2010 Tasmania State Election

Election Day: Saturday 20th March 2010.

Tasmania goes to the Polls, with the ALP expecting a swing against them.

As at midnight on Election day, 84.2% of the vote had been counted, with ALP getting 37.1% and Liberals a higher figure of 39.1%, with 21.3% going to the Greens.

Votes Party % of Vote Seats % of Seats
109,132 Australian Labor Party 37.21% 9 40.9%
115,060 Liberal Party of Australia 39.24% 9 40.9%
62,063 SA Greens 21.16% 4 18.2%
7,000 Other 2.39% 0.0%

Each of the two major parties have so far won 9 seats each, with the Greens holding 4 seats, and still 3 seats left to be decided.

Both Liberal and Greens have shown increases so far, with Liberals gaining a 7.2% swing and Greens a 4.6% swing, and a massive 12.1% swing against Labor.

The 2006 Tasmania State Election Results showed the following break up of votes

Votes Party % of Vote Seats % of Seats
152,544 Australian Labor Party 49.27% 14 56.0%
98,511 Liberal Party of Australia 31.82% 7 28.0%
51,501 SA Greens 16.63% 4 16.0%
1,602 Tasmania First 0.52% 0 0.0%
494 Socialist Alliance 0.16% 0 0.0%
4,970 Independent 1.61% 0 0.0%

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