# Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Tasmania

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2022 Australian federal election in the state of Tasmania.
This election was held using instant-runoff voting. In Tasmania in this election, there was one "turn-over". In Lyons, a Labor candidate who did not lead in the first count took the seat in the end, albeit very marginally. The Liberal candidate finished first before the distribution of preferences.
Tasmania was unique at this election in that the Liberal Party, led by previous Prime Minister Scott Morrison, had an increased vote share, while the Labor Party, led by subsequent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, had a decreased vote share.

## Overall results

House of Representatives (IRV) – Turnout 92.43% (CV) :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing (pp) | Seats | Change (seats) |
| | Liberal Party of Australia | Liberal Party of Australia | 115,184 | 32.94 | +2.31 | 2 | |
| | Australian Labor Party | Australian Labor Party | 95,322 | 27.26 | −6.35 | 2 | |
| | Australian Greens | Australian Greens | 41,972 | 12.00 | +1.88 | 0 | |
| | Jacqui Lambie Network | Jacqui Lambie Network | 23,730 | 6.79 | +6.79 | 0 | |
| | Pauline Hanson's One Nation | Pauline Hanson's One Nation | 13,970 | 3.99 | +1.20 | 0 | |
| | United Australia Party | United Australia Party | 6,437 | 1.84 | −3.01 | 0 | |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | Liberal Democratic Party | 5,064 | 1.45 | +1.45 | 0 | |
| | Animal Justice Party | Animal Justice Party | 4,772 | 1.36 | +0.88 | 0 | |
| | Local Party | Local Party | 4,254 | 1.22 | +1.22 | 0 | |
| | Independent | Independent | 38,993 | 11.50 | −1.84 | 1 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 349,698 | | | 5 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 21,734 | 5.85 | +1.46 | – | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 371,432 | 92.43 | –1.91 | – | – |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 401,852 | – | – | – | – |
| Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
| | Labor | Labor | 189,993 | 54.33 | −1.63 | – | – |
| | Liberal | Liberal | 159,705 | 45.67 | +1.63 | – | – |
| Source: AEC for both votes and seats ||||||||

## Results by division
### Bass

2022 Australian federal election: Bass :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Bridget Archer | 27,257 | 39.73 | −2.60 |
| | Labor | Ross Hart | 19,630 | 28.61 | −6.13 |
| | Greens | Cecily Rosol | 7,614 | 11.10 | +0.62 |
| | Lambie | Bob Salt | 4,587 | 6.69 | +6.69 |
| | Independent | George Razay | 3,450 | 5.03 | +5.03 |
| | One Nation | Melanie Davy | 3,230 | 4.71 | +4.71 |
| | United Australia | Kyle Squibb | 1,140 | 1.66 | −3.20 |
| | Animal Justice | Alison Baker | 969 | 1.41 | −1.02 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Humble | 732 | 1.07 | +1.07 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 68,609 | 94.07 | −1.43 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,324 | 5.93 | +1.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 72,933 | 91.95 | −2.09 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Bridget Archer | 35,288 | 51.43 | +1.02 |
| | Labor | Ross Hart | 33,321 | 48.57 | −1.02 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +1.02 | |

### Braddon

2022 Australian federal election: Braddon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gavin Pearce | 31,142 | 44.11 | +6.22 |
| | Labor | Chris Lynch | 15,886 | 22.50 | −9.56 |
| | Lambie | Sophie Lehmann | 6,966 | 9.87 | +9.87 |
| | Independent | Craig Garland | 5,538 | 7.84 | +7.84 |
| | Greens | Darren Briggs | 4,745 | 6.72 | +1.88 |
| | One Nation | Ludo Mineur | 3,065 | 4.34 | −1.20 |
| | United Australia | Darren Bobbermien | 1,000 | 1.42 | −2.26 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan White | 971 | 1.38 | +1.38 |
| | Local | Scott Rankin | 719 | 1.02 | +1.02 |
| | Animal Justice | Keone Martin | 566 | 0.80 | +0.80 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 70,598 | 92.76 | −2.33 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,858 | 7.66 | +0.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,456 | 92.64 | −2.45 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Gavin Pearce | 40,968 | 58.03 | +4.94 |
| | Labor | Chris Lynch | 29,630 | 41.97 | −4.94 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.94 | |

### Clark

2022 Australian federal election: Clark :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Andrew Wilkie | 30,005 | 45.54 | −4.51 |
| | Labor | Simon Davis | 12,364 | 18.76 | −1.46 |
| | Liberal | Will Coats | 10,441 | 15.85 | −1.52 |
| | Greens | Janet Shelley | 8,861 | 13.45 | +3.88 |
| | One Nation | Michelle Cameron | 1,715 | 2.60 | +2.60 |
| | United Australia | Sandra Galloway | 941 | 1.43 | −1.36 |
| | Animal Justice | Casey Davies | 828 | 1.26 | +1.26 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Ramsden | 739 | 1.12 | +1.12 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 65,894 | 95.75 | −1.81 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,924 | 4.25 | +1.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,818 | 92.13 | −1.51 |
| Notional two-party-preferred count ||||||
| | Labor | Simon Davis | 44,309 | 67.24 | +1.07 |
| | Liberal | Will Coats | 21,585 | 32.76 | −1.07 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Independent | Andrew Wilkie | 46,668 | 70.82 | −1.30 |
| | Labor | Simon Davis | 19,226 | 29.18 | +1.30 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | −1.30 | |

### Franklin

2022 Australian federal election: Franklin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Julie Collins | 26,147 | 36.69 | −7.30 |
| | Liberal | Kristy Johnson | 19,048 | 26.73 | −4.54 |
| | Greens | Jade Darko | 12,370 | 17.36 | +1.11 |
| | Lambie | Chris Hannan | 4,215 | 5.92 | +5.92 |
| | Local | Anna Bateman | 3,535 | 4.96 | +4.96 |
| | One Nation | Steve Hindley | 2,033 | 2.85 | +2.85 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duane Pitt | 1,434 | 2.01 | +2.01 |
| | United Australia | Lisa Matthews | 1,380 | 1.94 | −4.76 |
| | Animal Justice | Katrina Love | 1,097 | 1.54 | +1.54 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 71,259 | 95.07 | −1.78 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,696 | 4.93 | +1.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74,955 | 93.41 | −1.27 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Julie Collins | 45,392 | 63.70 | +1.49 |
| | Liberal | Kristy Johnson | 25,867 | 36.30 | −1.49 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +1.49 | |

### Lyons

2022 Australian federal election: Lyons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Susie Bower | 27,296 | 37.22 | +13.04 |
| | Labor | Brian Mitchell | 21,295 | 29.04 | −7.42 |
| | Greens | Liz Johnstone | 8,382 | 11.43 | +1.98 |
| | Lambie | Troy Pfitzner | 7,962 | 10.86 | +10.86 |
| | One Nation | Emma Goyne | 3,927 | 5.35 | −2.78 |
| | United Australia | Jason Evans | 1,976 | 2.69 | −3.41 |
| | Animal Justice | Anna Gralton | 1,312 | 1.79 | +1.79 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhys Griffiths | 1,188 | 1.62 | +1.62 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 73,338 | 93.70 | −1.73 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,932 | 6.30 | +1.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78,270 | 91.90 | −2.28 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Brian Mitchell | 37,341 | 50.92 | −4.26 |
| | Liberal | Susie Bower | 35,997 | 49.08 | +4.26 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −4.26 | |

## Analysis

Unlike mainland Australia, Tasmania saw the Liberal Party perform better than they did at the last election (where they gained two seats from Labor).
Some have suggested that the Coalition's performance in Tasmania improved due to the state's own Liberal government, which has been in power since 2014 under Will Hodgman, Peter Gutwein and Jeremy Rockliff, with the latter being the incumbent. At the time of the election, there were only two states with Liberal or Coalition governments: New South Wales and Tasmania. Following the defeat of New South Wales' three-term-incumbent Coalition government in 2023 under Dominic Perrottet (which saw Labor returning to power in a minority government for the first time in 12 years), Tasmania is currently the only state or territory in Australia to have a Liberal government.
In the primary vote, Labor had a swing against them of 6.35%, receiving less than 100,000 first preference votes. This was also the biggest swing to or against a major party in any state or territory except Western Australia. The Coalition technically had a swing against them of 1.66% given the fact that both the Liberals and the Nationals fielded candidates in Tasmania at the last election, but the Liberal Party saw a swing to them of 2.31% due to the absence of the Nationals. Labor had swings against them in the primary vote in every Tasmanian seat. While the Liberals did have relatively small swings against them in the primary vote in the seats of Bass, Clark and Franklin, they had a swing of over 8% to them in Braddon and a swing of over 12% to them in Lyons.
The Liberal Party won the seats of Bass and Braddon with increased majorities. In the highly marginal seat of Bass, Liberal MP Bridget Archer broke its trend of flipping at each election and won a second term. Braddon, which was traditionally a marginal seat, returned incumbent MP Gavin Pearce with a greatly increased majority. Labor retained the seat of Franklin with an increased majority, but almost lost Lyons, where the Liberal Party had a higher first-preference vote than Labor. Independent Andrew Wilkie, who was first elected to Clark in 2010, retained the seat with an increased majority.
Tasmania was the only state where the Coalition had a swing to them in the two-party-preferred vote, while Labor had a swing against them.