Results of the 1985 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)
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This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1985 South Australian state election.[2]
South Australian state election, 7 December 1985[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 905,507 | |||||
Votes cast | 846,289 | Turnout | 93.46 | +0.28 | ||
Informal votes | 29,401 | Informal | 3.47 | –2.31 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 393,652 | 48.19 | +1.91 | 27 | + 3 | |
Liberal | 344,337 | 42.15 | –0.52 | 16 | – 5 | |
Democrats | 34,732 | 4.25 | –2.87 | 0 | ± 0 | |
National | 14,056 | 1.72 | –0.60 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Independent Labor | 18,641 | 2.28 | * | 2 | + 2 | |
Independent | 5,368 | 0.66 | –0.94 | 0 | – 1 | |
Independent Liberal | 5,224 | 0.64 | * | 1 | + 1 | |
Other | 878 | 0.11 | * | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 816,888 | 47 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Labor | 434,325 | 53.17 | +2.23 | |||
Liberal | 382,563 | 46.83 | –2.23 |