The show was the first television production of The Chaser team , which had been running their satirical newspaper '' The Chaser '' since 1999 . An ABC personality , Andrew Denton , offered the Chaser , as a collective , a contract with the ABC and they went on to produce '' '' ' The Election Chaser '' ' '' , which first aired on 23 October 2001 . It was based around the 2001 federal election and was presented in the form of an election tally room , similar to the regular ABC election coverage . The presenters ( panelists ) were Charles Firth , Julian Morrow , Chris Taylor , Craig Reucassel , Chas Licciardello and Dominic Knight . The show was nominated for " Most Outstanding Comedy Program " in the 2002 Logies but lost to '' The Micallef Program '' , which also ran on the ABC
2002 Logies
Logie Awards of 2002
The Chaser election specials