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Civil society urges probe of 2010 elections
A year after the 2010 elections, the automated system used in the 2010 national and local elections still casts doubt on the legitimacy of the present Government, a coalition of international and local civil society groups claims [...]
Michelle Rowland was yesterday declared the Federal Member for Greenway by the Australian Electoral Commission [...]
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A few electoral divisions are still to be declared for the House of Representatives, according to the Australian Electoral Commission. Based on latest report, only 17 of the 150 seats remain to be declared [...]
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As of this morning, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is yet to complete the official 2010 Federal election results. The AEC website reported that 93.14 percent of the primary vote has been counted, and the two party preferred count was 88.97 percent [...]
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The waiting is now over. After 17 days, the nation now knows that it is Labor that is forming a minority government. The Labor Party’s mandate to form a new government under Ms Julia Gillard came after independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor today announced their support to a Gillard-run government [...]
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The latest tally by AEC shows Coalition up by two seats over Labor seats with 84.90 percent of primary votes counted. Two party preferred count is now 80.63 percent complete. The Coalition is leading in both counts. [...]
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Counting of primary votes is now 82.01 percent complete, and the two party preferred count is 79.14 percent complete. The latest tally (27 August, 2.14pm) showed Labor and Coalition chalking 72 seats and 73 seats, respectively, from two party preferred votes. The Greens have one seat and Independents have four [...]
Continue reading …Counting of votes from last weekend’s election is still in progress. Based on the latest tally, 12.30 noon today, the Australian Electoral Commission reported that 78.92% of primary votes, and 76.03% of two party preferred votes, had been counted [...]
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With votes from 46 of 47 Greenway polling places returned, Jaymes Diaz (Liberal) is trailing Michelle Rowland (Labor) by a only small margin – 570 votes – on a first preference candidate basis with a swing of 7.10 percent against Labor. [...]
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Labor and Liberal/National Coalition each failed in gathering the required 76 seats to govern in their own right. A hung parliament looms as Labor suffered a major negative swing losing 16 seats with only two seats being grabbed from sitting Coalition candidates [...]
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