Tasmanian state election, 2010

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	David Bartlett	Will Hodgman	Nick McKim
Party	Labor	Liberal	Greens
Leader since	26 May 2008	30 March 2006	7 July 2008
Leader's seat	Denison	Franklin	Franklin
Last election	14 seats, 49.27%	7 seats, 31.82%	4 seats, 16.64%
Seats won	10	10	5
Seat change	4	3	1
Popular vote	118,168	124,933	69,233
Percentage	36.88%	38.99%	21.61%
Swing	12.39%	7.17%	4.97%

Premier before election

David Bartlett
Labor

Subsequent Premier

David Bartlett
Labor

The 2010 Tasmanian state election was held on 20 March 2010 to elect members to the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The 12-year incumbent Labor government, led by Premier of Tasmania David Bartlett, won a fourth consecutive term against the Liberal opposition, led by Will Hodgman, after Labor formed a minority government with the support of the Greens.

The election was conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission, an independent body answerable to Parliament. As in past Tasmania state elections, the proportional Hare-Clark system was used to allocate the 25 seats in the House. The Commission announced that there were 357,315 enrolled electors at the close of rolls. A total of 89 candidates nominated for election.

On 17 November 2008, David Bartlett announced his government's intention to pass legislation enacting fixed electoral terms for Tasmania, with the next election scheduled to be held on 20 March 2010. It was noted by ABC election analyst Antony Green that the date was the same as the already-legislated South Australian election, and that this may have an effect on media coverage of both elections. The draft legislation for the bill was referred to the Select Committee on the Working Arrangements of Parliament in October 2009, although Bartlett confirmed that the government was committed to the 20 March election date despite the fixed-term legislation not being enacted.

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