Tasmanian state election, 1982

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15 May 1982

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Robin Gray	Harry Holgate	Norm Sanders
Party	Liberal	Labor	Democrats
Leader since	11 November 1981	11 November 1981
Leader's seat	Wilmot	Bass	Denison
Last election	15 seats	20 seats	0 seats
Seats won	19 seats	14 seats	1 seat
Seat change	4	6	1
Percentage	48.52%	36.86%	5.39%
Swing	7.21	17.46	2.52

Premier before election

Elected Premier

The Tasmanian state election, 1982 was held on 15 May 1982 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — seven members were elected from each of five electorates. The quota required for election was 12.5% in each division.

The incumbent Labor Party, in power since 1972 and led by Premier Harry Holgate, was defeated by the opposition Liberal Party, led by Robin Gray.

The proposed Franklin Dam was a major issue around the time of the election.

The Australian Democrats contested all electorates. Independent Green candidates contested the electorate of Denison only.

The Liberal Party won a comfortable majority. Not only was this only the second time in 48 years that Labor had been out of office in Tasmania, but it was the first time in 51 years that the main non-Labor party in Tasmania had won an outright majority at an election. The Democrats' Norm Sanders retained his seat, which had originally been won at the Denison state by-election in 1980. Former Labor premier Doug Lowe also retained his seat as an independent.

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