At the close of counting last night, independent candidate Rosemary Armitage was considered the favourite to win Launceston, with Labor's Steve Bishop coming third behind Liberal candidate Sam McQuestin.

In the southern seat of Rumney, Police, Childrens and Education Minister Lin Thorp is in danger of losing her seat to independent candidate and former police commander Tony Mulder.

Only in the seat of Derwent was Labor favoured to retain the seat.

''However you measure it, Labor and the Greens had massive swings recorded against them yesterday,'' Mr Hodgman said.

''Tasmanians have had enough of this government’s arrogance and self interest and their failure to act on the important issues of the economy, jobs and the cost of living.

''Tasmanians are also vey concerned at the inherent instability of the Green-Labor experiment, typified by the bizarre situation which now sees the Green candidate in Rumney effectively kingmaker as to whether or not Lin Thorp survives.

''If yesterday’s Legislative Council election results were replicated in a statewide lower house election, the Liberals would win a clear majority.

''Compared to last year’s state election, support for Labor was down on average 10 per cent across the three seats, and 8 per cent for the Greens (a massive -12 per cent in Rumney, based on the same booths in the state election, an effective halving of the Green vote).

''While the Liberal’s Sam McQuestin topped the poll with 34 per cent of the vote in Launceston, Labor’s candidate Steve Bishop recorded a miserly 19 per cent.

''In Rumney, Lin Thorp suffered a swing of 18 per cent against her compared to the 2005 Rumney election, and recorded nearly 30 per cent less votes.

''And in Labor-heartland of Derwent, the Labor primary vote was down to less than 39 per cent, a 13 per cent decline from the last Derwent election just two years ago.

''Whether or not Minister Lin Thorp scrapes over the line, the message is clear: Tasmanians have had enough of this government,'' Mr Hodgman said.