2008 Australian Capital Territory general election information
2008 Australian Capital Territory general election
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All 17 seats of the unicameral Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
90.4 ( 2.4 pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Jon Stanhope
Zed Seselja
Meredith Hunter
Party
Labor
Liberal
Greens
Leader since
19 March 1998
13 December 2007
October 2008
Leader's seat
Ginninderra
Molonglo
Ginninderra
Last election
9 seats
7 seats
1 seat
Seats won
7
6
4
Seat change
2
1
3
Popular vote
79,126
66,855
33,057
Percentage
37.4%
31.6%
15.6%
Swing
9.4
3.2
6.3
Results by electorate
Chief Minister before election
Jon Stanhope
Labor
Resulting Chief Minister
Jon Stanhope
Labor
Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 18 October 2008. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Jon Stanhope, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Zed Seselja. Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single transferable vote method, known as the Hare-Clark system. The result was another hung parliament with Labor winning seven seats, the Liberals six seats and the Greens finishing with four seats, giving the Greens the balance of power in the 17-member unicameral Assembly.[1][2][3][4] On 31 October 2008, after almost two weeks of deliberations, the Greens chose to support a Labor minority government.[5][6][7] Consequently, Labor was re-elected to a third consecutive term of government in the ACT. Stanhope was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the seventh Assembly on 5 November 2008.[8]
The election was conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission.
^"ACT election officially declared". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
^"ACT 2008 - ABC elections". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 October 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
^Williams, George (25 October 2008). "Case for a new umpire". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
^"Greens take extra seat in ACT election". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
^"Labor to form minority government in ACT". The Age. Fairfax Media. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
^Stockman, David (1 November 2008). "Greens' nod sees Stanhope keep job". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
^"Parliamentary Agreement for the 7th Legislative Assembly for the ACT" (PDF). 31 October 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
^"Legislative Assembly for the ACT - Week 1". ACT Hansard. ACT Legislative Assembly. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
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