Premier Will Hodgman has kept a low profile the day after a bittersweet Tasmanian election win clouded by the death of his former cabinet colleague and childhood friend Vanessa Goodwin.
The Liberal government was on Saturday night re-elected with a majority of at least 13 of 25 seats in the state's lower house.
Mr Hodgman is just the second Liberal leader in Tasmania's history to be re-elected with a majority.
But the victory had a sombre undertone after the election-day death of the state's former attorney-general.
Dr Goodwin, 48, died on Saturday after a battle with brain cancer.
Mr Hodgman visited her in hospital and at night paid tribute during an emotional victory speech.
"I thank you, Vanessa, for what you have done to help me and our party be the very best it can be," he said.
On Sunday, Mr Hodgman didn't front the media but thanked Tasmanians via Twitter.
"Never before have I had a stronger resolve to lead a government - a majority Liberal government - that will forever do what is in our state's best interests," he wrote.
Mr Hodgman trumpeted strong economic management and job creation over a relentless five-week campaign.
Labor and the Greens accused the Liberals of buying an election by accepting donations from the gambling lobby.
That was slammed by federal government minister Steven Ciobo and Senator Eric Abetz.
Labor campaigned heavily on a plan to remove pokies from pubs and clubs by 2023, with the Liberals pledging to keep them until at least 2043.
"The suggestion that the election was bought is an insult to the Tasmanian people," Senator Abetz said in Hobart.
"They know what the issues are and what motivates them when they go to the ballot box."
The Liberals could lose two seats from a 2014 haul of 15, with the exact make-up of the new parliament yet to be finalised.
Mr Hodgman motored home in his seat of Franklin though, picking up more than a third of the overall vote and two quotas under Tasmania's unique Hare-Clark system.
There were no casualties among Tasmanian cabinet members, with high profile candidates including Treasurer Peter Gutwein, Health Minister Michael Ferguson and Justice Minister Elise Archer all comfortably re-elected.
Backbenchers Nic Street, Roger Jaensch and Joan Rylah are fighting to retain their seats as counting continues.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull congratulated Mr Hodgman from Sydney.
"(It is) vitally important to continue the terrific momentum in Tasmania in terms of economic growth and opportunity there in that state that Will's team has delivered," Mr Turnbull told reporters on Sunday.
