Tasmanian state election, 2014

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15 March 2014

All 25 seats in the House of Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Will Hodgman	Lara Giddings	Nick McKim
Party	Liberal	Labor	Greens
Leader since	30 March 2006	24 January 2011	7 July 2008
Leader's seat	Franklin	Franklin	Franklin
Last election	10 seats; 38.99%	10 seats; 36.88%	5 seats; 21.61%
Seats won	15	7	3
Seat change	5	3	2
Popular vote	167,051	89,130	45,098
Percentage	51.22	27.33	13.83
Swing	12.23	9.55	7.78

Premier before election

Elected Premier

The 2014 Tasmanian state election was held on 15 March 2014 to elect all 25 members to the House of Assembly. The 16-year incumbent Labor government, led by the Premier of Tasmania Lara Giddings, sought to win a fifth consecutive term against the Liberal opposition, led by Opposition Leader Will Hodgman. Also contesting the election was the Greens led by Nick McKim. Palmer United Party made a significant effort in the election.

The House of Assembly uses the proportional Hare-Clark system to elect 25 members in five constituencies electing five members each. Elections to the Legislative Council are conducted separately from House of Assembly elections. The election was conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.

Before the election, Hodgman had indicated that he would only govern in majority. ABC News election analyst Antony Green suggested Hodgman's promise could have come back to haunt him if the Palmer United Party, were to siphon off enough votes to deny the Liberals a majority of seats. However, this became moot after the Liberals picked up an additional seat in every electorate except Denison, assuring them a majority. By 10:00 pm on election night, the Liberals claimed victory in at least 14 of the 25 seats, and Giddings conceded defeat on behalf of Labor. Later, Giddings resigned as Labor party leader, and was succeeded by Bryan Green on 31 March 2014.

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