The Tally Room

96 - Timor-Leste’s parliamentary election

Ben is joined by former AEC official Michael Maley, who has just returned from a trip to Timor-Leste to help with the country's recent parliamentary election. Ben and Michael discuss the constitutional structure, electoral system and party system of Timor-Leste. We also discuss the results of the recent elections, the likely shape of the new government, and the continuing dominance of the independence generation in Timorese politics.

You can read the full transcript here.

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95 - From seats into votes

Ben is joined by Professor Matthew Shugart from UC Davis to discuss how the electoral system influences the party system. We discuss the effective number of parties measure, and the seat product model, which uses the size of the parliamentary assembly and the district magnitude to predict the shape of the party system in each country.

• The SPM is explained most simply in this journal article.
• Or you can check out Votes From Seats, which explains it in more detail.

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94 - Moving forward in Thailand

Ben is joined by journalist Erin Cook to discuss last weekend's national election in Thailand, which saw the progressive Move Forward win the most seats and set up prospects for a coalition government made up of parties that are not supporters of the royal and military elite that has run the country since the 2014 coup.

• Subscribe to Erin's newsletter on Southeast Asian politics, Dari Mulut Ke Mulut
• Erin mentioned From Development to Democracy by Dan Slater and Joseph Wong

You can read the transcript for this podcast here.

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93 - NSW election wrap, and expanding the federal parliament

Ben is joined by Stewart Jackson to wrap up the NSW state election, but to also discuss the news about a possible expansion of the federal parliament.

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92 - How did we get to the Voice?

Ben is joined by Eddie Synot to discuss the proposal for a Voice to Parliament - where it came from, the history of constitutional recognition and national representative Indigenous bodies and what it might look like.

We discuss the likely democratic structures of a Voice and why it probably won't look much like the Langton-Calma model. We also discuss some of the criticisms of the proposal from opponents.

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91 - Aston by-election results

Ben is joined by Peter Brent to discuss the remarkable results of Saturday's Aston by-election. We discuss the context of the by-election, the potential implications and we also briefly touch on the upcoming Voice referendum.

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90 - Aston by-election preview

Ben is joined again by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss this weekend's federal by-election in the seat of Aston.

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89 - NSW election results

Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the results of the NSW state election.

• Poll Bludger live results page
• My thread looking at the history of embedding the NSW electoral system in the state constitution

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88 - NSW election final week

With the NSW state election coming up this weekend, Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss the upper house race and what to watch for on election night.

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87 - Prospects for a hung parliament in NSW

In today's episode Ben is joined by Peter Chen from the University of Sydney. They discuss the prospects for a hung parliament and the major campaign issues dominating the election.

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