| Election Name: | 1976 Tasmanian state election |
| Country: | Tasmania |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1972 Tasmanian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1972 |
| Next Election: | 1979 Tasmanian state election |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
| Seats For Election: | All 35 seats to the House of Assembly |
| Election Date: | 11 December 1976 |
| Leader1: | Bill Neilson |
| Leader Since1: | 31 March 1975 |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Franklin |
| Last Election1: | 21 seats |
| Seats1: | 18 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 123,386 |
| Percentage1: | 52.48% |
| Swing1: | 2.45 |
| Leader2: | Max Bingham |
| Leader Since2: | 4 May 1972 |
| Party2: | Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Denison |
| Last Election2: | 14 seats |
| Seats2: | 17 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 104,613 |
| Percentage2: | 44.49% |
| Swing2: | 6.12 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Bill Neilson |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| After Election: | Bill Neilson |
| After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
The 1976 Tasmanian state election was held on 11 December 1976 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 incumbent Labor Party, led by Bill Neilson, won a second term against the opposition Liberal Party, led by Max Bingham.
Labor had won the 1972 election, by a landslide margin of 7 seats, with Labor leader Eric Reece elected as Premier of Tasmania for the second time. Reece retired from Parliament on 31 March 1975, after the ALP introduced a mandatory retirement age of 65. Liberal Party leader Angus Bethune retired three months later, and was replaced by Max Bingham.
See also: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1976.
Labor won the election, although their majority was reduced to one seat.
| Bass | Braddon | Denison | Franklin | Wilmot | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.7% | 53.9% | 46.8% | 59.4% | 53.1% | ||
| 49.2% | 45.9% | 46.8% | 35.9% | 45.0% | ||
| Other | 2.1% | 0.3% | 6.5% | 4.7% | 1.9% |
| Electorate | Seats won | |||||||||||||
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| Bass | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||
| Braddon | ||||||||||||||
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| Wilmot | ||||||||||||||
| width=20 | Labor | ||
| Liberal |