What the Assembly Election Means for the Next Two Years
Control of the chamber will decide how much of the government’s programme survives. Here is how to read the new map, seat by seat.
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The Assembly, City Hall and the people who vote them in.
Control of the chamber will decide how much of the government’s programme survives. Here is how to read the new map, seat by seat.
Spending, appointments and trade all sit at the top of the winter list.
Postal ballots and close margins explain most of the wait.
Counting, certification and the swearing-in of a new chamber follow a timetable most voters never see.
Outgoing members still have six sitting days and a long list of bills.
Coalitions built bill by bill would slow some plans and kill others.
Two independents from the hill towns are, once again, the votes everyone is courting.
Governing parties almost always lose ground halfway through. This year may be different.
The tightest race in a generation has every campaign rethinking its ground game.
A petition for a dedicated upland seat has passed ten thousand signatures.
Owners would have to declare buildings left vacant for more than a year.
An extra day has been added to get the bill through before the recess.
