It was also the first time a state parliamentary assembly in Australia elected a majority of female members, with thirteen women and twelve men.

Under section 23 of the Constitution Act 1934, terms in the Tasmanian House of Assembly end a maximum of four years from the return of the writs following the previous election, in this case 29 March 2014.

Following the loss, Giddings resigned as leader of the Labor Party and was replaced by then opposition Deputy Premier Bryan Green.

[9] Aside from the Liberals, Labor and Greens, the Jacqui Lambie Network, formed in 2015, fielded several candidates in 2018 and was considered a chance to pick up seats,[10] although they failed to do so.

"[13] The Labor party ran on a policy that claimed it would make Tasmania the first state in the country to remove poker machines from pubs and clubs.

[17] However more recent donations prior to the election date are not required to be disclosed by the Australian Electoral Commission until FYE 2017–18.

[18] On the day before the election, 2 March 2018, it was revealed that the Liberal Party had tried to push through a plan to soften the state's gun laws, to benefit farm workers and sporting shooters.

[23] Polling is also conducted irregularly by MediaReach, ReachTEL and Roy Morgan Research, the latter with sample sizes of typically a few hundred voters.