next few months, while the election for Northern Ireland's 18 seats in the House of Commons may gain extra significance at the upcoming UK...

David Cameron, the leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, is planning to immediately cut the number of seats in the House of Commons following an election victory this year, according to reports. Cameron's plan involves immediately introducing legislation following an election which would...

Over the break I have completed about twenty-seven seat guides for my guide to the 2010 federal election. Some of those which have been posted include: Herbert Sturt Hughes Swan Cowper Ryan Calare Sydney Grayndler Page North Sydney Greenway Wentworth Just today I have posted the guide to the seat of Melbourne, the Greens' best chance of winning...

With South Australia's state election coming up on March 20, I have taken the opportunity to improve the electoral maps for South Australia posted on this blog. The maps for the 2006 election and for the upcoming 2010 election had already been posted, but...

Just as I did last year, I have ceased posting on the front page of the blog for the Christmas/New Year period. I find that few people read the blog during this period and it will give me a chance to work on more...