As counting finished for the night in the South Australian election, it appeared that the House of Assembly would be hung, with neither the ALP or the Liberals winning a majority of seats.
| House of Assembly – South Australia – 47 seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Electorate | Old Parliament | New Parliament |
| 1 | Adelaide | Liberal Michael Armitage since 1989 |
The ALP’s Jane Lomax-Smith is ahead with 51.8% and appears likely to win this seat. |
| 2 | Ashford | new district formerly Hanson |
The ALP’s Stephanie Key has easily won this seat with 53.1% of the two-party vote. |
| 3 | Bragg | Liberal Graham Ingerson since 1983 |
This is a safe Liberal seat, won by Vickie Chapman with 69.1% of the vote. |
| 4 | Bright | Liberal Wayne Matthew since 1989 |
Wayne Matthew has held this seat with 54.6% of the vote. |
| 5 | Chaffey | National Karlene Maywald since 1997 |
This seat has had only minor boundary changes in the redistribution. Maywald has easily won it with 64.8% of the two-party vote. |
| 6 | Cheltenham | new district formerly Price |
Jay Weatherill has won this seat for the ALP, taking it back from the previous Labor member, Murray De Laine, who ran as in independent after losing his pre-selection. |
| 7 | Colton | Liberal Steve Condous since 1993 |
This is one of the ALP’s definite gains. Paul Caica has won with 54.8% of the two-party vote. |
| 8 | Croydon | new district formerly Spence |
A safe Labor seat, Michael Atkinson has 69.7% of the vote. |
| 9 | Davenport | Liberal Iain Evans since 1993 |
Evans has easily retained this seat with 57.7% of the vote. |
| 10 | Elder | ALP Patrick Conlon since 1997 |
Conlon is back for a second term with 54.2% of the vote. |
| 11 | Elizabeth | ALP Lea Stevens since 1994 |
Lea Stevens has retained this seat with 57.3% of the vote. |
| 12 | Enfield | new district formerly Ross Smith |
The ALP’s John Rau has won this seat for the ALP with 52.5% of the vote, defeating the controversial sitting member, Ralph Clarke. Clarke was the the Labor member who lost his endorsement after taking the ALP to court over branch stacking. |
| 13 | Finniss | Liberal Dean Brown since 1993 |
The Deputy Premier has easily retained this safe Liberal seat with 66.1% of the vote. |
| 14 | Fisher | Independent Robert Such since 1989 elected as Liberal, became Independent Oct 2000. |
Bob Such has easily retained this seat with 64.1% of the vote, defeating the Liberal candidate, former Federal member, Susan Jeanes. Such can be expected to support the Liberals on the floor of the House. |
| 15 | Flinders | Liberal Elizabeth Penfold since 1993 |
This is one of only 3 electorates to be untouched by the redistribution. Liz Penfold has easily won this safe Liberal seat with 73.9% of the vote. |
| 16 | Florey | ALP Frances Bedford since 1997 |
With 54.2%, Bedford has retained this seat for the ALP. |
| 17 | Frome | Liberal Rob Kerin since 1993 |
The Premier has had no trouble retaining this seat with over 60% of the vote. |
| 18 | Giles | ALP Lynette Breuer since 1997 |
This seat has had only very minor boundary changes in the redistribution. Breuer has easily retained it with 61.7%. |
| 19 | Goyder | Liberal John Meier since 1982 |
A safe Liberal seat, Meier has polled 65.9% to notch up his sixth term. |
| 20 | Hammond | Independent Peter Lewis since 1997 |
The rebellious Peter Lewis has retained this seat against the Liberals with 52.3% of the two-party vote. |
| 21 | Hartley | Liberal Guiseppe Scalzi since 1993 |
Joe Scalzi has 49.6% of the two-party vote, but should not be written off as able to retain this seat. The ALP’s Quentin Black needs to win if the ALP is to form government, but it is too close to be certain at this stage. |
| 22 | Heysen | Liberal David Wotton since 1985 |
The Liberal Party’s Isobel Redmond has 55.3% of the vote and easily retains this Liberal seat. |
| 23 | Kaurna | ALP John Hill since 1997 |
John Hill retains this safe Labor seat with 61.7%. |
| 24 | Kavel | Liberal John Olsen since 1992 |
Mark Goldsworthy retains this seat for the Liberal Party with 52.4%, beating off a strong challenge from the independent Tom Playford, relative of the State’s longest serving Premier. |
| 25 | Lee | ALP Michael Wright since 1997 |
Wright has 57.6%, easily retaining this seat for the ALP. |
| 26 | Light | Liberal Malcolm Buckby since 1993 |
Buckby has 51.9% and will retain this seat for the Liberal Party, staving off Labor’s deputy leader, Annette Hurley. |
| 27 | MacKillop | Liberal Michael Williams since 1997 elected Ind.Lib. rejoined Liberals Dec 12, 1999 |
This is one of only 3 electorates to be unchanged by the redistribution. Mitch Williams has 62.2% and will once again become a faithful member of the Liberal Party caucus. |
| 28 | Mawson | Liberal Robert Brokenshire since 1993 |
With 53.5%, Brokenshire goes back into the House for his third term. |
| 29 | Mitchell | ALP Kris Hanna since 1997 |
Kris Hanna has 54.7% and easily retains this seat for Labor. |
| 30 | Morialta | new district formerly Coles |
Joan Hall has 53.3% and retains this seat for the Liberal Party. |
| 31 | Morphett | Liberal John Oswald since 1979 |
Duncan McFetridge has 60.0% of the two-party vote and retains this safe Liberal seat. |
| 32 | Mount Gambier | new district formerly Gordon |
This is one of only 3 electorates to be unchanged by the redistribution, but it has been renamed. Rory McEwen has 75% of the two-party vote and returns to the House of Assembly as an Independent member. |
| 33 | Napier | ALP Annette Hurley since 1993 |
Michael O’Brien has retained this seat for the ALP with 64.1%, whilst the previous sitting member, Annette Hurley, has been defeated in her attempt to take Light. A bird in the hand? |
| 34 | Newland | Liberal Dorothy Kotz since 1989 |
With 54.9%, Dorothy Kotz has easily held this seat. |
| 35 | Norwood | ALP Vincenzina Ciccarello since 1997 |
Vini Ciccarello has 50.9% of the vote and should be able to win, but this remains a doubtful seat for Labor. It was once held by the ALP’s iconic former Premier, Don Dunstan. |
| 36 | Playford | ALP John Snelling since 1997 |
With 63.6%, Jack Snelling has retained this safe Labor seat, named after the State’s longest-serving Premier from 1938-65, Sir Thomas Playford. |
| 37 | Port Adelaide | new district formerly Hart |
With 71.9%, Kevin Foley has retained this safe Labor seat. |
| 38 | Ramsay | ALP Michael Rann since 1993 |
The Opposition Leader has 71.0% of the vote and can afford to worry about whether he will win enough of the other doubtful seats to be able to become the next Premier. |
| 39 | Reynell | ALP Mary Thompson since 1997 |
Gay Thompson has 56.9% and has retained this seat for the ALP. |
| 40 | Schubert | Liberal Ivan Venning since 1997 |
Ivan Venning has 61.4% of the vote, staving off a challenge from the Democrats candidate, Kate Reynolds. |
| 41 | Stuart | Liberal Graham Gunn since 1997 |
This is one of the undecided seats. The ALP’s Justin Jarvis has 50.2% of the vote, but Gunn is likely to do well in postal votes. |
| 42 | Taylor | ALP Patricia White since 1994 |
A safe Labor seat, Trish White has 68.7% of the two-party vote. |
| 43 | Torrens | ALP Robyn Geraghty since 1994 |
With 58.3%, Robyn Geraghty has had no difficulty holding this seat for the ALP. |
| 44 | Unley | Liberal Mark Brindal since 1993 |
Mark Brindal has retained this Liberal seat with 57.8%. |
| 45 | Waite | Liberal Martin Hamilton-Smith since 1997 |
The hyphenated Liberal member has 58.9% in this conservative electorate. |
| 46 | West Torrens | new district | Tom Koutsantonis has 59.1% and retains this safe seat for the ALP. |
| 47 | Wright | ALP Jennifer Rankine since 1997 |
Jennifer Rankine has 53.8% and retains this seat for the ALP. |
