89 candidates to contest Tasmanian election.

89 candidates will contest the Tasmanian state election on the 20th on March. This is down from 95 in 06 and 112 in 02.

Breakdown:
Bass - 20, Braddon - 19, Denison & Franklin 17, Lyons - 16.

Labor - 26 (6 Lyons, 5 all others)
Liberals - 27 (7 Braddon, 5 all others)
Greens - 25 (5 in each)
Independent - 9 (5 Bass, 2 Braddon, 1 Denison, 1 Franklin, 0 Lyons)
Socialist Alliance - 2 (1 Denison, 1 Franklin)

Andrew Wilkie got the 100 required signatures to get a group column and drew column A in Denison.