Electoral results for the district of Ascot Park

This is a list of election results for the Electoral district of Ascot Park in South Australian elections.

Members for Ascot Park

Member		Party	Term
	Geoff Virgo	Labor	1970–1979
	John Trainer	Labor	1979–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 South Australian state election: Ascot Park^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Trainer	8,409	56.2	+8.2
	Liberal	Chris Gellie	5,613	37.5	−4.0
	Democrats	Michael Rogers	938	6.3	−4.2
Total formal votes			14,960	94.7	−1.0
Informal votes			835	5.3	+1.0
Turnout			15,795	94.3	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Trainer	8,878	59.3	+7.6
	Liberal	Chris Gellie	6,082	40.7	−7.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.6

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Ascot Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Trainer	7,066	48.0	−11.2
	Liberal	Frank Chapman	6,116	41.5	+12.4
	Democrats	Kenneth Johnson	1,549	10.5	−1.2
Total formal votes			14,731	95.7	−2.4
Informal votes			656	4.3	+2.4
Turnout			15,387	93.6	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Trainer	7,609	51.7	−12.1
	Liberal	Frank Chapman	7,122	48.3	+12.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.1

1977 South Australian state election: Ascot Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Virgo	9,331	59.2	+1.1
	Liberal	Dean Le Poidevin	4,594	29.1	+5.3
	Democrats	Kenneth Johnson	1,845	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			15,770	98.1
Informal votes			299	1.9
Turnout			16,069	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Virgo	9,856	62.5	+1.7
	Liberal	Dean Le Poidevin	5,914	37.5	−1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

1975 South Australian state election: Ascot Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Virgo	8,925	58.1	−6.6
	Liberal	George Basisovs	3,649	23.8	−11.5
	Liberal Movement	Dorothy Heide	2,787	18.1	+18.1
Total formal votes			15,361	96.5	−0.2
Informal votes			558	3.5	+0.2
Turnout			15,919	94.2	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Virgo	9,201	59.9	−4.8
	Liberal	George Basisovs	6,160	40.1	+4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.8

1973 South Australian state election: Ascot Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Virgo	9,685	64.7	+1.5
	Liberal and Country	John Forgan	5,289	35.3	−1.5
Total formal votes			14,974	96.7	−1.7
Informal votes			506	3.3	+1.7
Turnout			15,480	94.8	−1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

1970 South Australian state election: Ascot Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Virgo	9,455	63.2
	Liberal and Country	Maurice Senior	5,514	36.8
Total formal votes			14,969	98.4
Informal votes			244	1.6
Turnout			15,213	96.0
	Labor hold		Swing

References

1. History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4