The 1985 South Australian state election was held on 7 December 1985.
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used. [1]
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
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| Adelaide | Liberal | Mike Duigan | Michael Wilson | Christopher Wurm | |
| Albert Park | Labor | Kevin Hamilton | Bob MacKenzie | John Malone | |
| Alexandra | Liberal | John Quirke | Ted Chapman | David Willson | Rex Tilbrook (Nat) |
| Baudin | Labor | Don Hopgood | Bill Fraser | D. Perrotin | Mort Daly (Ind) |
| Bragg | Liberal | Phil Robins | Graham Ingerson | Alison Dolling | |
| Briggs | Labor | Mike Rann | Bernhard Buchner | Anastasios Giannouklas | David Whiting (Ind) |
| Bright | Liberal | Derek Robertson | John Mathwin | Fred Cannon | |
| Chaffey | Liberal | Bill Parsons | Peter Arnold | Rilda Sharp | |
| Coles | Liberal | Ray Rains | Jennifer Adamson | Sandra Nichols | Aniello Carbone (Ind) |
| Custance | Liberal | Arthur Rich | John Olsen | John Smyth | |
| Davenport | Liberal | Mark Boughey | Dean Brown | Kevin Angove | Stan Evans (Ind Lib) |
| Elizabeth | Independent Labor | Sonia Argirov | Josephine Gapper | Carolyn Tan | Martyn Evans (Ind Lib) |
| Eyre | Liberal | Jennie Lee | Graham Gunn | Jillian Polkinghorne | |
| Fisher | Liberal | Philip Tyler | Grant Chapman | Audrey Sibly | |
| Flinders | National | Terrence Krieg | Arthur Whyte | George Jukes | Peter Blacker (Nat) |
| Florey | Labor | Bob Gregory | Martin Luther | Andrew Sickerdick | |
| Gilles | Labor | Jack Slater | Lois Bell | Brian Fain | |
| Goyder | Liberal | Michael Wright | John Meier | Rosemary Dow | |
| Hanson | Liberal | Ann Pengelly | Heini Becker | Ian Haines | |
| Hartley | Labor | Terry Groom | Rilka Warbanoff | Cathi Tucker-Lee | |
| Hayward | Labor | June Appleby | Julian Glynn | John Stapledon | |
| Henley Beach | Labor | Don Ferguson | Bob Randall | Gladys Wells | Joe Rossi (Ind) |
| Heysen | Liberal | Elizabeth Harvey | David Wotton | Merilyn Pedrick | Douglas Lindley (Nat) |
| Kavel | Liberal | Lance Jones | Roger Goldsworthy | Paul Reader (Ind) | |
| Light | Liberal | Tony Piccolo | Bruce Eastick | Nicholas Wedge | Eric Gerlach (Ind) |
| Mawson | Labor | Susan Lenehan | Raija Havu | Tim Wells | |
| Mitcham | Liberal | Barbara Hughes | Stephen Baker | Guy Harley | |
| Mitchell | Labor | Ron Payne | Mark Hanckel | Peter Mann | |
| Morphett | Liberal | Trevor Peikert | John Oswald | Sue Carver | |
| Mount Gambier | Liberal | Peter Humphries | Harold Allison | Glenn Taylor | |
| Murray-Mallee | Liberal | Peter Dickson | Peter Lewis | Don French | Gavin Doecke (Nat) Steve Wilkinson (Ind) |
| Napier | Labor | Terry Hemmings | Brenda Bates | Barbara Barlow | John Campbell (Ind) |
| Newland | Liberal | Di Gayler | Scott Ashenden | Mike Bolt | |
| Norwood | Labor | Greg Crafter | Sue Graham | Rodney Roberts | |
| Peake | Labor | Keith Plunkett | Steve Peake | Jeff Wild | Ian Frances (Ind) |
| Playford | Labor | Terry McRae | Dorothy Kotz | Eileen Farmer | |
| Price | Labor | Murray De Laine | Jean Lawrie | Don Bond | |
| Ramsay | Labor | Lynn Arnold | Jim Davis | ||
| Ross Smith | Labor | John Bannon | Darryl Watson | Kate Hannaford | |
| Semaphore | Independent Labor | Rod Sawford | Mark Laing | F. Goncalves | Norm Peterson (Ind Lab) |
| Spence | Labor | Roy Abbott | Joe Ryan | Elizabeth Sanderson | |
| Stuart | Labor | Gavin Keneally | Bob Smith | Harm Folkers | Peter Clark (Ind) |
| Todd | Labor | John Klunder | Jeff Nicholas | Aussie Kanck | |
| Unley | Labor | Kym Mayes | Denis Sheridan | Barbara Boden | Peter Kallas (Ind) |
| Victoria | Liberal | Bill Hender | Dale Baker | Roy Milne | Geoff Clothier (Nat) |
| Walsh | Labor | John Trainer | Lenore Triplow | Helen Brasted | Reece Jennings (Ind) |
| Whyalla | Labor | Frank Blevins | Laurie Wilks | Graham Gloede | Jack Berry (NDP) Andy Fleming (Ind) Peter Murphy (Ind Lab) Fred Wilson (Nat) |
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*). Eleven seats were up for election. Labor were defending five seats. The Liberals were defending five seats. The Democrats were defending one seat.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Democrats candidates | Nationals SA candidates | CTA candidates | NDP candidates | Other candidates |
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