Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The 2014 Tasmanian state election was held on 15 March 2014 to elect all 25 members to the House of Assembly. The 16-year incumbent Labor government, led by the Premier of Tasmania Lara Giddings, attempted to win a fifth consecutive term against the Liberal opposition, led by Opposition Leader Will Hodgman. Also contesting the election was the Greens, currently led by Nick McKim.The House of Assembly uses the proportional Hare-Clark system to elect 25 members in five constituencies electing five members each. Upper house elections in the 15-seat single-member district Legislative Council use full-preference instant-runoff voting, with election dates staggered and conducted separately from lower house state elections. The election was conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.Before the election, Hodgman had promised that he would only govern in majority. ABC News election analyst Antony Green suggested Hodgman's promise could have come back to haunt him if the Palmer United Party, which made a significant effort in the election, were to siphon off enough votes to deny the Liberals a majority. However, this was mooted when the Liberals picked up an additional seat in every electorate except Denison, assuring them of a majority. By 10:00 pm on election night, Giddings had conceded defeat on behalf of Labor, after the Liberals had claimed victory with at least fourteen seats in the 25-seat legislature."@en }
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- Tasmanian_state_election,_2014 abstract "The 2014 Tasmanian state election was held on 15 March 2014 to elect all 25 members to the House of Assembly. The 16-year incumbent Labor government, led by the Premier of Tasmania Lara Giddings, attempted to win a fifth consecutive term against the Liberal opposition, led by Opposition Leader Will Hodgman. Also contesting the election was the Greens, currently led by Nick McKim.The House of Assembly uses the proportional Hare-Clark system to elect 25 members in five constituencies electing five members each. Upper house elections in the 15-seat single-member district Legislative Council use full-preference instant-runoff voting, with election dates staggered and conducted separately from lower house state elections. The election was conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.Before the election, Hodgman had promised that he would only govern in majority. ABC News election analyst Antony Green suggested Hodgman's promise could have come back to haunt him if the Palmer United Party, which made a significant effort in the election, were to siphon off enough votes to deny the Liberals a majority. However, this was mooted when the Liberals picked up an additional seat in every electorate except Denison, assuring them of a majority. By 10:00 pm on election night, Giddings had conceded defeat on behalf of Labor, after the Liberals had claimed victory with at least fourteen seats in the 25-seat legislature.".