at the close of counting on election night 18 october 2008, with 82.1 per cent of the vote counted labor had obtained 37.6 per cent of the vote across the act, with the liberals at 31.1 per cent and the greens at 15.8 per cent. swings were recorded against both the labor (-9.3 per cent) and liberal (-3.7 per cent) parties with a +6.6 per cent swing towards the greens. labor won 7 seats, the liberals won 6 seats, while the greens won 4 seats, giving them the balance of power, and negotiated with both major parties for the formation of a minority government. after almost two weeks of deliberations, the greens chose to form a minority government with labor. the act electoral commission determined and announced the election's final results on 25 october 2008 after distribution of preferences.