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Results of the 2018 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)

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

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[a] 4 2
Seats after 9[a] 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

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.[1][2][3] 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.[4][5]

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.[1] The government therefore required at least three additional non-government members to form a majority and carry votes on the floor.[6]

In 2020, John Dawkins was expelled from the Liberal Party for breaking party rules by nominating himself for President of the Legislative Council.[7] 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

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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

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b 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

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  1. ^ a b 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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