A total of 161 candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for Tasmania’s snap state election on July 19, with every one of the five divisions set for a contest.
Nominations closed at midday today, with the Tasmanian Electoral Commission confirming a slight drop from the 167 candidates who stood in 2024.
Braddon has drawn the biggest field with 38 candidates, while Clark has the smallest with 26.
Bass and Franklin will each see 31 contenders and Lyons rounds out the list with 35.
Both Labor and the Liberals are running full slates of candidates in every division. Smaller parties and independents fill out the rest of the line-ups.
The election was called after Premier Jeremy Rockliff lost a no-confidence vote in parliament on June 5.
Labor leader Dean Winter, who put forward the motion, got it across the line 18–17, with backing from the Greens, two independents and a Jacqui Lambie Network MP.
The motion came in the wake of a budget forecasting years of deficits and growing debt, as well as backlash over the handling of the new Spirit of Tasmania ferry replacements.
The full list of candidates will be officially released at midday tomorrow, followed by ballot draws to determine the order of party columns and candidate rotations.
