[Australian Capital Territory]: 2008 Australian Capital Territory general election

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18 October 2008​

All 17 seats in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority​

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Leader:	Zed Seselja	Katy Gallagher	Meredith Hunter
Party:	Liberal Party of Australia (Australian Capital Territory Division)	Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch)	ACT Greens
Preferences:	Australian Labor Party Australian Greens	Australian Greens Liberal Party of Australia	Australian Labor Party Liberal Party of Australia
Ideology:	Conservatism Liberalism	Social Democracy Democratic Socialism	Green Politics Progressivism
Leader since:	13 December 2007	19 March 1998	18 October 2008
Leader's seat:	Molonglo	Molonglo	None (running in Ginnindera)
Last election (seats):	4 seats	7 seats	1 seat
Last election (percentage):	20.0%	40.0%	15.0%
Last election (popular vote):	41,950	83,900	31,462
Seats won:	3 seats	10 seats	4 seats
Seat change:	-1	+3	+3
Popular vote:	42,330	126,989	42,330
Percentage:	20.0%	60.0%	20.0%
Swing:	None	+20.0%	+5.0%

Previous election Results (members)​

Party:	Molonglo (7 seats):	Brindabella (5 seats):	Ginninderra (5 seats):
Liberal Party of Australia	Zed Seselja	Brendan Smyth Steve Pratt	Vicki Dunne
Australian Labor Party	Katy Gallagher Simon Corbell Ted Quinlan	John Hargreaves Karin MacDonald	Wayne Berry Jon Stanhope
Australian Greens	Deb Foskey	None	None
Australian Democrats	Fred Leftwich Robert Rose	Marc Emerson	Roslyn Dundas Roberta Wood

Previous election Results (percentages)​

Party:	Molonglo (7 seats):	Brindabella (5 seats):	Ginninderra (5 seats):
Liberal Party of Australia	18.6%	25.2%	16.8%
Australian Labor Party	39.7%	38.0%	42.6%
Australian Greens	17.7%	12.7%	13.7%
Australian Democrats	24.0%	24.1%	26.9%
QUOTA:	14.29%	20%	20%

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Election Results (members)​

Party:	Molonglo (7 seats):	Brindabella (5 seats):	Ginninderra (5 seats):	TOTAL:
Liberal Party of Australia	Zed Seselja	Brendan Smyth	Alistair Coe	3
Australian Labor Party	Katy Gallagher Simon Corbell Andrew Barr Mike Hettinger	John Hargreaves Joy Burch Mick Gentleman	Jon Stanhope Mary Porter Adina Cirson	10
Australian Greens	Shane Rattenbury Caroline Le Couteur	Amanda Bresnan	Meredith Hunter	4

Election Results (percentages)​

Party:	Molonglo (7 seats):	Brindabella (5 seats):	Ginninderra (5 seats):
Liberal Party of Australia	19.4%	24.0%	16.6%
Australian Labor Party	57.9%	58.5%	64.9%
Australian Greens	22.7%	17.5%	18.5%
QUOTA:	14.29%	20%	20%