CONTENTS		Tasmanian election results 2014
Analysis and comments Candidates Educational activities Election results Hare-Clark system More information News media Political parties, candidates and policies Official election website Opinion polls		Results indicate that a majority Liberal government has been elected The live results are available from: - the Tasmanian Electoral Commission's Progressive results page - the ABC's Tasmanian election website
Tasmanian political parties* State election 2014 information
Party website	Candidates**	Policies (for this election)	Other
Australian Labor Party	Candidates	2014 Campaign Policies See also News, media releases	ALP Policy Platform
Liberal Party	Our Team - then click on "Candidates"	Policies See also News	Our Beliefs
Tasmanian Greens	Candidates	Tas state policies See also News and Policy initiatives	Tasmanian Parliamentary Greens website
Palmer United Party	Candidates	No specific Tas policy page but see Media release archive	National policies
Tasmanian Nationals	Candidates	State Election Policies(pdf). See additional Education policy (Mercury, 3 Mar 2014)
Australian Christians	Candidates	Christian Values Checklist (pdf)	Tas state election page News
Socialist Alliance	Socialist Alliance (Scroll down for candidates)		General policies page
* For an official list of parties see the Party Register (Tasmanian Electoral Commission) ** Don't forget the Independents: See lists of Candidates below
Candidates		Official election website
Official list of candidates [pdf] (Tasmanian Electoral Commission media release, 28 Feb 2014) Official lists of candidates in each division (Tasmanian Electoral Commission) Candidates of the Tasmanian state election, 2014 (Wikipedia) 2014 Tasmanian State Election Guide and Candidate List (Dr Kevin Bonham) Antony Green's Candidate List See also links to candidates in Political parties section		Tasmanian Electoral Commission FOR LIVE RESULTS: See the Progressive results page
News media		Opinion polls
The Mercury    Voters off to the polls on 15 March (Mercury, 16 Jan 2014)    Tasmania State Election 2014 The Examiner    Election 2014 Opinion The Advocate    Tasmania Votes ABC Tasmania: Government and Politics    Giddings calls election for 15 March (ABC News, 16 Jan 2014)    Tasmania Votes including Antony Green's Election Preview and What to watch for on election night		Reachtel For The Mercury. Crikey - the Poll Bludger Tas state election, 2014 - Polling (Wikipedia)
Analysis and comments		More information
ABC: Antony Green's election blogs The Tally Room A blog by Ben Raue. 2014 Tasmanian State Election Guide and Candidate List Dr Kevin Bonham.		Tasmanian state election, 2014 (Wikipedia) Electoral Council of Australia: Electoral Systems - Tasmania Tasmanian Parliamentary Library - Tasmanian Elections
Educational activities (Tas state elections)		The Hare-Clark System
QUIZZES See our Quizzes page for sources of information to use in completing these two multiple-choice quizzes of ten questions each: Quiz no. 1: House of Assembly elections (pdf) Quiz no. 2: Legislative Council elections (pdf) TEC EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL See the Tasmanian Electoral Commission education page See especially: Students' page (grades and topics) Teachers' page (grades and topics) and these SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Electing 2 Houses of Parliament in Tasmania (infographic) Electing members to the 2 Houses of Parliament in Tasmania (pdf file) Electoral Glossary (interactive plus downloadable pdf file)		Tasmania's Hare-Clark Electoral System (Antony Green, ABC). The origins and an explanation of the Tasmanian system of voting for the lower house. Tasmania's Hare-Clark Electoral System (Tasmanian Electoral Commission) Question-and-answer explanation of the Hare-Clark system. Animations: Voting and the Hare-Clark System (Tasmanian Electoral Commission) - Make Your Vote Count explains how to fill out a ballot paper for a House of Assembly election - Hare-Clark explained uses chickens and rising piles of eggs to explain how the Hare-Clark voting system allocates voters' preferences until five candidates are elected in each House of Assembly electorate

FEDERAL ELECTIONS:
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PREVIOUS TASMANIAN STATE ELECTION:
The previous Tasmanian state election was held on Saturday, 20 March 2010.
For the web page on the previous election, see Tasmanian State Election 2010.

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