The South Australian Political Landscape

[wenchbarwer]

Technically, that on/off ramp is in Trott Park, no need to waste millions on another one!

https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2 ... ?entry=ttu

[dedja]

The Electoral Commission of SA just updated the Dunstan by-election count … the number of votes counted reduced by 13.

So in about 7 hours today you managed to lose 13 ballots, great work.

We should know the result by Christmas.

Get a life....

Leave the poor public servants alone, they're coming off a Saturday shift!

Go back to The Territory ya ring in ...

[Brodlach]

Before coming on here I looked up the results for no update, HTF has the postals not been counted as yet?

[dedja]

Before coming on here I looked up the results for no update, HTF has the postals not been counted as yet?

Apparently they allow a week for them to come in, as long as they were postmarked by last Sat.

How they couldn't count the ballots they've already got is anyone's guess ...

[RB]

The SA Electoral Act prevents prepolls being counted until today. Which is silly and should be changed - but not the Electoral Commission's fault.

[dedja]

Has there been a more hopeless political party than the Liberal Party of SA.

Have not had a decent leader since Steele Hall, over 50 years ago.

With respect to the Dunstan by-election, FFS, change the rules so that we can count 27,000 votes on election night. To only have 13,000 votes counted as of Monday morning is embarrassing.

[Jim05]

Unless the Libs clean out the bible bashing nut jobs they are doomed

[heater31]

Unless the Libs clean out the bible bashing nut jobs they are doomed

Didn't they just have recruitment drive through several religious groups to boost membership numbers?

[Jim05]

Unless the Libs clean out the bible bashing nut jobs they are doomed

Didn't they just have recruitment drive through several religious groups to boost membership numbers?

Yep, hence why they are doomed.

[dedja]

I saw a comment somewhere online today that stated that the next SA Liberal Premier hasn't been born yet.

[Brodlach]

The SA Electoral Act prevents prepolls being counted until today. Which is silly and should be changed - but not the Electoral Commission's fault.

Understand why they don’t do it before polls are closed but they should be counted as of 6pm Saturday night.

[dedja]

However unlikely, it would be somewhat hilarious if Finizio actually wins the seat now with all the Liberal leadership carnage.

Labor are winners either way.

Sad state of affairs though, we need a strong opposition party (or parties), but the Libs haven't got a clue how to do that.

[DOC]

A less than acceptable total of 1800 votes counted today but it puts the libs very much in the race.

52.5. To. 47.5

[RB]

True, more so going forward I meant than back but yes.

WA currently
ALP 41
Libs 13
Nat Nutters 5

Vic currently
ALP 56
Libs 28

SA
ALP 29*
Libs 13*

( 28 and 14 currently )

Long, long way back for all of them.

Actually worse for the Liberals in WA - the Nationals have the same number of seats as them (NAT had one more following the last election but one defected to LIB) and are the official opposition!

WA currently
ALP 53
NAT 3
LIB 3

VIC currently
ALP 55
Coalition 28
X-bench 5 (all notional ALP seats)

SA assuming ALP win Dunstan
ALP 28
LIB 14
X-bench 5 (4/5 are notional LIB seats)

[shoe boy]

Unless the Libs clean out the bible bashing nut jobs they are doomed

They basically are a church

[Booney]

At 12 noon :

ALP 7945 52.1%
Lib 7301 47.9%

TPP

[dedja]

11,537 ballots outstanding

Liberals need 54.2% TPP of outstanding ballots to win

[am Bays]

90-95% of enrolment is the typical total votes in elections

Libs 650 votes behind

Lucky to be 8000 more votes to count

prepolls generally favour the liberals 60:40

Will be close, I expect ALP to just scrape in.

Looks like @Pseudo voted 325 times on Saturday based on the number of informal votes....

[dedja]

11,537 ballots outstanding

Liberals need 54.2% TPP of outstanding ballots to win

edit - 4,500 enrolled didn't vote, so, approx:

7,307 ballots outstanding

Liberals need 56.9% TPP of outstanding ballots to win (4,004 from 7,307)

[dedja]

19,391 votes counted, approx 3,217 remaining

Labor 9,688 (51%)
Liberal 9,321 (49%)

Liberals need 61.7% TPP of the remaining ballots to win (1,984 from 3,217).

Very close, but almost impossible for the Libs now.