Tasmanian outcome
According to today’s Mercury, Labor will get 15 seats in the recent Tasmanian election.
Counting of preferences at 9pm yesterday indicates that Labor will govern with an unexpected 15 seats in the 25-member Lower House.
With three members elected in all five electorates, Labor will now dominate the Parliament when it resumes in mid-May with one more politician than before the March 18 election.
The Liberals will have seven members, the same number as after the 2002 poll.
The Greens will have three representatives, one fewer than in the previous Parliament following the loss of Mr Booth.
The Poll Bludger’s latest analysis on the Tasmanian election is here.
Update 30 March 2005: Well the Mercury got that wrong! The Tasmanian Electoral Commission has the final results. It is the same as the last Parliament: 14 Labor, 7 Liberal, and 4 Greens.