1998 Tasmanian state election

1998 Tasmanian state election

29 August 1998
All 25 seats to theHouse of Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party ALP LIB Leader Jim Bacon Tony Rundle Christine Milne Party Labor Liberal Greens Leader since 14 April 1997 18 March 1996 1993 Leader's seat Denison Braddon Lyons(lost seat) Last election 14 seats 16 seats 4 seats Seats won 14 10 1 Seat change 6 3 Popular vote 131,981 112,146 30,008 Percentage 44.79% 38.06% 10.18% Swing 4.32 3.14 0.96
Results of the election
Premierbefore election Tony Rundle Liberal ElectedPremier Jim Bacon Labor

The1998 Tasmanian state electionwas held on Saturday, 29 August 1998 in theAustralian stateofTasmaniato elect 25 members of theTasmanian House of Assembly.The number of members was reduced from 35 to 25. The election used theHare-Clarkproportional representationsystem—five members were elected from each of five electorates. The quota required for election increased from 12.5% to 16.7%.

This election saw the end of two years of aLiberalminority governmentheaded byPremierTony Rundle,supported by theTasmanian Greens.TheLabor Partywon government in its own right for the first time since1979,withJim Baconas premier.

Labor retained all their seats despite the reduction in numbers. The Liberals lost six seats. The Greens' representation was reduced from four members to one—Peg Puttin Denison.

Results

See also:Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1998

Summary of the Results of the 1998 Tasmanian state election,House of Assembly

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labor	131,981	44.79	4.32	14
	Liberal	112,146	38.06	3.14	10	6
	Greens	30,008	10.18	0.96	1	3
	Tasmania First	15,017	5.10	5.10	0
	Democrats	2,627	0.89	0.15	0
	Democratic Socialist	102	0.03	0.03	0
	Independents	2,797	0.95	2.54	0	1
Total		294,678	100.00	–	25	–
Valid votes		294,678	96.09
Invalid/blank votes		11,977	3.91	1.49
Total votes		306,655	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		322,754	95.01	0.97

Distribution of seats

Electorate	Seats held
Bass
Braddon
Denison
Franklin
Lyons

	Labor
	Liberal
	Green

See also

• Candidates of the 1998 Tasmanian state election
• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1998-2002

References

• Tasmanian Parliamentary Library: 1998 election results
• Voting by Division from Adam Carr's Electoral Archive
• Australian Parliamentary Library research note