12.04pm. Those postal votes have been very favourable for Labor in Narre Warren North, increasing their lead from 804 to a probably insurmountable 1022.
11.30pm. Awaiting 830 postal votes to be added to the two-party count in Narre Warren North, which I would say is the only thing further we’re likely to get tonight in a significant seat.
11.23pm. 2475 postals added in Narre Warren North, increasing Labor’s lead from 773 to 804.
11.19pm. 2122 postal votes added in Macedon, reducing Labor’s lead from 741 to 719.
11.12pm. Labor leads by 225 votes (0.4 per cent) in Eltham, with 2013 postal votes added to the count.
11.09pm. Hadn’t heard anyone mention Eltham, but it seems Labor still only have their nose in front.
10.59pm. The VEC has added 1958 postal votes from Monbulk, and their lead is now out to 1.9 per cent.
10.53pm. Same story in Narre Warren North – the VEC has Labor ahead 773, the ABC has it at only 190, with much the same number of votes counted. The VEC has a booth on the primary vote that the ABC doesn’t have, and it’s increased the Labor vote 0.4 per cent and reduced the Liberal vote 0.3 per cent.
10.46pm. Actually, the VEC’s figures from Macedon aren’t more advanced than the ABC’s, they’re just different – both have almost exactly 30,600 votes added. So I’ve no idea why the discrepancy.
10.38pm. The ABC computer seems to have a more up-to-date two-party figure from Bentleigh than the VEC. 2538 postal votes have been added in this seat, whereas there are none yet in the other crucial three, but only half have been added to the VEC two-party count. The ABC however seems to have them all, and has the Liberals leading by 624 votes (1.1 per cent) rather than 213 (0.4 per cent).
10.28pm. Now looking at VEC figures, which are further advanced in Macedon and Narre Warren North and have Labor surging ahead in both, with respective leads of 1.2 per cent and 1.8 per cent.
10.17pm. Another Narre Warren North booth turns a 0.3 per cent Labor deficit into a 0.4 per cent surplus.
10.15pm. Antony also has Labor pulling negligibly ahead in Monbulk, with Daniel Andrews sounding confident – “maybe not even in the doubtful column”.
10.14pm. Daniel Andrews claims counts in all booths counted have Labor ahead in Macedon, where the ABC computer projects a 0.4 per cent Liberal lead.
10.11pm. ABC computer count in Bentleigh has caught up with David Davis’s – two booths left to report two-party counts, Liberals ahead 13,302 to 12,690, lead by 1.2 per cent.
10.09pm. Albert Park count goes from 45.4 per cent to 53.8 per cent, Labor lead goes from 0.3 per cent to 0.5 per cent.
10.03pm. David Davis’s latest figures from Bentleigh have Liberals moving further ahead – 11,892 to 11,175, or 1.6 per cent.
9.55pm. Ben Raue on the upper house:
On my count the Coalition has 21 seats out of 40 in the Legislative Council. Labor has at least 13, with the Greens on 3. In North and East Victoria, Labor is competing with the Country Alliance. Country Alliance will win in either region if the Greens knock out Labor, as Labor preferenced the Country Alliance ahead of the Greens. In South East Metro Labor is competing with the Greens, but I’m on the verge of calling it for Labor.
9.50pm. A run through the seats of destiny. Labor trails by 0.2 per cent in Monbulk with 67.5 per cent counted with one booth to come. In Bentleigh the ABC’s figures are behind what we were told earlier, which is that with most (all?) counting done for tonight the Liberal lead is down to 0.4 per cent. In Macedon too Labor trails by 0.4 per cent with one booth to come. Liberals ahead by 0.3 per cent in Narre Warren North with two booths to come. If Labor wins them all it will be 44-44.
9.48pm. Labor confirms it won’t concede tonight – sounding growingly hopeful of hung parliament.
9.43pm. Peter Reith has apparently criticised Antony Green on Sky News for calling the election too early – he’s only sure 11 seats have gone. If Labor can burrow ahead in Bentleigh, Macedon, Narre Warren North and Monbulk, it will a 44-44 hung parliament and a new election.
9.40pm. Labor hanging on to only a slight lead of 0.3 per cent in Albert Park with 45.4 per cent counted.
9.37pm. This is the first federal or state election since South Australian in 1993 in which no independent or minor party candidates have been elected to the lower house.
9.34pm. David Davis relates figures fron Bentleigh with Libs leading 10,303 to 10,129 – a margin of just 0.4 per cent.
9.06pm. With count up from 29 per cent to 35 per cent, Labor has gone from dead level in Albert Park to 0.3 per cent ahead, which Antony expects to continue.
9.02pm. If preferences had gone as they did in 2006, the Greens would be on 56.3 per cent in Melbourne, 52.5 per cent in Richmond, 51.0 per cent in Brunswick and 45.3 per cent in Northcote.
8.57pm. Daniel Andrews says computer is behind on Bentleigh – with one big pro-Labor booth to go, he thinks they could still get there, but with only limited confidence.
8.51pm. Antony can’t see the Liberals winning Albert Park, even though the computer has them 0.1 per cent ahead with 28.6 per cent counted.
8.50pm. Monbulk continuing to go back and forth, Liberals now in front by 0.2 per cent with 66.1 per cent counted.
8.44pm. Labor moves to the lead in Monbulk, by 0.1 per cent, as count progresses from 48 per cent to 65 per cent.
8.43pm. Labor now ahead in Albert Park by the skin of their teeth, after the count progresses from 14 per cent to 21 per cent.
8.41pm. Macedon count up from 56 per cent to 62 per cent, Liberal lead goes from 0.5 per cent to 0.6 per cent, ABC prediction goes from Liberal ahead to Liberal gain, though obviously not on much basis.
8.39pm. ABC TV has 26.3 per cent rather than 18.8 per cent counted in Bentleigh, but the Liberal lead is basically unchanged. But Daniel Andrews expects better of later booths.
8.36pm. If Labor can somehow fluke wins in each of Bentleigh, Monbulk, Macedon, Albert Park, and Narre Warren North, they would still have 44 seats for a hung parliament in the genuine sense of the term. But they’re behind in all. Might want to stop and note the fact that after all the new paradigm talk of late, we now have a Legislative Assembly with no cross-benchers.
8.34pm. Daniel Andrews not giving away Bentleigh, not unreasonably because only 18.8 per cent is counted, although the Liberals lead by 2.5 per cent. Albert Park count remains very slow.
8.30pm. ABC calling Ballarat West for Labor.
8.29pm. Liberal lead in Monbulk only 0.9 per cent, so if you subscribe to the theory they’ll do better on late counting you wouldn’t be giving it away.
8.28pm. ABC now calling Monbulk a Liberal gain.
8.23pm. Labor can’t afford to lose 11 seats, and 12 look definitely gone. Liberal leads in Macedon, Albert Park and Narre Warren North could yet be chased down if late counting does indeed favour Labor.
8.20pm. Albert Park count up from 9 per cent to 13 per cent, Libs still slightly ahead.
8.16pm. ABC calls Bentleigh for Liberal, Yan Yean for Labor.
8.13pm. Slow count in Albert Park.
8.12pm. ABC computer calling Bendigo East for Labor.
8.10pm. Liberals now ahead in Monbulk.
8.09pm. Still lineball in Narre Warren North, but Labor retains Narre Warren South.
8.08pm. Labor retains Ballarat East, loses Bentleigh, ahead in Ballarat West and Eltham.
8.07pm. ABC computer figures update!
8.04pm. Labor in trouble in Oakleigh as well.
8.03pm. Labor looking gone in Mordialloc, but the computer’s not giving it.
8.02pm. ABC party bods not ready to call Prahran yet.
8.00pm. Still waiting for ABC computer results to update …
7.59pm. Maybe Antony wasn’t quite calling it for the Coalition. Daniel Andrews not giving up South Barwon.
7.59pm. Antony calling Prahran and South Barwon for the Liberals.
7.58pm. Craig Ingram concedes defeat. Antony calls the election for the Coalition.
7.56pm. No good news for the Greens.
7.55pm. Labor now looking better in Geelong.
7.54pm. Macedon seems to be better for Labor now, but I say that without the benefit of booth matching.
7.53pm. Antony says he has his internet back, but the website figures haven’t updated yet.
7.52pm. Still tight in Narre Warren North; Labor ahead in Yan Yean.
7.51pm. Liberals home and hosed in Burwood.
7.48pm. No internet connection for the ABC due to technical problems at the totally unnecessary tally room. Liberals well ahead of Prahran, but this electorate is such that you’d need to look at the booth results. Liberals easily ahead in Mitcham and Forest Hill.
7.44pm. I’m counting 11 seats where the Coalition are ahead of Labor, with no figures in from Forest Hill and Mitcham which they will surely win, and nothing from Prahran and Burwood.
7.40pm. Geelong and Albert Park also tight, despite margins of around 10 per cent.
7.39pm. Early 11.5 per cent swing in Macedon – easily enough for it to fall. Narre Warren North lineball.
7.38pm. Labor ahead in Monbulk on early figures.
7.37pm. Labor holding firm in Bendigo East as well as Ripon. So Newspoll looking good, again.
7.36pm. Computer not calling it, but Labor well ahead in Mordialloc.
7.34pm. ABC computer not calling Mount Waverley, but Antony is.
7.29pm. However, Ripon called ALP retain, but Labor merely “ahead” in Yan Yean.
7.25pm. ABC computer calls Gembrook, Carrum and Seymour for the Liberals – the latter two make it very hard for Labor.
7.20pm. Phil Cleary bombing in Brunswick. Greens and Labor level pegging on primary vote.
7.18pm. ABC computer calls Gippsland East a gain for the Nationals from independent Craig Ingram. Labor ahead in Eltham.
7.17pm. Antony detecting overall swing of 6 per cent, more or less where this morning’s polls had it but better for Labor than the exit poll.
7.16pm. Sorry, had that the wrong way around – 65 per cent of those preferences went to LABOR.
7.11pm. Greens get 65 per cent of preferences from first booth reporting in Richmond.
7.08pm. Ballarat East being discussed on the ABC, which Labor weren’t worried about a week ago.
7.07pm. It looks to me like only the entry page on the ABC results is providing booth-matched 2PP results – click on the link and you get raw comparisons. So the swing in Ripon looks like 0.5 per cent and not 11.0 per cent, though it’s early days.
7.01pm. First booth in from Northcote has Greens primary vote on 50.14 per cent – but it’s a new booth, so we can’t match it.
6.59pm. Antony Green detects 7 per cent swing in the metropolitan area, 6 per cent in regional cities.
6.54pm. Antony Green sounding almost ready to call Gippsland East a Nationals gain from independent Craig Ingram.
6.52pm. Overall early swing seems to be under 4 per cent, but this is mostly rural booths where the polling suggested the swing wouldn’t be so big.
6.49pm. In yet more bad news for Labor, Electoral Commissioner Steve Tully reports the weather has hit turnout.
6.47pm. Tiny booth (203 votes), but 22.4 per cent swing against Labor in Ripon.
6.46pm. Five booths in from Mildura, and Nats member Peter Crisp has picked up a booth-matched primary vote swing of 24 per cent. So I wouldn’t bank on Glenn Milne causing an upset.
6.42pm. Two booths and 180 votes, but Craig Ingram down 12 per cent in Gippsland East.
6.40pm. An independent, whom I know nothing about, is supposedly in with a show in Essendon.
6.33pm. A tiny booth in Nationals-held Mildura (81 votes) has supposedly competitive independent Glenn Milne on 5.6 per cent.
6.27pm. To brace yourself for what’s likely to come, Madcyril in comments relates that according to the ABC, Labor is “worried” about Justin Madden’s seat of Essendon (11.7 per cent) – the sort of seat that fell in 1992.
6.19pm. Auspoll finds 11 per cent decided today, 9 per cent last three days, 10 per cent last week, 17 per cent last month and 52 before that – a high proportion of late deciders, if the shift to the Coalition hadn’t already made that clear.
6.13pm. It seems the Auspoll figures are a straight result from the 18 seats targeted, and that this included the four Labor-versus-Greens contests. The upshot of this is that the swing is 8 per cent, putting the Coalition on track for over 50 seats. Bruce Hawkins on Sky News putting vague hope in pre-polls lodged before the late swing favouring Labor.
6.02pm. Primary votes of 35 per cent, 45 per cent and 12 per cent, Brumby leads as preferred premier 43-35.
6pm. Sky News exit poll tips an easy win to the Coalition, with a two-party lead of 54-46. However, I can never be sure what these figures mean – this looks at the 18 most marginal seats rather than a statewide result. What we need to know is the swing. It should also be known that the pollster, Auspoll, has gotten it wrong before.
In two words im possible.
Surely?
Crikey, that would be an 8-10 per cent swing if the exit poll is right..
My prediction of Coalition getting 49 seats is looking undercooked, based on the exit poll!
Wow, what a swing if true
Is there history of a larger swing against a patently competent government?
I don’t want the Liberals in today, but I know a lot of people have a touch of the “Labor’s done OK, but in another four years they’ll probably be stinking up the joint”. But, as mumble so rightly pointed out, in the event of close election people find reasons for it being close!
From the previous thread – if Victoria is referring to the Heidelberg bridge I think they are, it was replaced earlier this year. They demolished the old bridge and built the new one in a weekend – very impressive effort.
Haven’t been on here since that little election debacle in August… so hello 🙂
There’s no way the Coalition will win 54-46, ludicrous.
I’m convinced if there is a swing of that magnitude that the Australian people have absolutely no idea. I don’t live in Victoria but does this government (which is one of the states that is performing economically) deserve this.
Come on, ABC, I want punters! (ie antony green)
WHY are you telling me about the NAB? agrhhhhghghg
suck it up peoples! I love the smell of an exit poll (with a 8.5% swing)!
Now you are telling me about shopping in America.
Are they aware there is an election on?
get your hand off it Bruce Hawker!
[10 ace_helicopterPosted Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 6:09 pm | Permalinksuck it up peoples! I love the smell of an exit poll (with a 8.5% swing)!
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Egg + chicken = hatched.
I’d take any Slynews “Exit” poll with a large salt mine. I recall there were some doozies in the Federal election.
[ace_helicopterPosted Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 6:11 pm | Permalinkget your hand off it Bruce Hawker!
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As opposed to yours being superglued on 🙂
9 news in NSW is going with a “cliffhanger” They reckon a quarter of the population have voted before today and we will be waiting days for a final result
Just had a look at what we have for dinner, went shopping after we voted today, lets see Oysters, salmon steaks and fizzy wine….i I think i need some therapy given what my subconcious was telling me….
Excellent news for Gillard and Fed Labor.
Time for the electorate to get a direct taste of ‘brand’ Liberal. NSW and Qld next.
BTW, when exactly did the notion that parties are ‘brands’ gain such currency?
After ensuring that the Federal ALP stayed in government, Victorians have now apparently handed over State government to the Coalition because …. ? It just seems that this change in mood happened rather quickly and I would like to know why.
It could be possible there are some massive swings in some seats and smaller ones in others. But it is hard to see how the ALP can win with Coalition leading 54-46 on average in those seats.
[BoerwarPosted Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 6:16 pm | PermalinkExcellent news for Gillard and Fed Labor.
Time for the electorate to get a direct taste of ‘brand’ Liberal. NSW and Qld next.
BTW, when exactly did the notion that parties are ‘brands’ gain such currency?
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WA has had “Brand Liberal” for a couple of years – the electorate are slowly waking up to the fact they got it wRONg in 2008.
there should be a ‘prize’ for the first polling booth to get their election results in…they do something like that in the UK. gives incentive for some of the micro booths to get things done quickly. and an election news tidbit for everyone.
ABC news said Labor are ‘worried’ about Justin Madden’s seat of Essendon.
100 people still waiting to vote at a booth in Richmond, apparently.
Labor still favourite on Betfair. Conflicts with these polls.
Frank
I thought the polling was improving for the Coalition in WA?
[I don’t want the Liberals in today, but I know a lot of people have a touch of the “Labor’s done OK, but in another four years they’ll probably be stinking up the joint”.]
Is the way other Labor state governments around the country have deteriorated a contributing factor to that?
the WA state lib govt didnt produce any swing to fed labor in the august election…the opposite in fact. reality is a crap fed labor policy/campaign produces a crap result for fed labor.
[Excellent news for Gillard and Fed Labor.]
Boerwar
I’m with you on this one. A soft Liberal government in Victoria won’t harm the state but will enhance federal Labor’s chances in 3 years. We must defeat the nutters in the federal Liberal party at any cost.
They are talking about increased volatility on Sky.
A Coalition win will mean seeing more of Tony Abbott on TV crowing about how this was some sort message to the federal ALP. This nonesense will no doubt be repeated by many news outlets. Christmas can’t come fast enough.
[drownerPosted Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 6:18 pm | Permalink100 people still waiting to vote at a booth in Richmond, apparently.
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It amazes me that people still leave the decison to vote right at the last minute – people knew that the polls were open from 8am til 6pm.
If they knew they were busy in the afternoon – why didn’t tyhey go in the morning, or put in a pre-poll ?
I have no idea what the result will be. However, I take very little from any exit polls. At the federal election there was early joy in the air with the exit poll run by the above polling organisation ( I think) showing labor would win with some ease. I would just take a deep breath and enjoy the ride.
Also, as a large number of voters got in early, if there was any late swing to the coalition it well may have come too late to have any effect on those early voters. Who knows ?
Too many variables to say, i would think.
madcyril@21: ABC news said Labor are ‘worried’ about Justin Madden’s seat of Essendon.
…worried about Essendon? …to who?!?
peoples…I know a really nice place for you to take a holiday in egypt….de-Nile.
[BTW, when exactly did the notion that parties are ‘brands’ gain such currency?]
As the Mad Men have taken over the marketing of political parties these concepts have taken over. foreget about policies its all in the brand.
[BoerwarPosted Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 6:20 pm | PermalinkFrank
I thought the polling was improving for the Coalition in WA?
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Yes, but the recent defeat of the stop and search legislation, the Spratt Taser issue and increased power increase may well be a factor in any new polling.
Looks like we will be having cattle ruining high country biodiversity again.
How retrogradement.
The Coalition are extinction mongers.
Frank
I hope so. That was very strange stuff.
Whoever would have predicted at the beginning of the year that out of Rann, Bartlett and Brumby, it would be Brumby who went down in flames?!
t s
Yes. But when did it start? I seem to have noticed that it became very common during the last Fed election.
wow! nats with 58% of the vote….Nats to take govt!!! get lots of those cows up in those mountains!!!
i
In terms of competence, policy-wise, probably the least deserving of the trio.
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…worried about Essendon? …to who?!?
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Rebecca
All they said was Labor was concerned about that seat
[It amazes me that people still leave the decison to vote right at the last minute – people knew that the polls were open from 8am til 6pm.
If they knew they were busy in the afternoon – why didn’t they go in the morning, or put in a pre-poll ?]
Could well just be an issue with the organisation of the particular booth, Frank, or problems with a high number of absentee voters slowing things down, or even just a couple of unexpected staff absences.
The two booths that I saw in operation today were both very efficient, with no cues at all, but it doesn’t take much for a backlog to occur here and there at unpredictable times.
Auspoll chappie on Sky just claimed wtte that ‘these seats are a similar basket to the whole state’.
In other words he thinks that the 8.5% swing in these seats is representative.
Methinks a-h has been sniffing avgas.
Boerwar – I vaguely recall commentary during Rudd’s reign. so I think it has been around for 2-3 years. refer attached I think it stems from Blair and the new labour brand in UK
http://ann.sagepub.com/content/611/1/176.abstract
[Whoever would have predicted at the beginning of the year that out of Rann, Bartlett and Brumby, it would be Brumby who went down in flames?!]
Me.
Brumby has the worst electoral record of the three.
betfair odds for a coalition victory tumbling…but still enormous value at 2.50
Intersting about essendon, liberals won it in the 1992 election, though anything not nailed down was up for grabs then!
Auspoll’s Federal election exit poll vs. actual result:
Their exit poll showed :
Coalition 45%, Labor 42%, Greens 9% and Other 4%.
vs.
Actual:
Coalition 43.7%, Labor 38%, Greens 11.7% and Other 6.6%.
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/FederalElection2010/2010/08/21/Sky_News_exit_poll_shows_Labor_leading_502445.html