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.
"House of Assembly Election Results 15 May 1982". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
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1982, tasmanian, state, election, held, 1982, australian, state, tasmania, elect, members, tasmanian, house, assembly, election, used, hare, clark, proportional, representation, system, seven, members, were, elected, from, each, five, electorates, quota, requi. The 1982 Tasmanian state election 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 1 seven members were elected from each of five electorates The quota required for election was 12 5 in each division 1982 Tasmanian state election 1979 15 May 1982 1986 All 35 seats to the House of Assembly First party Second party Third party Leader Robin Gray Harry Holgate Norm SandersParty Liberal Labor DemocratsLeader since 11 November 1981 11 November 1981Leader s seat Wilmot Bass DenisonLast election 15 seats 20 seats 0 seatsSeats won 19 14 1Seat change 4 6 1Percentage 48 52 36 86 5 39 Swing 7 21 17 46 2 52Results of the electionPremier before electionHarry HolgateLabor Elected Premier Robin GrayLiberalThe incumbent Labor Party in power since 1972 and led by Premier Harry Holgate was defeated in a landslide 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 Contents 1 Results 2 Distribution of votes 2 1 Primary vote by division 2 2 Distribution of seats 3 Aftermath 4 See also 5 ReferencesResults editSee also Results of the Tasmanian state election 1982 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 nbsp PartyVotes Seats Liberal121 34648 52 nbsp 7 2119 nbsp 4Labor92 18436 86 nbsp 17 4614 nbsp 6Democrats13 4765 39 nbsp 2 521 nbsp 1Ind Labor12 4324 97 nbsp 4 971 nbsp 1Independents6 3852 55 nbsp 1 050 nbsp Ind Green a 4 2731 71 nbsp 1 710 nbsp Total250 096100 00 35 Valid votes250 09694 32Invalid blank votes15 0555 68 nbsp 1 81Total votes265 151100 00 Registered voters turnout283 54993 51 nbsp 0 27Popular voteLiberal 48 52 Labor 36 86 Democrats 5 39 Independents 9 23 SeatsLiberal 54 29 Labor 40 00 Democrats 2 86 Independents 2 86 a The Independent Labor label refers to the separate campaigns by former Premier Doug Lowe and Labor MHA Mary Willey b The Green vote referred to here is Bob Brown s campaign in the seat of Denison where he attained 8 6 of the vote Distribution of votes editPrimary vote by division edit Bass Braddon Denison Franklin WilmotLabor Party 36 6 41 3 28 6 36 1 41 8 Liberal Party 50 3 49 8 48 8 43 1 50 8 Democrats 3 9 4 0 10 3 5 2 3 6 Other 9 2 4 9 12 3 15 7 3 8 Distribution of seats edit Electorate Seats wonBass Braddon Denison Franklin Wilmot Labor Liberal Democrats IndependentAftermath editDemocrat Norm Sanders resigned in late 1982 and independent Green Bob Brown was elected as his replacement after a recount of votes See also editMembers of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 1982 1986 Candidates of the 1982 Tasmanian state electionReferences edit House of Assembly Elections Parliament of Tasmania House of Assembly Election Results 15 May 1982 Tasmanian Parliamentary Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1982 Tasmanian state election amp oldid 1217639255, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
