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It's now been over three weeks since the ACT election, and I have pulled together the statistics on how the Covid-19 pandemic affected how people choose to vote. There was a massive surge in pre-poll voting, necessitating a collapse in the election day vote. There...

The results of the New Zealand election were finalised yesterday, with the reporting of the special votes. The final result saw the National Party lose two seats, with Labour gaining a 65th seat, and the Māori Party gaining a second seat. But today I'm more interested...

Ben is joined by 4ZZZ's Alexis Pink for a quick podcast to talk about last night's Queensland election results. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support. You can subscribe to this...

There hasn't been a great deal of time to dive into the results, but I've grabbed the seat-level votes and swings as of this morning. I've put together a couple of maps showing the primary vote swings for the Greens and One Nation, and the...

Ben is joined by Glenn Kefford and Shaun Ratcliff to discuss tomorrow's Queensland state election. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support. You can subscribe to this podcast using this RSS feed in...

Six days after the ACT election, we now have a fairly good sense of the shape of the Assembly. The Assembly will be led by an enlarged Labor-Greens majority, with Labor and Liberal both losing seats and the Greens gaining seats. There are two...

The New Zealand electoral system tends to produce a flattening effect on the results. Most electorate results don't really make a difference to the national outcome so the results analysis tends to just look at the national figures. But there is value in delving...

Ben was joined by Jill Sheppard from the ANU to talk about the ACT election results, and to briefly touch on the New Zealand results. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving...