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Australian Capital Territory general election, 2016

Australian Capital Territory general election, 2016
Australian Capital Territory
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All 25 seats of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Andrew Barr 2016.JPG Jeremy Hanson 2016.jpg Shane Rattenbury MLA ACT Greens.jpg
Leader Andrew Barr Jeremy Hanson Shane Rattenbury
Party Labor Liberal Greens
Leader since 11 December 2014 11 February 2013 October 2012
Leader's seat Kurrajong Murrumbidgee Kurrajong
Last election 8 seats, 38.9% 8 seats, 38.9% 1 seat, 10.7%
Seats won 12 seats 11 seats 2 seats
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 3 Increase 1
Percentage 38.4% 36.7% 10.3%
Swing Decrease 0.5 Decrease 2.2 Decrease 0.5

Australian Capital Territory Election 2016 Map.svg
Winning party seats by division for the Legislative Assembly.

Chief Minister before election

Andrew Barr
Labor

Elected Chief Minister

Andrew Barr
Labor


Andrew Barr
Labor

Andrew Barr
Labor

A general election for the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday, 15 October 2016.

The 15-year incumbent Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch), led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr, won a fifth term over the main opposition Liberal Party, led by opposition leader Jeremy Hanson. On election night, ABC analyst Antony Green predicted that Labor would once again form a minority government with the support of the Greens, with Liberal leader Hanson saying in a speech it would be very difficult for the Liberals to win government. On 22 October, the final list of elected candidates was confirmed; the Labor Party winning 12 seats, the Liberal Party 11 seats and the Greens 2 seats. Labor and the Greens subsequently signed off on a formal Parliamentary Agreement, which outlined shared policy priorities and allowed Greens leader Shane Rattenbury to retain a seat in the Cabinet whilst mandating that the Greens not move or support any motion of no confidence in the Labor Government, except in instances of gross misconduct or corruption.

Prior to this election, candidates were elected to fill all 17 Legislative Assembly seats in the unicameral parliament which consisted of three multi-member electorates, Brindabella (five seats), Ginninderra (five seats) and Molonglo (seven seats), using a proportional representation single transferable vote method known as the Hare-Clark system. On 5 August 2014, the Assembly voted to increase the size of the Assembly to 25 members, elected from five electorates of five seats each. The Hare-Clark system continued.


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