Global Information2024 Tasmanian state election information
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All 35 seats in the House of Assembly 18 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 408,197 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 372,077 (91.2%  1.2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 March 2024 to elect all 35 members to the House of Assembly.
The House of Assembly uses the proportional Hare-Clark system of voting, with the 35 members elected from five seven-member constituencies. The Assembly's size was increased from 25 to 35 seats at this election, under the provisions of the Expansion of House of Assembly Act 2022, assented to in December 2022.[2][3] The election was conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Elections for the 15-seat single-member district upper house, known as the Legislative Council, which use full-preference instant-runoff voting, are staggered each year and conducted separately from lower house state elections.
The Liberal government, led by Premier Jeremy Rockliff, and the Labor opposition, led by Rebecca White, both attempted to win majority government. The Greens and the Jacqui Lambie Network also contested the election, as well as several independents and other minor parties.
The election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Liberal Party remaining the largest party by both vote share and seat total; winning 14 seats. Labor and the Greens won 10 and five seats respectively, with both parties experiencing only a small increase in their respective vote percentages, despite a large swing against the Liberal Party. The majority of the swing went to independents and the Jacqui Lambie Network, who won three seats in its first state election. Both major parties fell short of a majority, with the Liberals and Labor requiring four and eight seats respectively from the crossbench to form government.[4]
The day after the election, Labor conceded and its leader Rebecca White stated the party would not seek to negotiate with other MPs to form a government, triggering a leadership election.[5] On 10 April, the Liberal Party and Jacqui Lambie Network announced an agreement had been reached for the latter to provide confidence and supply to the government.[6] The second Rockliff ministry was sworn in the following day with Independent MP David O'Byrne providing written assurance of confidence and supply, giving the Liberal party the numbers required to form government.[7][8]
- ^ Adam Holmes (20 May 2023). "Rogue MPs Alexander and Tucker stand with Tasmanian premier to guarantee supply ahead of state budget". ABC News.
- ^ "Expansion of House of Assembly Act 2022". legislation.tas.gov.au.
- ^ Rockliff, Jeremy (9 August 2022). "Restoring the size of Parliament". The Department of Premier and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Make-up of Tasmanian parliament finally settled as 'anti-politician' independent takes last seat". The Guardian. 6 April 2024.
- ^ Holmes, Adam (24 March 2024). "Tasmanian Labor concedes it has lost the state election, party leadership position becomes vacant". ABC News. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Adam Langenberg (10 April 2024). "Jacqui Lambie Network signs deal with Liberals, as Rockliff announces ministries and Labor picks Winter to lead". ABC News.
- ^ "Newest Tasmanian Liberal Government officially sworn in at Government House ceremony". Pulse Tasmania. 11 April 2024.
- ^ Ethan James (12 April 2024). "Final minority Liberal government deal not yet signed". Australian Associated Press.
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