Counting for the ACT election is underway and we're not long from finding out who will lead the ACT for the next four years.
ACT Labor has promised an experienced set of hands, having been in power for 19 years now, while the Canberra Liberals are running on a promise of lower rates and better services.
Parties have been out in force to secure every last vote, even though 60 per cent of Canberrans had their say before today.
Follow along as the votes come in and the parties react to the news.
Key events
Live updates
By Jordan Hayne
Some early results are coming in now
My colleague Markus Mannheim has been digging through a rather large results dump from the southern seat of Brindabella. Here's what he says:
A significant number of votes have been counted in Brindabella — and it’s something of a surprise. With 44.9 per cent of the that electorate’s votes counted, there is a 7.6 per cent swing to Labor, and a 5.7 per cent swing to the Greens on first preferences. These early results also show a 3.2 per cent swing away from the Liberals.
By Jordan Hayne
What about that other election?
Act is cool and all, but how do we follow the NZ election?-Scott
I'm not hurt Scott. Really I'm not.
If you're watching the ABC News Channel, Antony Green will also be offering up info on the NZ count.
By Jordan Hayne
How close was the last election?
The fifth and final seat in each five-member electorates will shape who governs the ACT.
Some of these battles were extremely tight four years ago —and the closest were not between Labor and Liberal candidates.
The smallest margin was in Ginninderra, where Labor’s Tara Cheyne was very narrowly ahead of Greens candidate Indra Esguerra before she was elected.
The other tussle was in Murrumbidgee, where the Greens’ Caroline Le Couteur beat Liberal candidate Peter Hosking.
Graphic and text by Markus Mannheim
By Jordan Hayne
Antony Green's take on where the election will be won or lost
ABC elections analyst Antony Green has given us some analysis about where the election could be won for the Liberals.
The ACT has five electorates, each of which has five members. Here's what he says about what that means for Alistair Coe's hopes of governing:
In every seat, the Labor Party and the Liberal Party are basically guaranteed two seats each. Who forms government depends who wins the fifth seat in each district. Now, for the Liberals to win from here, they need to hold three seats in Brindabella. We haven't seen much opinion polling data so we haven't got a sense of what it might mean, but that's what we will be looking for. We will be look at can the Liberals [attain] three seats in Murrumbidgee? Who will win the fifth seat in Murrumbidgee? Can the Liberals make a break through in Ginninderra?
By Jordan Hayne
By Jordan Hayne
It's 6:00pm and polls have now closed
Polls have closed, and counting will now begin.
As I mentioned, we're expecting Elections ACT to provide a rather large data dump before too long, so stick with us for updates.
By Jordan Hayne
Party time? Kinda...
Getting ready for the election viewing with curries, naan and a G+T at home. A bit different from other years (in the spirit of social distance) where I used to be out campaigning on Election Day. I was wondering — what are the leaders up to tonight? Are official election parties allowed under current ACT restrictions?-Party time for Canberran democracy lovers!
I'm trying very hard not to be jealous of your election night plans!
There certainly will be events for the party faithful, though of course all the usual COVID-safe measures will be in place.
Labor will be gathering at the Labor Club in Belconnen, the Liberals at the QT hotel, and the Greens at the Polish Club.
Things are yet to get into full swing though. My colleague James Vyvers sent me this image of the Liberal camp a little while ago and it's looking... subdued.
By Jordan Hayne
When will we know the result?
Elections ACT aims to have data from electronic voting published within 1-2 hours of polls closing (in just 10 minutes!).
That data won't be final, but will include first preferences and a projection of preference flows.
From there we'll be madly sifting through the data, to give you the most up-to-date projection of who's likely to form government.
By Jordan Hayne
By Jordan Hayne
How do the electronic votes get back to base?
I understand that the electronic voting system at each polling place is completely isolated from the internet. Do we know how results will be passed to the Electoral Commission for counting?-eCurious
Excellent question eCurious! So excellent that we just had to ask Elections ACT ourselves. Here's what they say:
“The electronic votes are securely downloaded and backed up from the secure network within their polling place (by the officer in charge and their second in command), and securely transported back to our office for verification, uploading and then display on the results website.
“This is the same end-of-day process that has been happening for each of the early voting centres each day of the voting period.”
By Jordan Hayne
All's been quiet on the polling front
My colleague Peta Doherty has been out on the hustings today, but given two thirds of Canberrans voted ahead of today, there was a pretty subdued vibe.
Here's what she told me:
With just 33 per cent of ACT residents voting today it’s been pretty quiet at the booths. Electoral Commission officials at both Kaleen and Red Hill say they’ve had a steady stream of ballot casters. North Ainslie scooped up some out-of-area voters with a well-publicised democracy sausage sizzle. The Red Hill sausages – served by masked fundraisers for COVID-safety – were good by the looks on voters’ faces. On an otherwise strange election day, the waft of sizzling sausages lent a hint of normalcy, even if COVID marshals were present to make sure all the voters kept well sanitised and socially distanced.
By Jordan Hayne
The Libs' hip-pocket gambit
You'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Canberra who's followed the campaign as closely as ACT political reporter Tom Lowrey (except for maybe some the candidates).
But it'll be a tough path, with no Liberal leader having secured majority government in the ACT before.
I'd highly recommend brushing up on Tom's insights as we await the results.
By Jordan Hayne
Welcome to our coverage of ACT election night
Will Andrew Barr's Labor government secure a historic sixth term, or will Alistair Coe's Liberal team find a path to victory?
All will be decided in the coming hours, so grab a cup of tea (or organically sourced soy piccolo if you're in the inner north), and make yourself comfortable.
We're expecting the first voting data to come in just after 6:00pm AEDT.
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