2001 Australian Capital Territory election

2001 Australian Capital Territory election
20 October 2001
All 17 seats of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout90.9 ( 0.9 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jon Stanhope Gary Humphries
Party Labor Liberal
Leader since 19 March 1998 18 October 2000
Leader's seat Ginninderra Molonglo
Last election 6 seats 7 seats
Seats won 8 7
Seat change 2
First preference vote 79,616 60,390
Percentage 41.7% 31.6%
Swing 14.1 6.2
  Third party Fourth party
 
DEM
Leader Kerrie Tucker N/A
Party Greens Democrats
Leader since 21 February 1998 N/A
Leader's seat Molonglo N/A
Last election 1 seat 0 seats
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1
First preference vote 17,369 15,338
Percentage 9.1% 8.0%
Swing 2.1
Results by electorate
Chief Minister before election

Gary Humphries
Liberal

 Elected Chief Minister

Jon Stanhope
Labor

Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 20 October 2001. The incumbent Liberal Party, led by Gary Humphries, was challenged by the Labor Party, led by Jon Stanhope. Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single transferable vote method, known as the Hare-Clark system.

The result was another hung parliament. However Labor, with the largest representation in the 17-member unicameral Assembly, formed Government with the support of the ACT Greens and Democrats. Stanhope was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the fifth Assembly on 12 November 2001. The election was conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission and was the first time in Australia's history that an electronic voting and counting system was used for some, but not all, polling places.

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