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Tasmania s Liberal Party has secured a majority government by winning a crucial 13th seat in the state s lower house.
After a lengthy wait following the 1 May poll, preference distributions delivered the seat in the Hobart-based electorate of Clark to Liberal Madeleine Ogilvie on Wednesday night.
Premier Peter Gutwein, who claimed victory on election night, had pledged to step down if the party couldn t secure majority in the 25-member lower house.
Ms Ogilvie, a former Labor MP and independent, was among a field of four candidates jostling for two in-doubt seats in Clark.
Under Tasmania s Hare-Clark voting system, five MPs are elected in each of the state s five electorates.