The Tally Room

The next election in Australia will be taking place two weeks from tomorrow. It is the most peculiar of Australia's regular elections: the Tasmanian upper house election. Tasmania's upper house consists of fifteen members, each representing a separate electorate. It's the only upper house elected...

The Northern Territory general election is due next month, on August 22nd. The first-term Gunner Labor government will be seeking a second term, while their opposition is split between the Country Liberal Party and the new Territory Alliance. The guide features profiles of all 25 electorates....

It took all night, but early this morning it became clear that Labor had won the Eden-Monaro by-election, when the last of the pre-poll booths reported their results, and a first batch of postal votes were far better for Labor than postal votes usually...

12:22am - A rush of pre-poll votes has just been added to the system. Labor suffered a 4.1% swing at Jerrabomberra and a 3% swing at Queanbeyan, but actually increased their vote by 0.4% at Queanbeyan City. Labor also won majorities at the three...

Polls have just opened in the federal seat of Eden-Monaro in south-eastern New South Wales. I will be back to cover the results tonight, although coverage will be light until after 8pm. I wrote about the trends in early voting at the beginning of the week. The...

The definitive academic take on the 2019 federal election has been released today by ANU Press. Morrison's Miracle features 36 contributors covering every angle of the election, including the big policy debates, the political parties and the results. This is the latest in a long-standing series -...

We've entered the last week of early voting before this Saturday's by-election in the south-east NSW seat of Eden-Monaro. We have quite a bit of data about who is casting an early vote, and it tells us that there has been a big increase...

Western Australia is on track to lose the sixteenth seat it gained at the 2016 election. This will trigger a redistribution before the next election, and will have knock-on effects across the state. Only one of Western Australia's 16 electorates has enough voters to still...