| Election Name: | 1964 Tasmanian state election |
| Country: | Tasmania |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1959 Tasmanian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1959 |
| Next Election: | 1969 Tasmanian state election |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
| Seats For Election: | All 35 seats to the House of Assembly |
| Election Date: | 2 May 1964 |
| Leader1: | Eric Reece |
| Leader Since1: | 26 August 1958 |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Braddon |
| Last Election1: | 17 seats |
| Seats1: | 19 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Percentage1: | 51.32% |
| Swing1: | 6.82 |
| Leader2: | Angus Bethune |
| Leader Since2: | 19 March 1960 |
| Party2: | Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Wilmot |
| Last Election2: | 16 seats |
| Seats2: | 16 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Percentage2: | 38.49% |
| Swing2: | 2.57 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Eric Reece |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| After Election: | Eric Reece |
| After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
The 1964 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 May 1964 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system[1] — seven members were elected from each of five electorates.
The Labor Party, in power since 1934, was seeking a tenth term in office, and Premier Eric Reece was contesting his second election in that role, this time against Leader of the Opposition Angus Bethune of the Liberal Party. Despite its longevity, the peculiarities of the Tasmanian Hare-Clark system meant it had served as a minority government with the support of independents since the 1946 election.
This is to date the last time that a sitting Premier, in Reece, has won back to back elections and was the first and only time that a Tasmanian Government won a tenth consecutive term in office.
See also: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1964.
Labor won a majority in the House of Assembly with 19 of the 35 seats. Dr Reg Turnbull, the former Labor treasurer who had won 27.9% as an independent in Bass in 1959 (equal to 5.64% of the statewide vote) departed in 1961 for the Australian Senate, with most of his vote returning to his former party.
| Bass | Braddon | Denison | Franklin | Wilmot | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.9% | 56.6% | 44.0% | 53.2% | 52.3% | ||
| 41.2% | 32.9% | 44.9% | 36.5% | 37.5% | ||
| Other | 9.0% | 10.5% | 11.1% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| Electorate | Seats won | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||
| Braddon | ||||||||||||||
| Denison | ||||||||||||||
| Franklin | ||||||||||||||
| Wilmot | ||||||||||||||
| width=20 | Labor | ||
| Liberal |