Tasmania's Premier, Will Hodgman, has pitched to retain majority government on the basis of a strong economic record and a pledge to improve health and job opportunities for Tasmanians.
Mr Hodgman visited Government House this morning to call a state election for March 3.
He and his fellow Liberal candidates then travelled to the Derwent Valley town of New Norfolk to officially announce the poll.
Standing alongside the candidates, Mr Hodgman talked up the Government's economic record and the state's improved employment figures.
He is pitching to retain the party's 15-seat majority but opinion polls suggest that is an unlikely outcome and a hung parliament is possible.
"There is no doubt we have been a very good government," he said.
But he accepted not everyone would see it that way.
"Not everyone might see the benefits for a strong economy," he said.
"10,000 more Tasmanians are back at work but there are more Tasmanians wanting jobs, a lot of people still need their healthcare."
He said the 34-day election campaign would highlight the Government's record.
"This will be a crucial election because if you change governments you change the direction of the state," he said.
"No government is perfect, you don't get everything you want, but we've had an agenda we're intent on delivering and have delivered almost 100 per cent of our policies."
He admitted some key pieces of legislation have not passed the Parliament.
"Labor has been a key part of stopping a lot of what we wanted to have happen," he said.
Labor will shortly be starting its election campaign outside the Royal Hobart Hospital.
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