Tasmanian state election, 1998

29 August 1998

All 25 seats to the House of Assembly

	First party	Second party	Third party

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

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

References

Notes

Elections and referendums in Tasmania

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