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Results of the 1990 Australian federal election in Tasmania

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1990 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

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All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
  First party Second party
 
Leader Andrew Peacock Bob Hawke
Party Liberal/National coalition Labor
Last election 4 seats 1 seat
Seats won 4 seats 1 seat
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 140,722 115,053
Percentage 48.61% 39.74%
Swing Decrease 2.44 Decrease 3.25
TPP 52.1% 47.9%
TPP swing Decrease 1.0 Increase 1.0

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1990 federal election in the state of Tasmania.[1][2]

Overall results

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Turnout 96.5% (CV) — Informal 2.3%[3]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal 140,722 48.61 −2.44 4 Steady
  Labor 115,053 39.74 −3.25 1 Steady
  Democrats 24,876 8.59 +2.63 Steady
  United Tasmania 6,367 2.20
  Independent 2,159 0.75
  Democratic Socialist 327 0.11
Total 289,504 5
Two-party-preferred vote
  Liberal 138,556 52.10 −1.00 4 Steady
  Labor 150,709 47.90 +1.00 1 Steady
Invalid/blank votes 9,774 3.27 −1.68
Turnout 299,278 96.5
Registered voters 300,763
Source: Federal Elections 1990

Results by division

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Bass

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1990 Australian federal election: Bass[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Warwick Smith 28,441 49.9 −1.9
Labor Silvia Smith 21,619 37.9 −5.0
Democrats Rae Saxon 4,449 7.8 +2.4
United Tasmania John Chester 2,479 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 56,988 96.7
Informal votes 1,928 3.3
Turnout 58,916 96.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Warwick Smith 30,896 54.3 +0.6
Labor Silvia Smith 26,005 45.7 −0.6
Liberal hold Swing +0.6

Braddon

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1990 Australian federal election: Braddon[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Chris Miles 31,860 55.5 −2.4
Labor Terry Hynes 20,325 35.4 −6.7
Democrats James Reilly 3,808 6.6 +6.6
Independent Tom Egglestone 1,458 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 57,451 96.5
Informal votes 2,079 3.5
Turnout 59,530 96.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Chris Miles 33,553 58.4 +0.5
Labor Terry Hynes 23,879 41.6 −0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

Denison

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1990 Australian federal election: Denison[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Duncan Kerr 25,811 45.0 −3.3
Liberal Michael Hodgman 23,056 40.2 −4.2
United Tasmania Geoff Law 3,888 6.8 +6.8
Democrats Rob Alliston 3,554 6.2 −1.1
Independent Graeme Jones 701 1.2 +1.2
Democratic Socialist Ian Hopkins 327 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 57,337 97.6
Informal votes 1,438 2.4
Turnout 58,775 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Duncan Kerr 32,333 56.4 +2.6
Liberal Michael Hodgman 24,956 43.6 −2.6
Labor hold Swing +2.6

Franklin

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1990 Australian federal election: Franklin[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Goodluck 28,636 48.5 −1.7
Labor Eugene Alexander 22,925 38.8 −1.6
Democrats Patsy Harmsen 7,523 12.7 +3.3
Total formal votes 59,084 97.0
Informal votes 1,819 3.0
Turnout 60,903 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce Goodluck 30,778 52.1 −1.2
Labor Eugene Alexander 28,268 47.9 +1.2
Liberal hold Swing −1.2

Lyons

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1990 Australian federal election: Lyons[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Max Burr 28,729 49.0 −1.9
Labor Bob Gordon 24,373 41.6 +0.3
Democrats Mike Hancock 5,542 9.5 +1.7
Total formal votes 58,644 95.9
Informal votes 2,510 4.1
Turnout 61,154 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Burr 30,526 52.1 −2.3
Labor Bob Gordon 28,071 47.9 +2.3
Liberal hold Swing −2.3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "1990 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ^ Newman, G; Kopras, A (20 July 1990). "Federal Elections 1990" (PDF). Background Paper 18 1990. Parliamentary Research Service. ISSN 1034-8107. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ^ "1990 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.