Talk:2025 Western Australian state election

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Where is Shane Love's preferred premier and approval ratings

Where is Shane Love's preferred premier and approval ratings. Whether one likes it or not he is the leader of the opposition not Libby Mettam 49.3.72.79 (talk) 13:51, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We'll add his numbers in if there are actually polls that include them. However, so far, there aren't any that I can see. —twotwofourtysix^{(talk || edits)} 03:04, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Change the total number of Legislative Council seats (elected at STV) from "35" to "37" (?) :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Western_Australian_state_election explains that : "In the Legislative Council, 37 candidates were elected using single transferable voting across the state, which functioned as a single electorate. Amendments made to electoral law had increased the size of the Legislative Council by one member at this election and also had abolished the former system of six regions of unequal population that each elected six members using single transferable voting."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2025_Western_Australian_state_election_(Legislative_Council) explains that : "Beginning in 2025, all membrs are elected to a statewide constituency, increasing from 36 members to 37 members. The members are elected to a statewide electorate using single transferable voting and a quota of 1/37th (or 2.63%), replacing group voting tickets."

The results table, currently at “78.12 % reporting” counts 35 seats allocated, and indicates that there are a total of 35. By cross-checking the above information and the results, it seems to me that the first 35 seats have been allocated, and that the last 2 seats remain to be allocated, and that the current update of this results page corresponds to a round of counting where, apart from the 35 seats already allocated, no party or candidate remaining in the running has reached the quota, which is easily understandable in view of the way the STV works, in particular with the choice of Hare's quota (=1/n) rather than Droop's (=1/(n+1)). The “Total” line in the results table should therefore read “37” rather than “35”.

Incidentally, I'm disappointed that none of the sources give the count for each round of counting. Vesporium1 (talk) 13:30, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]