Tasmanian state election, 1998

Tasmanian state election, 1998

29 August 1998
All 25 seats to the House of Assembly
First party Second party Third party   Christine Milne 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 seats 10 seats 1 seats Seat change 0 6 3 Percentage 44.79% 38.06% 10.18% Swing 4.32 3.14 0.96
Premier before election Tony Rundle Liberal Elected Premier Jim Bacon Labor

Elections for the Tasmanian House of Assembly were held on Saturday 29 August 1998. This was the first election held after the size of the house was reduced from 35 to 25 members. The quota required for election increased from 12.5% to 16.7%.

This election saw the end of 2 years of minority government, bringing a majority Labor Party into power headed by Jim Bacon. At the time of the election the Greens held the balance of power, supporting the Liberal Party headed by Tony Rundle.

The Greens representation was reduced from 4 members to just one member - Peg Putt - in Denison. Labor retained all their seats despite the reduction in numbers. The Liberals lost six of their seats.

Results

See also: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1998

Tasmanian state election, 29 August 1998 House of Assembly << 1996 — 2002 >>
Enrolled voters		322,754
Votes cast		306,655		Turnout	95.01	–0.97
Informal votes		11,977		Informal	3.91	–1.49
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	131,981	44.79	+4.32	14	± 0
	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	± 0
	Democrats	2,627	0.89	+0.15	0	± 0
	Democratic Socialist	102	0.03	+0.03	0	± 0
	Independent	2,797	0.95	–2.54	0	– 1
	Others			–2.96	0	± 0
Total		294,678			25

Primary vote by division

	Bass	Braddon	Denison	Franklin	Lyons
Australian Labor Party	41.1%	44.1%	46.3%	45.7%%	46.6%
Liberal Party of Australia	41.9%	42.2%	36.2%	37.0%	33.4%
Tasmanian Greens	9.1%	8.1%	13.1%	10.4%	10.1%
Other	7.9%	5.6%	4.4%	6.9%	9.9%

Distribution of seats

Electorate Seats held Bass           Braddon           Denison           Franklin           Lyons

Labor   Liberal   Green

See also

• Candidates of the Tasmanian state election, 1998
• 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