2012 Australian Capital Territory general election information
2012 Australian Capital Territory general election
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All 17 seats of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
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First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Zed Seselja
Katy Gallagher
Meredith Hunter
Party
Liberal
Labor
Greens
Leader since
13 December 2007
16 May 2011
October 2008
Leader's seat
Brindabella
Molonglo
Ginninderra (lost seat)
Last election
6 seats, 31.59%
7 seats, 37.39%
4 seats, 15.62%
Seats won
8
8
1
Seat change
2
1
3
Popular vote
86,032
85,991
23,773
Percentage
38.90%
38.88%
10.75%
Swing
7.31
1.49
4.87
Results by electorate
Chief Minister before election
Katy Gallagher
Labor
Elected Chief Minister
Katy Gallagher
Labor-Greens Coalition
Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly occurred on Saturday, 20 October 2012. The 11-year incumbent Labor Party, led by Chief Minister Katy Gallagher, won a fourth term over the main opposition Liberal Party, led by opposition leader Zed Seselja.[1][2][3]
Candidates are elected to fill all 17 Legislative Assembly seats in the unicameral parliament which consists of three multi-member electorates, Brindabella (five seats), Ginninderra (five seats) and Molonglo (seven seats), using a proportional representation single transferable vote method known as the Hare-Clark system. The election was conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission.
^2012 ACT election: Antony Green ABC
^"2012 Election results". Elections ACT. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
^Labor returned to power in ACT: ABC 2 November 2012
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