Tasmanian general election, 1998

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House of Assembly election, 1998
Party	Vote %		Seats[1]
Labor	44.8	↑4.3	14	0
Liberal	38.1	↓3.1	10	↓6
Greens	10.2	↓0.9	1	↓3
Others			0	↓1
Labor win

Legislative elections for the Tasmanian House of Assembly were held on Saturday August 29, 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.

Contents 1 1998 Election Results 2 See also 3 References 4 Notes

[edit] 1998 Election Results

Party	Number of votes	Percentage	Seats won	Percent Swing
Australian Labor Party	131,981	44.8%	14	+4.3%
Liberal Party of Australia	112,146	38.1%	10	-3.1%
Tasmanian Greens	30,008	10.2%	1	-0.9%
Other	20,543	7.0%	0	-0.2%

[edit] See also

• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1998-2002

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[edit] References

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Number of seats reduced from 35 to 25 at this election.