Some Stats from Qld Election ’09

by Paul on April 21, 2009

Election Stats

  1. 1st female elected as Premier in any state in Australia.
  2. Over 2.4 million votes cast.
  3. 397 candidates competed for 89 seats.
  4. ALP retained government with 51 seats (down from 59 in 2006).
  5. LNP won 34 seats (up from the coalition’s 25 in 2006).
  6. Other parties won 4 seats.

QldVoice.org Stats

  1. 3 hours to build the site.
  2. 5 contributing writers (thanks for your efforts!).
  3. 36 blog posts in 3 weeks.
  4. 221 votes cast in our own polls.
  5. 1300 visitors.
  6. 99 Twitter updates.

See you next election!