In 2022 it was the huge swing to Labor in Western Australia that delivered majority status to the Albanese government. In 2025 the WA result was less dramatic, more a case of Labor’s position…| Antony Green's Election Blog
This post is the second in my series looking at the results of the 2025 Federal election by state. In short Tasmania produced an emphatic victory for Labor with a state-wide two-party preferred swi…| Antony Green's Election Blog
Monday: Labor have retained Calwell. Strong preference flows on the exclusion of the Green candidate left Independent Carly Moore no path to victory. After preferences Labor’s Basem Abdo poll…| Antony Green's Election Blog
For those who end up here thanks to google, I am doing nothing on this site. I am on ABC Television all night covering the results. The computer system I designed for the ABC is busy publishing res…| Antony Green's Election Blog
In a pre-Christmas treat for election nerds, the Australian Electoral Commission is about to publish its estimated seat margins for next year’s Federal election. The 2025 Federal election will be f…| Antony Green's Election Blog
Recently, someone I met told me that the 2022 Australian federal election was unusually close by historical standards. This made me wonder – was it? And are there any trends in which elections tend to be closest? Here, we order each postwar election based on how close it was on five metrics, and assess howContinue Reading... How Close Was the 2022 Australian Federal Election?Continue Reading...| Armarium Interreta
Background (if you’re familiar with the electoral systems used in Australia, click here to skip the background) After every Australian federal election, the Australian federal parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) publishes a regular post-election inquiry on the conduct of the election. In the aftermath of the 2019 Australian federal election, the JSCEMContinue Reading... How would optional preferential voting have affected federal elections?Continue Reading...| Armarium Interreta
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will release draft electoral boundaries for Victoria today, the time set as some time between 12:30 and 2:30. Victoria will be losing a seat in the redistr…| Antony Green's Election Blog