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2018 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)
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11 of the 22 seats in the Legislative Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  SAB
Leader Rob Lucas Kyam Maher None
Party Liberal Labor SA-Best
Seats before 8 8 0
Seats won 5 4 2
Seats after 9 8 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Increase 2
Popular vote 338,700 304,229 203,364
Percentage 32.23% 28.95% 19.35%
Swing Decrease 3.76pp Decrease 2.01pp Increase 6.46pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  ASA
Leader Mark Parnell John Darley Kelly Vincent
Party Greens Advance SA Dignity
Seats before 2 1 1
Seats won 1 0 0
Seats after 2 1 0
Seat change Steady Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 61,610 4,227 20,337
Percentage 5.86% 0.40% 1.94%
Swing Decrease 0.59pp Increase 0.40pp Increase 1.01pp

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2018 South Australian state election.

The 11 of 22 seats up for election were 4 Liberal, 4 Labor, 1 Green, 1 Conservative and 1 Dignity. The outcome was 4 Liberal, 4 Labor, 2 SA Best and 1 Green. Carrying over from the 2014 election were 4 Liberal, 4 Labor, 1 Green, 1 Advance SA, and 1 Conservative; although the Conservative, Dennis Hood, defected to the Liberals nine days after the 2018 state election.

So from 2018 to 2020, the 22 seat upper house composition was 9 Liberal on the government benches, 8 Labor on the opposition benches, and 5 to minor parties on the crossbench, consisting of 2 SA Best, 2 Greens, and 1 Advance SA. The government therefore required at least three additional non-government members to form a majority and carry votes on the floor.

In 2020, John Dawkins was expelled from the Liberal Party for breaking party rules by nominating himself for President of the Legislative Council. The 22 seat upper house composition before the 2022 election was therefore 8 Liberal, 8 Labor, 2 SA Best, 2 Greens, 1 Advance SA, and 1 independent.

Election results

2018 South Australian state election: Legislative Council
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1. David Ridgway (elected 1)
2. Stephen Wade (elected 4)
3. Terry Stephens (elected 7)
4. Jing Lee (elected 9)
5. Bernadette Abraham
6. Clementina Maione 		338,700 32.23 −3.76
Labor 1. Emily Bourke (elected 2)
2. Justin Hanson (elected 5)
3. Irene Pnevmatikos (elected 8)
4. Clare Scriven (elected 11)
5. Trimann Gill
6. Christina Lien 		304,229 28.95 −2.01
SA-Best 1. Connie Bonaros (elected 3)
2. Frank Pangallo (elected 6)
3. Sam Johnson
4. Andrea Madeley
5. Peter Vincent 		203,364 19.35 +6.46
Greens 1. Tammy Franks (elected 10)
2. Matt Farrell
3. Ashley Sutherland
4. Rosa Hillam
5. Kate Wylie 		61,610 5.86 −0.59
Conservatives 1. Robert Brokenshire
2. Nicolle Jachmann 		36,525 3.48 −0.88
Liberal Democrats 1. Michael Noack
2. Stephen Humble 		25,956 2.47 +1.87
Animal Justice 1. Angela Martin
2. Wendy Davey 		22,822 2.17 +1.30
Dignity 1. Kelly Vincent
2. Diana Bleby
3. Ryan Mann
4. Esther Simbi 		20,337 1.94 +1.01
Child Protection 1. Tony Tonkin
2. Nadia Bergineti 		15,530 1.48 +1.48
Stop Population Growth Now 1. Bob Couch
2. Michael Roberts 		12,878 1.23 +0.84
Advance SA 1. Peter Humphries
2. Jenny Low 		4,227 0.40 +0.40
Independent Amrik Singh Thandi 1. Amrik Singh Thandi
2. MJ Thandi 		3,572 0.34 +0.34
Ungrouped Luke Koumi 723 0.07 +0.07
Ungrouped Gail Kilby 307 0.03 +0.03
Ungrouped John Le Raye 94 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 1,050,874 95.94 −0.12
Informal votes 44,497 4.06 +0.12
Turnout 1,095,371 91.15 −0.98

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Including Dennis Hood, who defected to the Liberals from the Conservatives nine days after the election (and thus well before the first sitting of Parliament).

References

  1. ^ Final Results of the 2018 South Australian Election: Antony Green 4 April 2018
  2. "2018 Legislative Council election results". Electoral Commission SA. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018.
  3. Third time lucky: The Poll Bludger 18 March 2018
  4. Dennis Hood dumps Cory Bernardi's Australian Conservatives to join SA Liberals: ABC 26 March 2017
  5. "We didn’t realise the power of Family First": Fallen Conservative rues botched re-branding: InDaily 20 March 2018
  6. "They're dickheads": Darley kills off power-sharing deal with X-colleagues: InDaily 23 April 2018
  7. "SA Liberal John Dawkins wins presidency then booted from party hours after vote". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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