Results of the 1997 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)
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This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1997 South Australian state election.
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South Australian state election, 11 October 1997[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,010,753 | |||||
Votes cast | 927,344 | Turnout | 91.75 | -1.82 | ||
Informal votes | 37,430 | Informal | 4.04 | +0.94 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Liberal | 359,509 | 40.40 | -12.41 | 23 | - 14 | |
Labor | 312,929 | 35.16 | +4.79 | 21 | + 11 | |
Democrats | 146,347 | 16.45 | +7.35 | 0 | ± 0 | |
National | 15,488 | 1.74 | +0.63 | 1 | + 1 | |
United Australia | 13,569 | 1.52 | +1.52 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 27,870 | 3.13 | +0.01 | 1 | + 1 | |
Independent Liberal | 6,970 | 0.78 | * | 1 | + 1 | |
Other | 7,232 | 0.81 | * | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 889,914 | 47 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal | 458,399 | 51.51 | -9.40 | |||
Labor | 431,515 | 48.49 | +9.40 |