2012 Australian Capital Territory general election

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.

2012 Australian Capital Territory general 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 Zed Seselja Katy Gallagher Meredith Hunter
Party Liberal Labor Greens
Leader since 13 December 2007 16 May 2011 October 2008
Leader's seat Brindabella Molonglo Ginninderra
(lost seat)
Last election 6 seats, 31.59% 7 seats, 37.39% 4 seats, 15.62%
Seats won 8 8 1
Seat change 2 1 3
Popular vote 86,032 85,991 23,773
Percentage 38.90% 38.88% 10.75%
Swing 7.31 1.49 4.87
Results by electorate
Chief Minister before election

Katy Gallagher
Labor

 Elected Chief Minister

Katy Gallagher
Labor-Greens Coalition

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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