Where Can I Watch Election Results

[Barnes]

Is the UK the only country that does it that way? I wonder why it never caught on (or if it did, why it was eventually replaced) in Canada and Australia, for instance. It definitely makes for great viewing seeing all the candidates stand together, but it can also make watching the results kind of anti-climactic.

The UK is indeed the only country in the world to have every election result counted and announced on election night. 

For Australia in particular such a situation would be impossible because of their use of an IRV system and the time it takes to distribute preferences.

[Barnes]

Out of curiosity, if the UK switched to AV plus would they have had to do away with count announcements described above?

Most certainly.

Is the UK the only country that does it that way? I wonder why it never caught on (or if it did, why it was eventually replaced) in Canada and Australia, for instance. It definitely makes for great viewing seeing all the candidates stand together, but it can also make watching the results kind of anti-climactic.

The UK is indeed the only country in the world to have every election result counted and announced on election night. 

*cough* Ahem...

Well seeing as France has a two-round system it isn't a great comparison.

[Barnes]

Out of curiosity, if the UK switched to AV plus would they have had to do away with count announcements described above?

Most certainly.

Is the UK the only country that does it that way? I wonder why it never caught on (or if it did, why it was eventually replaced) in Canada and Australia, for instance. It definitely makes for great viewing seeing all the candidates stand together, but it can also make watching the results kind of anti-climactic.

The UK is indeed the only country in the world to have every election result counted and announced on election night. 

*cough* Ahem...

Well seeing as France has a two-round system it isn't a great comparison.

Well, still, every election result is counted and announced on election night. Generally within no more than 4 hours of the last polls closing.

Admittedly, I haven't watched a French election night for Parliament before, but it's good to know in the future!

[Barnes]

In 2014, Colombia counted all the votes in the presidential runoff election within 60 minutes or something like that. Brazil also counts very quickly on the same night. Several countries counted and announce every election result in the same night.

For my part, I was only talking about elections for the legislative branch.  It is a pretty high achievement to have 650 races all tallied on the same night.  Of course, there may be other examples of which I am unaware, and I would be perfectly happy to revise my earlier assumption.

[Barnes]

ITV's election night coverage is generally not absolutely terrible. Basically they're a bit quicker on results but a bit weaker on analysis. The best thing to do is to flick between channels.

There's an excellent TV special on YouTube that compares the election coverage by the two networks since the '50s. They've both certainly had their highs and lows.

[Barnes]

ITV's election night coverage is generally not absolutely terrible. Basically they're a bit quicker on results but a bit weaker on analysis. The best thing to do is to flick between channels.

There's an excellent TV special on YouTube that compares the election coverage by the two networks since the '50s. They've both certainly had their highs and lows.

Here we go: http://youtu.be/wfgeCFWb8KA

Admittedly, a bit old, but it's still quite interesting.