Two months after a no-confidence motion against him, Jeremy Rockliff has been reappointed as Tasmania’s premier following an election that delivered a nigh-identical hung parliament.

Governor Barbara Baker announced this morning she would return Rockliff as premier, after the Liberal Party he leads won 14 seats at last month’s election.

That was more than Labor’s 10 – but still short of the 18 required to govern in a majority.

However, Baker said that, as the incumbent, Rockliff had the right to test whether he has the support of parliament.

“In a hung parliament, where no one clearly holds the confidence of the majority of the House of Assembly, the incumbent has the right to remain in office in order to test the numbers in the House of Assembly and for Parliament to have the final say in who should be premier,” she said.

“I consider the convention of incumbency applies in the current circumstances. I shall reappoint the premier.

“It is better for confidence to be determined inside and not outside the parliament.”

That test will take place within the next fortnight, with parliament to reconvene on August 19.

Rockliff and his cabinet will be sworn in next week.