[Tasmania]: 2006 Tasmanian state election

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18 March 2006​

All 35 seats in the Tasmanian House of Assembly All 15 seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council 18 House of Assembly seats needed for a majority​

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Leader:	Lara Giddings	Will Hodgman	Peg Putt
Party:	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)	Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)	Tasmanian Greens
Preferences:	Australian Greens Liberal Party of Australia	Australian Labor Party Australian Greens	Australian Labor Party Liberal Party of Australia
Ideology:	Social Democracy Democratic Socialism Social Liberalism	Conservatism Liberalism Liberal Conservatism	Green Politics Progressivism Anti-Neoliberalism
Leader since:	2 January 2005	6 August 2002	29 August 1998
Leader's seat:	Franklin	Franklin	Denison
Last election (seats):	14 seats	7 seats	4 seats
Last election (percentage):	49.3%	31.8%	16.6%
Last election (popular vote):	152,544	98,511	51,501
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Previous election results (House of Assembly members)​

Party:	Franklin (5 seats):	Denison (5 seats):	Bass (5 seats):	Braddon (5 seats):	Lyons (5 seats):
Australian Labor Party	Lara Giddings Paul Lennon Paula Wriedt	David Bartlett Graeme Sturges Lisa Singh	Michelle O'Byrne Jim Cox	Bryan Green Steve Kons Brenton Best	Michael Polley David Llewellyn Heather Butler
Liberal Party of Australia	Will Hodgman	Michael Hodgman	Peter Gutwein Sue Napier	Jeremy Rockliff Brett Whiteley	Rene Hidding
Australian Greens	Nick McKim	Peg Putt	Kim Booth	None	Tim Morris

Previous election results (House of Assembly percentages)​

Party:	Franklin (5 seats):	Denison (5 seats):	Bass (5 seats):	Braddon (5 seats):	Lyons (5 seats):
Australian Labor Party	47.2%	47.0%	49.6%	50.8%	51.9%
Liberal Party of Australia	31.4%	26.5%	33.8%	37.3%	30.0%
Australian Greens	19.4%	24.1%	13.6%	10.3%	15.8%
Others	2.0%	2.4%	3.0%	1.6%	2.3%

Previous election results (Legislative Council)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:
Apsley	Tania Rattray	Independent
Huon	Paul Harriss	Independent
Mersey	Norma Jamieson	Independent
Montgomery	Sue Smith	Independent
Murchison	Tony Fletcher	Independent
Nelson	Jim Wilkinson	Independent
Paterson	Don Wing	Independent
Rosevears	Kerry Finch	Independent
Rowallan	Greg Hall	Independent
Windermere	Ivan Dean	Independent
Derwent	Michael Arid	Australian Labor Party
Elwick	Terry Martin	Australian Labor Party
Pembroke	Allison Ritchie	Australian Labor Party
Rumney	Lin Thorp	Australian Labor Party
Wellington	Doug Parkinson	Australian Labor Party