Results of the 1956 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)
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This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1956 South Australian state election.
South Australian state election, 3 March 1956[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 299,048 | |||||
Votes cast | 280,811 | Turnout | 93.90% | –1.11% | ||
Informal votes | 6,702 | Informal | 2.39% | –0.54% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 129,853 | 47.37% | –3.60% | 15 | ± 0 | |
Liberal and Country | 100,569 | 36.95% | +0.23% | 21 | + 1 | |
Labor (A-C) | 20,384 | 7.44% | * | 0 | ± 0 | |
Communist | 3,185 | 1.16% | –0.32% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 20,118 | 7.34% | –3.76% | 3 | – 1 | |
Total | 274,109 | 39 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal and Country | 51.30% | +4.30% | ||||
Labor | 48.70% | –4.30% |