2012 Australian Capital Territory election

2012 Australian Capital Territory election
20 October 2012
All 17 seats of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout89.3 ( 1.1 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Katy Gallagher Zed Seselja Meredith Hunter
Party Labor Liberal Greens
Leader since 16 May 2011 13 December 2007 October 2008
Leader's seat Molonglo Brindabella Ginninderra
(lost seat)
Last election 7 seats, 37.39% 6 seats, 31.59% 4 seats, 15.62%
Seats won 8 8 1
Seat change 1 2 3
First preference vote 85,991 86,032 23,773
Percentage 38.88% 38.90% 10.75%
Swing 1.49 7.31 4.87
Results by electorate
Chief Minister before election

Katy Gallagher
Labor

 Elected Chief Minister

Katy Gallagher
Labor-Greens Coalition

Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly occurred on Saturday, 20 October 2012. The 11-year incumbent Labor Party, led by Chief Minister Katy Gallagher, won a fourth term over the main opposition Liberal Party, led by opposition leader Zed Seselja.

Candidates are elected to fill all 17 Legislative Assembly seats in the unicameral parliament which consists of three multi-member electorates, Brindabella (five seats), Ginninderra (five seats) and Molonglo (seven seats), using a proportional representation single transferable vote method known as the Hare-Clark system. The election was conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission.

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