Results of the 1973 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)

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South Australian state election, 10 March, 1973 [1]
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Enrolled voters383,758
Votes cast357,971 Turnout 93.3–1.9
Informal votes27,140Informal7.6+1.7
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won
Seats
held
  Labor 174,08252.6–5.346
  Liberal and Country 152,92146.2+4.2614
  Australia 2,6180.8+0.800
  Independent 1,2100.4+0.400
Total330,831  1020

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1973 South Australian state election.

Results by District

Central No. 1

1973 South Australian state election: Central District No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Don Banfield (elected)57,87363.9
Labor Tom Casey (elected)3,1303.5
Liberal and Country Iris MacDonald27,56330.4
Liberal and Country Lois Bell2,0022.2
Total formal votes90,56890.7-0.7
Informal votes9,2289.3+0.7
Turnout 99,97693.9+0.1
Party total votes
Labor 61,00367.4-16.1
Liberal and Country 29,56532.6+32.6

Central No. 2

1973 South Australian state election: Central District No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Frank Potter (elected)39,74948.0
Liberal and Country Jessie Cooper (elected)1,8562.2
Labor Mary Brannigan37,24045.0
Labor Ronald Lock1,3001.6
Australia Richard Grove2,1122.6
Australia Colin Miller5060.6
Total formal votes82,76392.5-2.3
Informal votes6,6907.5+2.3
Turnout 89,45393.7-1.8
Party total votes
Liberal and Country 41,60550.3-6.6
Labor 38,54046.6+5.9
Australia 2,6183.2+3.2

Midland

1973 South Australian state election: Midland District
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cec Creedon (elected)31,78652.3
Labor Brian Chatterton (elected)2,0173.3
Liberal and Country John Freebairn 23,21638.2
Liberal and Country Les Hart 3,8036.3
Total formal votes60,82293.3-1.8
Informal votes4,3576.7+1.8
Turnout 65,17993.5-2.1
Party total votes
Labor 33,80355.6+8.9
Liberal and Country 27,01944.4-8.9

Northern

1973 South Australian state election: Northern District
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Richard Geddes (elected)19,66745.4
Liberal and Country Arthur Whyte (elected)2,9886.9
Labor Frank Blevins 19,15944.2
Labor John Phelan1,5153.5
Total formal votes43,32993.4-2.2
Informal votes3,0386.6+2.2
Turnout 46,36791.4-6.4
Party total votes
Liberal and Country 22,65552.3-8.4
Labor 20,67447.7+8.4

Southern

1973 South Australian state election: Southern District
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Ren DeGaris (elected)30,26356.7
Liberal and Country Henry Kemp (elected)1,8143.4
Labor Dennis Beager18,35534.4
Labor James Hennessy1,7073.2
Independent John Gartner1,2102.3
Total formal votes53,34993.3-2.0
Informal votes3,8276.7+2.0
Turnout 57,17692.9-1.5
Party total votes
Liberal and Country 32,07760.1-4.3
Labor 20,06237.6+2.0
Independent John Gartner1,2102.3+2.3

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References

  1. "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 2 Legislative Council". ECSA. Retrieved 22 May 2016.