By-elections
Briefing paper
2019 New South Wales election: analysis of results
This paper provides basic details and analysis of the results of the 2019 New South Wales election. It includes summaries of the results in all lower house electoral districts, comparisons with the 2015 election, and statistical analysis of results and swings across districts and regions.
Guide
House of Representatives by-elections: 1901–2018
This paper provides details of House of Representatives by-elections, from that held for Darling Downs on 14 September 1901 to the most recent held on 20 October 2018 for Wentworth.
Article
Not-so-great expectations
Deft management and misleading polls helped turn Super Saturday into a public relations coup for Labor.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Has a government not won a seat from an opposition at a by-election in 100 years?
In the run up to a series of federal by-elections, Special Minister of State Mathias Cormann claimed no government, of either political persuasion, had won a seat off an opposition at a by-election in the past 100 years.
Article
Careful what he wishes for
Tony Abbott is an unwelcome presence — for the government at least — amid the tangle of by-elections on 28 July, writes Peter Brent.