Election Name: | 1998 Tasmanian state election |
Country: | Tasmania |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1996 Tasmanian state election |
Previous Year: | 1996 |
Next Election: | 2002 Tasmanian state election |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Seats For Election: | All 25 seats to the House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 13 |
Election Date: | 29 August 1998 |
Leader1: | Jim Bacon |
Leader Since1: | 14 April 1997 |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
Leaders Seat1: | Denison |
Last Election1: | 14 seats |
Seats1: | 14 |
Popular Vote1: | 131,981 |
Percentage1: | 44.79% |
Swing1: | 4.32 |
Leader2: | Tony Rundle |
Leader Since2: | 18 March 1996 |
Party2: | Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) |
Leaders Seat2: | Braddon |
Last Election2: | 16 seats |
Seats2: | 10 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 112,146 |
Percentage2: | 38.06% |
Swing2: | 3.14 |
Leader3: | Christine Milne |
Leader Since3: | 1993 |
Party3: | Tasmanian Greens |
Leaders Seat3: | Lyons (lost seat) |
Last Election3: | 4 seats |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 30,008 |
Percentage3: | 10.18% |
Swing3: | 0.96 |
Map Size: | 350px |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Tony Rundle |
Before Party: | Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) |
After Election: | Jim Bacon |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
The 1998 Tasmanian state election was held on Saturday, 29 August 1998 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 25 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The number of members was reduced from 35 to 25. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system[1] —five members were elected from each of five electorates. The quota required for election increased from 12.5% to 16.7%.
This election saw the end of two years of a Liberal minority government headed by Premier Tony Rundle, supported by the Tasmanian Greens. The Labor Party won government in its own right for the first time since 1979, with Jim Bacon as premier.
Labor retained all their seats despite the reduction in numbers. The Liberals lost six seats. The Greens' representation was reduced from four members to one—Peg Putt in Denison.
See also: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1998.
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Braddon | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||
Denison | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||
Franklin | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||
Lyons | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||
Labor | |||
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Green |