Tasmanian general election, 1976

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Party	Vote %		Seats

House of Assembly election, 1976
Labor	52.9	↓0.4	18	↓3
Liberal	44.5	↑0.5	17	↑3
Labor win

A general election for the Tasmanian House of Assembly was held on 11 December 1976. The incumbent Labor Party was headed by Bill Neilson. The opposition Liberal Party was headed by Max Bingham.

1 Background
2 Results
3 Distribution of Seats
4 Aftermath
5 References

[edit] Background

Labor had won the 1972 election, by a landslide margin of 7 seats, with Labor leader Eric Reece elected as Premier of Tasmania for the second time. Reece retired from Parliament on 31 March 1975, after the ALP introduced a mandatory retirement age of 65. Liberal Party leader Angus Bethune retired three months later, and was replaced by Max Bingham.

[edit] Results

Party	Number of votes	Percentage	Seats won	Percent Swing
Australian Labor Party	123,386	54.9%	18	-2.4%
Liberal Party of Australia	104,613	44.5%	17	+6.1%
United Tasmania Group	5,183	2.2%	0	-1.7%
Grouped Independents	647	0.3%	0	+0.1%
Other	1,301	0.6%	0	-2.0%

		Percentage	Change
Turn out	235,130	90.9%	-0.5%
Informal	9,294	4.0%	+0.5%

[edit] Distribution of Seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Braddon
Denison
Franklin
Wilmot

	Australian Labor Party
	Liberal Party of Australia

[edit] Aftermath

Labor won the election, although their majority was reduced to one seat.

[edit] References

House of Assembly Election Results 11 December 1976. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.

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