Australian State Results
As widely expected, Tasmania is looking to be a hung parliament, with the Greens having the balance of power. A couple of seats are very close but at this stage it looks like Liberals and Labor gets 10 seats each and Greens five seats.
Tasmania Labor have lost four seats, three to the Libs and one to the Greens. The swing from Labor was 12.9% with Libs up 7% and Greens 6%.
In South Australia though, Labor looks like it has defied the polls predicting they would lose their majority. There were some big swings (7.7% on average to date) against them, but not evenly.
At this stage Labor look to have 25 seats, one more than what they need to have a majority. Mike Rann will be a very happy man.
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March 20th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
I am still holding out for the election results of the Australian state of Aotearoa.
March 20th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
hung government…first mention of Whitlam, Kerr or 1975 report in a paper gets an invisible chocolate fish!
I’m wondering about Australia a little, to an extent as to that it might be one term labour govt when the federal elections come around
March 20th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
MIKMS – no chance (whether we like it or not).
ALP are miles ahead in the polls, Libs keep shooting themselves in the foot, and Tony Abbott is less likely to be made PM than Mark Latham.
March 20th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU MIKE RANN PRINCES STREET LABOUR NONCE I HATE YOU GET OUT
Now this is the election I care about. Straight 50/50 since it started. Come on Snake!
March 20th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
10-9-6 in favour of Labor in Tas is a possibility
March 21st, 2010 at 1:44 am
Rann’s a good Premier. Hope he keeps the job.
March 21st, 2010 at 10:07 am
Ah fringe loonies acquiring a disproportionate amount of control, what a wonderful system they have. Almost as useless as ours. Doesn’t matter who you vote for you get a socialist. The only thing that changes is how far in the closet they are.
March 21st, 2010 at 10:30 am
What “disproportionate amount of control” Muzza?
As the composition looks like being 10 Labor, 10 Liberal, 5 Green the Labor and Liberal can combine to outvote Green every time.
5 seats = 5 votes, 20 seats = 20 votes.
March 21st, 2010 at 10:52 am
The greens got 21% of the vote, which equates to 5 seats. Just how is that ” a disproportionate amount of control”?
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/tas/2010/
March 21st, 2010 at 11:01 am
@LRO 10:30 am
Labor greens out voting Liberal more like it.. 15 to 5.
At least the Labor Party in Australia still retain their core voters.. Labour NZ have lost theirs to National.
March 21st, 2010 at 11:17 am
Ah well with the Greens in charge Tazzy can finally get rid of the last vestiges of their manufacturing economy and get back to the subsistence peasant farming which seems the end goal for that particular group of nut bags.
March 21st, 2010 at 11:40 am
excelent stuff, truely im pleased to see teh greens getting some support!
“others wants dont count when considering my own wants”
March 21st, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Five seats is five too many. Greg is right on this issue.