Tasmania state election 2025: Labor takes a hit as count hints towards hung parliament

Dean Winter’s gamble on toppling Jeremy Rockliff has backfired for the Labor Party, as the premier told the tally room he would ask the Governor to ‘recommission the government’.

Tasmanian voters look set for a long wait for the ultimate outcome of today’s unexpected and “unwanted” state election.

With neither side predicted to gain a decisive majority, who forms the state’s next government is likely to be decided in negotiations between the major parties, the Greens and the new crossbench well after polling day.

Read more from Mercury political editor David Killick here, and follow along as the results start flowing in our rolling blog below.

Originally published as Tasmania state election 2025: Labor takes a hit as count hints towards hung parliament