1992 Australian Capital Territory election

1992 Australian Capital Territory election
15 February 1992 (1992-02-15)
All 17 seats in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout90.3 ( 1.5 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rosemary Follett Trevor Kaine
Party Labor Liberal
Leader since 17 December 1988 22 July 1991
Last election 5 seats 4 seats
Seats before 5 5
Seats won 8 6
Seat change 3 1
Primary vote 62,155 45,203
Percentage 39.9% 29.0%
Swing 17.1 14.1
  Third party Fourth party
 
ASGC
MMIG
Leader Dennis Stevenson Michael Moore
Party Abolish Self Govt Moore Inds
Last election 1 seat Did not exist
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 1 2
Seat change 1
Primary vote 10,998 8,724
Percentage 7.1% 5.6%
Swing 0.4 5.6
At-Large electorate results
Chief Minister before election

Rosemary Follett
Labor

Resulting Chief Minister

Rosemary Follett
Labor

Elections to the 1992 Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday, 15 February, alongside a referendum on electoral change for future elections.

The incumbent Labor Party, led by Rosemary Follett, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Trevor Kaine. Candidates were elected to fill seats using list proportional representation (the modified d'Hondt electoral system) and a multi-member at-large constituency.

The result was another hung parliament. However, Labor, with the largest representation in the 17-member unicameral Assembly, formed Government with the support of Michael Moore and Helen Szuty. Follett was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the second Assembly on 27 March 1992.

The referendum saw a majority vote to move to single transferable voting.

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