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              2010 Tasmania State Election
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              Sun Mar 28 2010, 05:34PM
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              Labor have faced a 12.1% swing AGAINST them in the Tasmanian State election, and the Liberals have had a swing of 7.2% FOR them.

              The votes counted so far are:
              VOTES
              112,935 Liberal
              107,437 Labor


              The parties are currently holding 9 confirmed seats each.

              The percentages of votes is so far standing at:
              39.0% Liberal
              37.1% Labor
              21.3% Greens

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              Admin
              Thu Apr 08 2010, 05:49PM
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              Location: Queensland
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              The final result is:

              Tasmanian Governor Peter Underwood released a statement this afternoon (Thu Apr 8, 2010) saying he had asked Mr Bartlett (Labor) to form minority government.
              http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/08/2867807.htm

              With a swing AGAINST Labor of 12.1%, most people expected that the Liberal party would be given the position of Government. But this was not to be the case.

              Mr Hodgman (Liberal Leader) said Mr Bartlett (Labor leader) had broken his promise to the Tasmanian people.


              Numbers of Seats
              10 Labor with 37.1% of the vote
              10 Liberal with 39.0% of the vote
              5 Greens with 21.3% of the vote

              Labor retain power, even though Liberal had more votes.

              [ Edited Thu Apr 08 2010, 05:59PM ]
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              Elizabeth
              Fri Apr 09 2010, 01:41AM
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              Joined: Mon Apr 05 2010, 03:56PM
              Posts: 1
              Under the heading, "Irrelevant Matters", the Governor says the question of the proportion of votes won by the parties is constitutionally irrelevant.

              http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/09/2868890.htm
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