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2022 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
 
Leader Kyam Maher Rob Lucas Tammy Franks
Party Labor Liberal Greens
Seats before 8 9 2
Seats won 5 4 1
Seats after 9 8 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 402,441 374,289 98,324
Percentage 36.96% 34.38% 9.03%
Swing Increase 8.01pp Increase 2.14pp Increase 3.17pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
SAB
PHON
Leader No leader Jennifer Game
Party SA-Best One Nation
Seats before 2 0
Seats won 0 1
Seats after 2 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 11,392 46,051
Percentage 1.05% 4.23%
Swing Decrease 18.31pp Increase 4.23pp

Leader of the Government before election

Rob Lucas
Liberal

Elected Leader of the Government

Kyam Maher
Labor

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2022 South Australian state election.

The 11 of 22 seats up for election were 5 Liberal, 4 Labor, 1 Green, 1 Advance SA and 1 Dignity. The outcome was 5 Labor, 4 Liberal, 1 Green and 1 One Nation. Carrying over from the 2018 election were 4 Labor, 4 Liberal, 1 Green, 2 SA-BEST.

Election results[edit]

2022 South Australian state election: Legislative Council[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor 1. Kyam Maher (elected 1)
2. Tung Ngo (elected 4)
3. Reggie Martin (elected 6)
4. Ian Hunter (elected 8)
5. Russell Wortley (elected 11)
6. Meagan Spencer
402,441 36.96 +8.01
Liberal 1. Michelle Lensink (elected 2)
2. Dennis Hood (elected 5)
3. Nicola Centofanti (elected 7)
4. Laura Curran (elected 9)
5. Kathleen Bourne
6. Tania Stock
374,289 34.38 +2.14
Greens 1. Robert Simms (elected 3)
2. Yesha Joshi
3. Malwina Wyra
98,324 9.03 +3.17
One Nation 1. Sarah Game (elected 10)
2. Bob Couch
46,051 4.23 +4.23
Liberal Democrats 1. James Hol
2. Peter McMahon
36,445 3.35 +0.88
Family First 1. Tom Kenyon
2. Deepa Mathew
3. Craig Bowyer
33,342 3.06 +3.06
Legalise Cannabis 1. Damon Adams
2. Tyler Green
22,731 2.09 +2.09
Animal Justice 1. Louise Pfeiffer
2. Tracey Newman
16,299 1.50 −0.67
SA-Best 1. Ian Markos
2. Keyvan Abak
11,392 1.05 −18.31
Real Change SA 1. Stephen Pallaras
2. Tony Tonkin
9,417 0.86 +0.86
Australian Family 1. Bob Day
2. Sue Jarman
9,315 0.86 +0.86
National 1. Gary Johanson
2. Lisa Sherry
3. Emmalene Richards
7,363 0.68 +0.68
Independent Prioritise Health 1. Kieran Roche
2. Deborah Davies
4,841 0.68 +0.68
Sustainable Australia 1. Elise Michie
2. Jack Duxbury
3,871 0.36 +0.36
Advance SA 1. John Darley
2. Paula Gust
Linda Cheng
3,623 0.33 −0.07
Independent Defend Local Business 1. Colin Shearing
2. Carol Haslam
3,237 0.30 +0.30
Independent Truth Accountability Responsibility 1. Amrik Singh Thandi
2. MJ Thandi
2,461 0.23 −0.11
Independent Belinda Valentine Team 1. Belinda Valentine
2. Steven Harvey
1,508 0.14 +0.14
Independent Belinda Valentine Team 1. Belinda Valentine
2. Steven Harvey
1,359 0.12 +0.12
Ungrouped Graham Philp 531 0.05 +0.05
Total formal votes 1,088,840 95.94 +0.33
Informal votes 40,840 3.62 −0.33
Turnout 1,129,680 89.18 −2.94

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Legislative Council Results". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 May 2022.