1998 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia April 2022 1998 Tasmanian state election Tasmania parliamentary no 1996 Tasmanian state election 1996 2002 Tasmanian state election 2002 All 25 seats to the House of Assembly 13 29 August 1998 Labor Placeholder.png 120 120 160 0 0 Jim Bacon 14 April 1997 Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Denison 14 seats 14 131,981 44.79% 4.32 Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg 120 120 160 0 0 Tony Rundle 18 March 1996 Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) Braddon 16 seats 10 6 112,146 38.06% 3.14 Christine Milne profile.jpg 130 130 170 0 0 center Christine Milne 1993 Tasmanian Greens Lyons (lost seat) 4 seats 1 3 30,008 10.18% 0.96 1998 Tasmanian state election.svg 350px Results of the election Premier Tony Rundle Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) Jim Bacon Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) The 1998 Tasmanian state election was held on Saturday, 29 August 1998 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 25 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The number of members was reduced from 35 to 25. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation systemHouse of Assembly Elections https://web.archive.org/web/20180709035743/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/HAElections.htm 9 July 2018 , Parliament of Tasmania.—five members were elected from each of five electorates. The quota required for election increased from 12.5% to 16.7%. This election saw the end of two years of a Liberal minority government headed by Premier Tony Rundle, supported by the Tasmanian Greens. The Labor Party won government in its own right for the first time since 1979, with Jim Bacon as premier. Labor retained all their seats despite the reduction in numbers. The Liberals lost six seats. The Greens' representation was reduced from four members to one—Peg Putt in Denison. Results Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1998 File:1998 TAS House of Assembly.svg Summary of the Results of the 1998 Tasmanian state election, House of Assembly 322754 0.97 1.49 11977 #f00011 #080cab #f96 #e32636 Labor Liberal Greens Tasmania First Democrats Democratic Socialist Independents 14 10 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 4.32 3.14 0.96 5.10 0.15 0.03 2.54 131981 112146 30008 15017 2627 102 2797 Distribution of seats auto Electorate Seats held Bass           Braddon           Denison           Franklin           Lyons           5em   Labor   Liberal   Green See also Candidates of the 1998 Tasmanian state election Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1998-2002 References Tasmanian Parliamentary Library: 1998 election results https://web.archive.org/web/20060820111408/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/e1998.htm 20 August 2006 Voting by Division from Adam Carr's Electoral Archive Australian Parliamentary Library research note Notes Category:Elections in Tasmania Category:1998 elections in Australia Category:1990s in Tasmania Category:August 1998 in Australia