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2024 Tasmanian state election

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2024 Tasmanian state election

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All 35 seats in the House of Assembly
18 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered408,197
Turnout372,077 (91.2% Decrease 1.2)
  First party Second party
 
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Rebecca White in Hobart (April 2021) (cropped) 2.jpg
Leader Jeremy Rockliff Rebecca White
Party Liberal Labor
Leader's seat Braddon Lyons
Last election 13 seats, 48.7% 9 seats, 28.2%
Seats before 11[a] 8[b]
Seats won 14 10
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 2
Popular vote 127,837 101,113
Percentage 36.7% 29.0%
Swing Decrease 12.1 Increase 0.8

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Lambie 2017
Leader Rosalie Woodruff Jacqui Lambie
Party Greens Lambie Network
Leader's seat Franklin Did not stand[c]
Last election 2 seats, 12.4% Did not contest
Seats before 2 0
Seats won 5 3
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 3
Popular vote 48,430 23,260
Percentage 13.9% 6.7%
Swing Increase 1.5 Increase 6.7

Results of the election

Premier before election

Jeremy Rockliff
Liberal

Elected Premier

Jeremy Rockliff
Liberal

The 2024 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 March 2024 to elect all 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC).

The 10-year-incumbent centre-right Liberal government, led by Jeremy Rockliff, was re-elected for the fourth time in a row, defeating the centre-left Labor opposition, led by Opposition Leader Rebecca White. Minor parties, such as the left-wing Greens (led by Rosalie Woodruff) and the big tent Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN), also contested this election.

There was a big swing against the Liberal Party with almost 12 per cent fewer than the 2021 election. JLN, Labor, the Greens and independents all had positive swings. The Liberals remained the largest party in the House of Assembly by both seats and vote share, but no party could form a majority government. The Liberal Party will form a minority government instead, with Rockliff as Premier, because Labor said they would not be able to form a government with their current seat numbers and declared that they had lost the election. White resigned as Labor leader and was replaced by Dean Winter after a leadership election.

It is the first time in the state's history that the Tasmanian Liberal Party has been re-elected a fourth term in government. The number of seats had also increased from 25 to 35, with 7 seats per electorate.

  1. In May 2023 Liberal MHAs Lara Alexander (Bass) and John Tucker (Lyons) resigned from the party and left the government to sit on the crossbench as independents. They agreed to provide the government with confidence and supply.[1]
    • Labor Party leader David O'Byrne resigned his position two months after the 2021 state election following misconduct allegations. A month after the allegations were made O'Byrne sat on the crossbench as an Independent Labor MHA.
  2. Jacqui Lambie sits in the Senate as a senator from Tasmania.

References

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  1. Adam Holmes (20 May 2023). "Rogue MPs Alexander and Tucker stand with Tasmanian premier to guarantee supply ahead of state budget". ABC News.