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Essential Research: 61-39

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 – 2:25 am

Newspoll seems to have taken the week off, but there’s always Essential Research, which has Labor’s lead up to 61-39 from 60-40 last week. Also featured are questions on becoming a republic within the next few years (52 per cent support, 24 per cent oppose – the latter sounds a bit low), whether Australia should [...]

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Frome by-election live

Saturday, January 17, 2009 – 6:32 pm

ALP
NAT
LIB
GRN
ONP
BROCK
COUNT

PRIMARY
5041
1267
7576
734
134
4557
19309

%
26.1%
6.6%
39.2%
3.8%
0.7%
23.6%
100.0%

Swing
-16.4%

-7.6%
0.7%

PORT PIRIE
2157
181
1344
129
29
2480
6320

%
34.1%
2.9%
21.3%
2.0%
0.5%
39.2%
100.0%

Swing
-23.5%

-11.7%
-0.8%

REMAINDER
1368
735
4292
478
70
757
7700

%
17.8%
9.5%
55.7%
6.2%
0.9%
9.8%
100.0%

Swing
-8.6%

-6.2%
1.9%

DECLARATION
1516
351
1940
127
35
1320
5289

%
29.2%
6.5%
35.7%
2.3%
0.7%
25.5%
100.0%

Swing
-9.2%

-13.9%
-1.9%

3CP
5532

8215

5562
19309

28.6%

42.5%

28.8%

2CP (FINAL)

9322

9987
19309

48.3%

51.7%

Thursday, January 28
Malcolm Mackerras muses on this and other recent by-elections in the Canberra Times.
Wednesday, January 27
Electoral commissioner Kay Mousley has officially rejected the Liberals’ request for a recount, on the basis that specific concerns about the counting of votes had not been identified. The mere closeness of the result was deemed insufficient [...]

By William Bowe | Posted in SA By-Elections | Comments (478)

Frome by-election (South Australia): January 17

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 – 2:33 pm

This post will be progressively updated with news on the South Australian state by-election in Frome, to be held on January 17.
January 16
One day to go: this site will be providing live coverage from shortly after the close of polls at 6pm local time tomorrow. Antony Green lays out the officially registered how-to-vote cards, which [...]

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