Tasmania’s incumbent Liberals have taken an early lead over Labor in the state election, despite a swing against the party.
The island state, home to Australia’s last Liberal government, went to the polls more than a year early after spending eight months under minority rule.
Green said it was unlikely the Liberals would be able to form a majority government with 37 per cent of the primary vote. Despite the Jacqui Lambie Network picking up votes, the party remains short of the vote to obtain a quota under the Hare Clark system.Premier Jeremy Rockliff earlier in the day declared the Liberals were “within a whisker” of majority.
“It might take a number of days before we actually understand what the make-up of the next government and parliament is.”
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