Tasmanian general election, 1986

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Party	Vote %		Seats

House of Assembly election, 1986
Liberal	54.2	↑5.7	19	-
Labor	35.1	↓1.8	14	-
Ind. Green	5.6	↑3.9	2	↑1
Liberal win

Legislative elections for the Tasmanian House of Assembly were held on the 8 February 1986. The incumbent Liberal government headed by Robin Gray hoped to secure a second term in office.

Prior to the election the Liberals held 19 of the 35 seats in parliament. The Labor Party held 14, and there were two independents, former Labor Premier Doug Lowe and Green Bob Brown.

The Labor Party was headed by Ken Wriedt. The Green independents were headed by Bob Brown.

The Australian Democrats contested the electorates of Braddon and Bass.

Green candidates contested the electorates of Denison and Franklin

1 Result
2 Distribution of Seats
3 Aftermath
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Result

Party	Number of votes	Percentage	Seats won	Percent Swing
Liberal Party of Australia	138,836	54.2%	19	+5.7%
Australian Labor Party	90,003	35.1%	14	-1.8%
Green Independents	14,227	5.6%	2	+3.9%
Australian Democrats	5,272	2.1%	0	-3.3%
Other	7,823	3.1%	0	-4.4%

		Percentage	Change
Turn out	272,306	93.8%	+0.3%
Informal	16,145	5.9%	-0.2%

[edit] Distribution of Seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Braddon
Denison
Franklin
Lyons

	Australian Labor Party
	Liberal Party of Australia
	Green Independents

[edit] Aftermath

The representation of the Liberal and Labor parties remained unchanged after the election, at 19 and 14 respectively, leaving Robin Gray's Liberal government in power.

The Greens increased their representation from one to two, with Gerry Bates replacing independent Doug Lowe as the seventh member for the Division of Franklin (Lowe did not contest the election).

Shortly after the election, Ken Wreidt was replaced as Labor leader by Neil Batt.

[edit] See also

Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1986-1989

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