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This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2014 South Australian state election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | 1. Rob Lucas (elected 1) 2. John Dawkins (elected 4) 3. Michelle Lensink (elected 6) 4. Andrew McLachlan (elected 8) 5. Nicola Centofanti 6. Louise Mathwin 7. Rod Pearce 8. Andrew Stratford | 363,809 | 36.0 | -3.4 | |
| Labor | 1. Russell Wortley (elected 2) 2. Ian Hunter (elected 5) 3. Tung Ngo (elected 7) 4. Kyam Maher (elected 11) 5. Helen Rodwell 6. Kristen Gilbertson 7. Pajneek Sandhu | 312,944 | 31.0 | -6.3 | |
| Independent Xenophon Team | 1. John Darley (elected 3) 2. Connie Bonaros | 130,289 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
| Greens | 1. Mark Parnell (elected 9) 2. Ruth Beach 3. Nathan Daniell | 65,215 | 6.5 | -0.1 | |
| Family First | 1. Dennis Hood (elected 10) 2. Elisa Colak | 44,015 | 4.4 | -0.0 | |
| Independent Palmer United | 1. Ngoc Chau Huynh 2. Kristian Rees | 16,603 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Shooters and Fishers | 1. Michael Hudson 2. Jess Marks | 13,608 | 1.3 | +0.5 | |
| Dignity for Disability | 1. Esther Simbi 2. Garry Connor 3. Tiffany Littler | 9,367 | 0.9 | -0.3 | |
| Independent Animal Justice | 1. Colin Thomas 2. Sally Sutton | 8,787 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Fishing and Lifestyle | 1. Neil Armstrong 2. Damien Smart | 7,999 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal SA Democrat | 1. Michael Noack 2. Peter Miller | 6,091 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Independent Legal Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Stephen Kenny 2. Amy Orange | 4,533 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Independent Your Voice Matters | 1. Bill Denny 2. Ian Smith 3. Rob Atkinson | 4,278 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Stop Population Growth Now | 1. Bob Couch 2. Alex Hodges | 3,884 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| FREE Australia | 1. Paul Kuhn 2. Mark Lena | 2,831 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |
| Independent Mark Aldridge Alliance | 1. Mark Aldridge 2. Dave Cook | 2,789 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Independent No Domestic Violence | 1. Annette Elliot 2. Angela Heesom | 2,299 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| National | 1. Grantley Mason Siviour 2. Jonathan Pietzsch | 2,268 | 0.2 | -0.2 | |
| Independent Joseph Masika | 1. Joseph Masika 2. Bob Dixon-Short | 1,944 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Multicultural Progress | 1. Trish Nguyen 2. Lam Duc Vu | 1,560 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Katter's Australian | 1. Tony Musolino 2. Leah O'Rourke | 1,503 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent Environment Education Disability | 1. Karyn Prelc 2. Michelle Drummond | 1,499 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Fair Land Tax | 1. Andrew Desyllas 2. Kon Toyias | 1,363 | 0.1 | -0.5 | |
| Independent Powerful Communities | 1. Mark Henley 2. Nicola Trenorden | 1,341 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | John Browne | 112 | 0.01 | +0.01 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,010,931 | 96.1 | +1.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 41,508 | 3.9 | -1.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,052,439 | 92.1 | -0.8 | ||
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