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Elections to the 1992 Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday, 15 February, alongside a referendum on an electoral system 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 the modified d'Hondt electoral system [1] for a multi-member single 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. [2]
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Labor | 62,155 | 39.92 | 17.10 | 8 | 3 | |
Liberal | 45,203 | 29.03 | 14.16 | 6 | 2 | |
Abolish Self Government Coalition | 10,998 | 7.06 | 0.44 | 1 | 0 | |
Moore Independents | 8,724 | 5.60 | New | 2 | New | |
Residents Rally | 7,104 | 4.56 | 5.06 | 0 | 4 | |
Democrats | 6,960 | 4.47 | 2.81 | 0 | 0 | |
The Better Management An Independent Team | 5,021 | 3.22 | New | 0 | New | |
Hare-Clark Independence Party | 3,336 | 2.14 | New | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 2,271 | 1.46 | 10.07 | 0 | 0 | |
New Conservative Group | 1,869 | 1.20 | New | 0 | New | |
Canberra Unity Party | 1,482 | 0.95 | New | 0 | New | |
Canberra Party | 580 | 0.37 | New | 0 | New | |
Total | 155,703 | 100.00 | – | 17 | – | |
Valid votes | 155,703 | 93.53 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,764 | 6.47 | 0.8 | |||
Total votes | 166,467 | 100.00 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 184,405 | 90.27 | 1.5 |
Sitting members at the time of the election are listed in bold. Tickets that elected at least one MLA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*). [4]
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Date | Firm | Interview mode | Sample size | Primary vote | ||||||||
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ALP | LIB | ASG | RR | DEM | IND | OTH | UND | INF | ||||
15 February 1992 | 1992 election | — | 166,467 | 39.9% | 29.0% | 7.1% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 1.5% | 13.5% | — | 6.5% |
14 February 1992 | Michael Moore Independent Group [5] | Telephone | 275 | 28% | 21% | — | — | — | — | [lower-alpha 1] | 39% | 8% |
6−11 February 1992 | Canberra Times /Datacol [6] [7] | Telephone | 1333 | 36% | 27% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 9% [lower-alpha 2] | 15% | — |
29 January 1992 | Internal Labor poll [8] | 7 seats | 6 seats | — | — | — | 4 seats [lower-alpha 3] | 13% | — | |||
15−20 December 1991 | Canberra Times /Datacol [6] [9] [10] [11] [12] | Telephone | 915 | 38.7% | 20.7% | — | 0.8% | 2.2% | 10.6% | 2.1% | 19.2% | 2.8% |
29 November 1991 | Internal Liberal poll [12] [13] | 24% | 19% | — | — | — | — | — | 24% | — | ||
25 November 1991 | Internal Labor poll (Morris Guest) [12] [13] | 38% | 19% | — | <1% | — | — | — | 14% | — | ||
17 November 1991 | Internal Canberra Party poll [14] | Telephone | 521 | 22.20% | 15.06% | — | — | — | 10.23% | — | — | — |
6 June 1991 | Labor leader Rosemary Follett returns as chief minister | |||||||||||
30 April−16 May 1991 | Canberra Times /Datacol [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] | Telephone | 808 | 52% | 30% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 4% [lower-alpha 4] | — | — |
18−24 August 1990 | Canberra Times /Datacol [20] [21] | Telephone | 601 | 38.4% | 18.1% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 2.7% | 7.5% | 11.4% [lower-alpha 5] | 17.6% | 7.4% |
5 December 1989 | Liberal leader Trevor Kaine becomes chief minister and the Alliance government is formed | |||||||||||
13−23 November 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] | Telephone | 625 | 34% | 21% | 1% | 5% | — | — | 14% [lower-alpha 6] | 14% | 10% |
10−16 August 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [28] [29] [30] | Telephone | 651 | 34% | 19% | 8% [lower-alpha 7] | 8% | — | 7% | 5% [lower-alpha 8] | 14% | 6% |
4 March 1989 | 1989 election | — | 150,421 | 22.8% | 14.9% | 7.5% | 9.6% | 1.7% | 11.5% | 20.5% | — | 5.7% |
Date | Firm | Interview mode | Sample size | Approval rating | Performance rating | |||||
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Approve | Disapprove | VB | B | M | G | VG | ||||
17 November 1991 | Internal Canberra Party poll [31] | Telephone | 521 | 55.56% | — | — | — | — | — | |
30 April−16 May 1991 | Canberra Times /Datacol [32] | Telephone | 808 | — | — | 10% | 20% | 40% | 23% | 7% |
18−24 August 1990 | Canberra Times /Datacol [20] [33] | Telephone | 601 | 73% | 28% | 8% | ||||
13−23 November 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [26] | Telephone | 625 | 13% | 18% | 37% | 25% | 7% | ||
10−16 August 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [28] [29] | Telephone | 651 | 10% | 13% | 39% | 31% | 7% |
Date | Firm | Interview mode | Sample size | Approval rating | Performance rating | |||||
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Approve | Disapprove | VB | B | M | G | VG | ||||
30 April−16 May 1991 | Canberra Times /Datacol [32] | Telephone | 808 | — | — | 32% | 29% | 26% | 11% | 2% |
18−24 August 1990 | Canberra Times /Datacol [20] [33] | Telephone | 601 | 47% | 12% | 3% | ||||
13−23 November 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [26] | Telephone | 625 | 23% | 32% | 34% | 9% | 1% | ||
10−16 August 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [28] [29] | Telephone | 651 | 16% | 28% | 43% | 11% | 2% |
Date | Firm | Interview mode | Sample size | Approval rating | Performance rating | |||||
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Approve | Disapprove | VB | B | M | G | VG | ||||
30 April−16 May 1991 | Canberra Times /Datacol [32] | Telephone | 808 | — | — | 38% | 30% | 23% | 7% | 2% |
18−24 August 1990 | Canberra Times /Datacol [20] [33] | Telephone | 601 | 32% | 1% | |||||
13−23 November 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [26] | Telephone | 625 | 46% | 27% | 20% | 6% | 1% | ||
10−16 August 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [28] [29] | Telephone | 651 | 29% | 27% | 28% | 13% | 3% |
Date | Firm | Interview mode | Sample size | Approval rating | Performance rating | |||||
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Approve | Disapprove | VB | B | M | G | VG | ||||
30 April−16 May 1991 | Canberra Times /Datacol [32] | Telephone | 808 | — | — | 57% | 26% | 14% | 3% | 0% |
18−24 August 1990 | Canberra Times /Datacol [20] [33] | Telephone | 601 | 59% | ||||||
13−23 November 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [26] | Telephone | 625 | 66% | 19% | 12% | 3% | 0% | ||
10−16 August 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [28] [29] | Telephone | 651 | 40% | 30% | 25% | 4% | 1% |
Date | Firm | Interview mode | Sample size | Approval rating | Performance rating | |||||
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Approve | Disapprove | VB | B | M | G | VG | ||||
30 April−16 May 1991 | Canberra Times /Datacol [32] | Telephone | 808 | — | — | 70% | 15% | 11% | 3% | 1% |
13−23 November 1989 | Canberra Times /Datacol [26] | Telephone | 625 | 69% | 15% | 11% | 4% | 1% | ||
18−24 August 1990 | Canberra Times /Datacol [20] [33] | Telephone | 601 | 63% |
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