2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election

Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 1 August 2020. They were initially planned for 30 May; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the electoral commission delayed the date of the election until August, in anticipation for the next Legislative Council sitting date on 25 August.^[1][2]

2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election

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2 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Labor Independent Seats before 0 0 2 Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 1 2
Results by electoral division

The two seats up for election were Huon and Rosevears. They were previously contested in 2014.

Huon

Location of Huon in Tasmania

The seat of Huon was held by independent Robert Armstrong. He first won the seat in the 2014 election.^[3][4] Armstrong recontested the seat, and one of his challengers was his great niece, Debbie.^[5] The seat was won by Labor candidate Bastian Seidel.^[6]

Huon Results

2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Huon^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bastian Seidel	6,795	31.29	+31.29
	Independent	Robert Armstrong	4,071	18.75	−1.65
	Greens	Pat Caruana	3,808	17.54	+17.54
	Independent	Dean Harriss	3,506	16.14	+16.14
	Independent	Debbie Armstrong	1,784	8.22	+8.22
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Garrick Cameron	1,752	8.07	+8.07
Total formal votes			21,716	97.44	+1.67
Informal votes			571	2.56	−1.67
Turnout			22,287	85.56	+0.39
Registered electors			26,048
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Bastian Seidel	12,284	57.31	+57.31
	Independent	Robert Armstrong	9,152	42.69	−14.19
	Labor gain from Independent

Rosevears

Location of Rosevears in Tasmania

The seat of Rosevears was held by independent candidate Kerry Finch. He was first elected in the 2002 election, but he did not recontest.^[8][4] The seat was won by Liberal candidate Jo Palmer.^[6]

Rosevears Results

2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Rosevears^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jo Palmer	9,492	41.52	+1.80
	Independent	Janie Finlay	6,915	30.24	+30.24
	Labor	Jess Greene	2,076	9.08	+9.08
	Independent	David Fry	1,907	8.34	+8.34
	Greens	Jack Davenport	1,713	7.49	+7.49
	Independent	Vivienne Gale	761	3.33	+3.33
Total formal votes			22,864	98.02	+1.59
Informal votes			462	1.98	−1.59
Turnout			23,326	84.81	+3.49
Registered electors			27,503
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jo Palmer	11,492	50.57	+10.85
	Independent	Janie Finlay	11,232	49.43	+49.43
	Liberal gain from Independent