In the past two years, the Poll Bludger cornered the market in online commentary of the annual Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections. This time, I have been beaten to the punch by this excellent summary from Kevin Bonham of the Tasmanian Times, to which there is regrettably little to add. However, a broad overview is [...]
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Monthly Archives: April 2006
South Australian election wrap-up
Thursday, April 13, 2006 – 12:39 pm
The South Australian election guide has now been put to bed with each electorate entry appended with a detailed post-match summary. For the first time, I have taken the effort to carefully scrutinise booth results in each seat. Heavy-duty hair-splitters might care to note that I was compelled to base these comparisons on incomplete election [...]
Gaven by-election live
Saturday, April 1, 2006 – 4:10 pm
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Primary
Swing
2PP
Swing
LABOR
36.8
-10.8
46.6
-8.4
NATIONALS*
42.5
3.7
53.4
8.4
Greens
7.8
-0.1
Others
12.9
7.1
95% COUNTED
* Nationals swings compared with Liberal in 2004
Monday 4.00am. A slightly puzzling article from Jamie Walker and Emma Chalmers in the Courier-Mail (join in the fun and suggest your own alternative title for the paper in comments), which tells us that the swing "is expected to blow out from 7.5 per cent", and [...]
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