Next Tasmanian state election

Next Tasmanian state election

← 2014 On or Before 19 May 2018
All 25 seats in the House of Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Will Hodgman Rebecca White Cassy O'Connor Party Liberal Labor Greens Leader since 30 March 2006 17 March 2017 12 June 2015 Leader's seat Franklin Lyons Denison Last election 15 seats 7 seats 3 seats Seats needed 6 10 Vote @ 2014 51.2% 27.3% 13.8% Vote Polling 39% 34% 15% PP Polling 42% 39%
Incumbent Premier Will Hodgman Liberal

Will Hodgman
Liberal

The next Tasmanian state election for Australia's island state of Tasmania must be held no later than 19 May 2018 to elect all 25 members to the five House of Assembly divisions in the lower house of the bicameral Tasmanian Parliament. The first term incumbent Liberal government, currently led by Premier of Tasmania Will Hodgman, will seek a second four-year term against the Labor opposition, currently led by Rebecca White, and the Greens, who lost their official parliamentary party status at the 2014 election, currently led by Cassy O'Connor.

The 25-member House of Assembly has five multi-member electoral divisions, returning five members in each division using the Hare-Clark system, a single transferable vote system of proportional representation, similar to the systems used for the Australian Senate and the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, making it easier for smaller parties to win seats and potentially gain the balance of power. With each division electing five members, the quota for election after distribution of preferences is 16.7% (one-sixth), which makes it more likely for the Greens to be elected to multiple divisions. The state electoral divisions correspond in name and boundaries to the five electoral divisions in the state for the Australian House of Representatives.

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