Australian Election Results Thread

[minionofmidas]

Current ABC tallies with 70.92% of the 2pp vote counted
Labour 72 certain + 14 leading + 14 trailing (+12 to +40)
Of their 60 seats last election, 58 are certain and 2 (both in WA) are trailing.
Liberals 40 certain + 12 leading + 11 trailing
Of their 74 seats last election, 40 are certain, 10 leading, 11 trailing, and 13 are goners.
Nationals 8 certain + 2 leading + 2 trailing
Haven't lost a seat for sure yet
CLP trailing in its lone seat
Both indies reelected

[minionofmidas]

Liberals gain Swan.

What happened there?

Looks like they probably didn't, still too close to call. They definitely did take Cowen, though.

Fran Bailey - a Liberal minister who seems to have just BARELY survived in her VIC sea of McEwen

Narrowly trailing with just one or two polls still out IIRC.

[minionofmidas]

 

Batman? There's a seat called Batman?

Yes; it's in Melbourne. Just north of the city centre. Named after John Batman.

While the Turkish constituency of the same name is named for its capital city.

[minionofmidas]

Combination of mandatory voting, lots of opportunities to vote outside of the polling place (absents, pre-polls, postals, etc.), complicated electoral system and lack of gerrymander.

What you normally get the first night everywhere is, actually, an unoficial uncertified tally -  but leads are generally so big, you can trust them.  The official tally will come much later - but (almost) nobody has to wait.

Here there are many votes that are not yet delivered on the election night (eg absents and postals will only arrive to their districts a few days later)  - as the voting is mandatory a lot of people are using those possibilities. Furthermore, the electoral system is rather complicated - technically, you can't even formally count the votes until you receive them all. Of course, in practice the top two are known - so they do count, but they can't really do the elimination, etc. - and it matters for the Senate. Finally, because of the lack of gerrymander you get a lot of close districts - it's simply not final till its final.

BTW, when it was close in 2000, we had to wait a lot longer then just a week Sam in Washington state, quite recently, wasn't it?

I find it quite interesting that postal votes can arrive later. We (DK) only include votes that has arrived in the polling station on the day of the election (which gives a final general result no later that 2AM when the election closes at 8PM). The Aussies for sure have constructed a complicated system

That's the law here too. However, we shouldn't forget that postal delivery in rural Australia, as also in the US, may take more than a day or two.