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 more waiting for the ultimate outcome of this weekend’s unexpected and “unwanted” state election.
Neither side is likely 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.
Follow along as we unpack the results, winners and losers and updates as they happen.
Originally published as Tasmania state election 2025: Labor takes a hit as count hints towards hung parliament
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