<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jeremy Rockliff has addressed the Liberal party faithful, all but claiming victory in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/tasmania-election-2025-date-candidates-everything-to-know-explained/1f569dfd-2fc2-4460-a766-2bf809e731eb" rel="" target="" title="Tasmania's election"><span>Tasmania's election</span></a><span>, as the vote count continues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rockliff did the same in the state election held just 16 months ago, before his tenure ended in a no-confidence vote over the new AFL stadium plans, and the snap election was called.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Liberal party had 13 of the necessary 18 votes to form a majority government at the time Rockliff gave his speech at 9.30pm AEST.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/claims-that-ubereats-are-slugging-customers-delivery-drivers-and-small-businesses/ac09da5d-dda4-49fd-9ab3-de6577fd55bf" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Small business owners, delivery drivers claim Uber Eats is ripping them off</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Standing in front of his mother, wife and three daughters on stage, Rockliff said he was "very humbled by tonight's result".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A little over six weeks ago, the Leader of the Opposition forced this unnecessary election on the Tasmanian people by moving a vote of no-confidence," he began.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Tonight, in return, the people of Tasmania has said that they have no-confidence in the Labor Party to form government and they have voted to re- endorse our Liberal government.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/tasmania-election-2025-results-vote-count-jeremy-rockliff-dean-winter/d0695a19-25fd-4ae9-a0c9-38441ad91ac3" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is our team, the Liberal Party, who will achieve the most seats in this election, with a significantly increased vote, and I thank you. I want to thank all Tasmanians.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"On that basis, there is some way to go [but] at the conclusion of the counting and the return of the writs, I intend to visit the governor and ask her to recommission my government so we can get on with the job for Tasmania."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Labor leader Dean Winter is yet to address the ALP party faithful or respond to Rockliff's speech.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The count remains ongoing and a formal result is yet to be called, with more than 30 per cent of the vote still to be counted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tomorrow marks the 23rd anniversary of Rockcliff's first election in 2002, which he said made today's election more poignant.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I want to take this opportunity to thank the people of Tasmania for the great privilege that you have provided me in being a member of parliament, a minister in a government, and Premier of Tasmania for the last three years."</span></div></div>