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State elections were held in South Australia on 7 December 1985. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia John Bannon increased its majority, and defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition John Olsen.
Parliamentary elections for both houses of the Parliament of South Australia were held in South Australia on 7 December 1985, which saw John Bannon and the Australian Labor Party win a second successive term, against the Liberal Party of Australia opposition led by John Olsen.
Labor won the election with an increased majority–at the time, the biggest majority it had held since the end of the Playmander, a record that would stand until 2006. The Liberal Party retained John Olsen as leader, partly because his main rival Dean Brown lost his seat to Independent Liberal Stan Evans. Evans rejoined the Liberal Party soon after the election.
In the South Australian Legislative Council, Labor won one seat from the Liberals, while the Democrats maintained their 2 seats. This shift gave the Australian Democrats sole balance of power. They would continue to hold it until the 1997 election.
South Australian state election, 7 December 1985 [1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled voters | 905,507 | |||||
| Votes cast | 846,289 | Turnout | 93.46 | +0.28 | ||
| Informal votes | 29,401 | Informal | 3.47 | –2.31 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 393,652 | 48.19 | +1.91 | 27 | + 4 | |
| Liberal | 344,337 | 42.15 | –0.52 | 16 | – 5 | |
| Democrats | 34,732 | 4.25 | –2.87 | 0 | 0 | |
| National | 14,056 | 1.72 | –0.60 | 1 | 0 | |
| Independent Labor | 18,641 | 2.28 | * | 2 | 0 | |
| Independent | 5,368 | 0.66 | –0.94 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Liberal | 5,224 | 0.64 | * | 1 | + 1 | |
| Other | 878 | 0.11 | * | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 816,888 | 47 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred | ||||||
| Labor | 434,325 | 53.17 | +2.23 | |||
| Liberal | 382,563 | 46.83 | –2.23 | |||
South Australian state election, 7 December 1985 [2] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 905,507 | |||||
| Votes cast | 846,250 | Turnout | 93.46 | +0.67 | ||
| Informal votes | 31,312 | Informal | 3.70 | –6.37 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | |
| Labor | 391,076 | 47.99 | +0.40 | 5 | 10 | |
| Liberal | 320,055 | 39.27 | –2.15 | 5 | 10 | |
| Democrats | 44,988 | 5.52 | –0.04 | 1 | 2 | |
| Call to Australia | 24,666 | 3.03 | +3.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| National | 13,276 | 1.63 | –0.37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nuclear Disarmament | 12,098 | 1.48 | +1.48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 8,779 | 1.08 | * | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 814,938 | 11 | 22 | |||
| Seat | Pre-1985 | Swing | Post-1985 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
| Bright | Liberal | Notional - New Seat | 1.0 | 2.6 | 1.6 | Derek Robertson | Labor | ||
| Davenport | Liberal | Dean Brown | 22.0 | N/A | 2.6 | Stan Evans | Independent | ||
| Fisher | Liberal | Stan Evans * | 2.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 | Philip Tyler | Labor | ||
| Seat | 1982 election | 1983 redistribution | Swing | 1985 election | |||||||||
| Party | Member | Margin | Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | |||||
| Adelaide | Labor | Jack Wright | 15.6 | Liberal | Notional | 2.8 | -3.4 | 0.6 | Mike Duigan | Labor | |||
| Newland | Labor | John Klunder * | 3.6 | Liberal | Notional | 1.0 | -2.5 | 1.5 | Di Gayler | Labor | |||
| Todd | Liberal | Scott Ashenden * | 1.4 | Labor | Notional | 2.0 | +3.9 | 5.9 | John Klunder | Labor | |||
| Labor seats (27) | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Adelaide | Mike Duigan | ALP | 0.6% |
| Fisher | Philip Tyler | ALP | 1.1% |
| Newland | Di Gayler | ALP | 1.5% |
| Bright | Derek Robertson | ALP | 1.6% |
| Hayward | June Appleby | ALP | 2.8% |
| Unley | Kym Mayes | ALP | 5.0% |
| Todd | John Klunder | ALP | 5.9% |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Norwood | Greg Crafter | ALP | 6.3% |
| Henley Beach | Don Ferguson | ALP | 7.3% |
| Florey | Robert Gregory | ALP | 8.2% |
| Safe | |||
| Walsh | John Trainer | ALP | 10.7% |
| Hartley | Terry Groom | ALP | 12.5% |
| Albert Park | Kevin Hamilton | ALP | 12.9% |
| Mitchell | Ron Payne | ALP | 13.5% |
| Baudin | Don Hopgood | ALP | 13.7% |
| Gilles | Jack Slater | ALP | 14.2% |
| Peake | Keith Plunkett | ALP | 15.7% |
| Mawson | Susan Lenehan | ALP | 16.1% |
| Whyalla | Frank Blevins | ALP | 17.0% |
| Briggs | Mike Rann | ALP | 17.4% |
| Spence | Roy Abbott | ALP | 18.4% |
| Ross Smith | John Bannon | ALP | 18.7% |
| Playford | Terry McRae | ALP | 19.4% |
| Stuart | Gavin Keneally | ALP | 22.0% |
| Napier | Terry Hemmings | ALP | 23.5% |
| Ramsay | Lynn Arnold | ALP | 24.2% |
| Price | Murray De Laine | ALP | 24.3% |
| Liberal seats (16) | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Hanson | Heini Becker | LIB | 0.9% |
| Morphett | John Oswald | LIB | 4.7% |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Mitcham | Stephen Baker | LIB | 8.3% |
| Coles | Jennifer Adamson | LIB | 8.4% |
| Heysen | David Wotton | LIB | 8.8% |
| Light | Bruce Eastick | LIB | 9.3% |
| Mount Gambier | Harold Allison | LIB | 9.9% |
| Safe | |||
| Kavel | Stephen Baker | LIB | 11.0% |
| Goyder | John Meier | LIB | 12.4% |
| Alexandra | Ted Chapman | LIB | 15.2% |
| Eyre | Graham Gunn | LIB | 15.8% |
| Chaffey | Peter Arnold | LIB | 16.3% |
| Custance | John Olsen | LIB | 16.3% |
| Bragg | Graham Ingerson | LIB | 17.5% |
| Victoria | Dale Baker | LIB | 18.3% |
| Murray-Mallee | Peter Lewis | LIB | 18.6% |
| Crossbench seats (4) | |||
| Davenport | Stan Evans | IND | 2.8% v LIB |
| Elizabeth | Martyn Evans | IND | 4.0% v ALP |
| Semaphore | Norm Peterson | IND | 7.3% v ALP |
| Flinders | Peter Blacker | NAT | 8.3% v LIB |
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