In the Legislative Council, Labor won five seats, the Liberals won four and the Greens and One Nation both won one seat each. In total, the Labor government has nine seats and the Liberal opposition has eight seats, with five crossbenchers (the Greens and SA-Best have two seats each, while One Nation has one, held by Sarah Game).[3][4][5]
With the Liberal Upper House President unexpectedly re-elected to the Presidency, this gives the Labor government nine of 21 seats during votes on the floor, meaning that only an additional two non-government votes are required for the government to pass legislation.[3][4][5]
The 2024 Black state by-election was held on 16 November, with Labor’s Alex Dighton comfortably winning the seat and it was second time Labor had gained a seat from the Liberals in a by-election after the Dunstan by-election. Resulting in the number of Liberal lower house seats being reduced to their worst parliamentary position in nearly a century. [8]
Liberal MLC Jing Lee became an independent and moved to the crossbench in January 2025.[9]
Pendulum
The pendulum includes mid-term affiliation changes and by-election outcomes, in particular the Dunstan by-election and Black by-election which saw Labor take both seats away from the Liberals.
The last state election was held on 19 March 2022 to elect members for the House of Assembly and half of the members in the Legislative Council. In South Australia, section 28 of the Constitution Act 1934, as amended in 2001, directs that parliaments have fixed four-year terms, and elections must be held on the third Saturday in March every four years unless this date falls the day after Good Friday, occurs within the same month as a federal election, or the conduct of the election could be adversely affected by a state disaster. Section 28 also states that the Governor may also dissolve the Assembly and call an election for an earlier date if the government has lost the confidence of the Assembly or a bill of special importance has been rejected by the Legislative Council. Section 41 states that both the Council and the Assembly may also be dissolved simultaneously if a deadlock occurs between them.[12]
The Electoral (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2013[13] introduced set dates for writs for general elections in South Australia. The writ sets the dates for the close of the electoral roll and the close of nominations for an election. The Electoral Act 1985 requires that, for a general election, the writ be issued 28 days before the date fixed for polling (S47(2a)) and the electoral roll be closed at 12 noon, six days after the issue of the writ (S48(3(a)(i))). The close of nominations will be at 12 noon three days after the close of rolls (Electoral Act 1985 S48(4)(a) and S4(1)).[14][15][16]
Opinion polling
Voting intention
House of Assembly
Primary vote
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Two-party preferred
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