Full results of the South Australian state election, 2010

Lower house

House of Assembly (IRV
Instant-runoff voting
Instant-runoff voting , also known as preferential voting, the alternative vote and ranked choice voting, is a voting system used to elect one winner. Voters rank candidates in order of preference, and their ballots are counted as one vote for their first choice candidate. If a candidate secures a...

) — Turnout 92.8% (CV
Compulsory voting
Compulsory voting is a system in which electors are obliged to vote in elections or attend a polling place on voting day. If an eligible voter does not attend a polling place, he or she may be subject to punitive measures such as fines, community service, or perhaps imprisonment if fines are unpaid...

) — Informal 3.3%
Party & seats contested	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... − 47	408,482	41.7	+7.7	18	+4
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... − 47	367,480	37.5	−7.8	26	−2
SA Greens − 47	79,535	8.1	+1.6	0	0
Family First Party Family First Party The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor political party in Australia. It has two members in the South Australian Legislative Council... − 47	52,769	5.4	−0.5	0	0
Nationals SA − 2	10,279	1.0	−1.0	0	−1
Save the RAH Save the RAH Save the RAH is a minor political party in South Australia, a single-issue party with the aim of stopping the relocation of Adelaide's main hospital, the Royal Adelaide Hospital . It ran candidates in 11 of the 47 seats in the House of Assembly at the 2010 state election. The party received 5,381... − 11	5,382	0.5	+0.5	0	0
Australian Democrats Australian Democrats The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader... − 8	3,682	0.4	–2.5	0	0
Gamers 4 Croydon Gamers 4 Croydon Gamers 4 Croydon is a minor political party in South Australia which contested the 2010 state election.-History:The party has a strong anti-censorship message, particularly relating to the lack of an R18+ classification for video games in Australia... − 5	1,962	0.2	+0.2	0	0
Fair Land Tax − 9	1,819	0.2	+0.2	0	0
Free Australia Party FREE Australia Party The FREE Australia Party, fully the Freedom Rights Environment Educate Australia Party, is a minor political party in South Australia. It opposes the Rann Labor anti-bikie laws and promotes civil liberties. It ran at the 2010 state election with negligible results.... − 4	1,497	0.2	+0.2	0	0
Dignity for Disability − 3	1,348	0.1	–0.3	0	0
Democratic Labor Party Democratic Labor Party The Democratic Labor Party is a political party in Australia that espouses social conservatism and opposes neo-liberalism. The first "DLP" Senator in decades, party vice-president John Madigan was elected to the Australian Senate with 2.3 percent of the primary vote in Victoria at the 2010 federal... − 1	326	0.0	+0.0	0	0
Independent − 22	46,108	4.7	+3.3	3	–1
Total	980,669			47
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	WIN	48.4	−8.4	26	−2
Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...		51.6	+8.4	18	+4

Independents: Bob Such

Bob Such

Robert Bruce "Bob" Such , Australian politician, is the member for the seat of Fisher in the South Australian House of Assembly, as an independent since 2000, and as member of the Liberal Party member from the 1989 election to 2000....

, Geoff Brock

Geoff Brock

Geoffrey Graeme "Geoff" Brock is a South Australian politician, representing the seat of Frome in the South Australian House of Assembly as an Independent, after a shock win at the 2009 Frome state by-election, defeating the Liberal candidate Terry Boylan. He had a high local profile prior to the...

, Don Pegler

Don Pegler

Donald William "Don" Pegler is an Australian politician. He has been an independent member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the March 2010 election, representing the electorate of Mount Gambier....

Upper house

EWLINE

Legislative Council (STV
Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

GV
Group voting ticket
Group voting tickets are a way to simplify preferential voting, usually in an election held under the single transferable vote or the alternative vote system....

) — Turnout 92.9% (CV
Compulsory voting
Compulsory voting is a system in which electors are obliged to vote in elections or attend a polling place on voting day. If an eligible voter does not attend a polling place, he or she may be subject to punitive measures such as fines, community service, or perhaps imprisonment if fines are unpaid...

) — Informal 5.8%
Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Total Seats	Change
Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	376,786	39.4	+13.4	4	7	–1
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	356,626	37.3	+0.7	4	8	0
SA Greens Greens South Australia Greens South Australia is a Green Party located in South Australia, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party.The party has four members currently elected to parliament, Mark Parnell and Tammy Franks in the South Australian Legislative Council and Sarah Hanson-Young and Penny Wright...	63,358	6.6	+2.3	1	2	+1
Family First Party Family First Party The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor political party in Australia. It has two members in the South Australian Legislative Council...	42,187	4.4	–0.6	1	2	0
Dignity for Disability	11,271	1.2	+0.6	1	1	+1
Save the RAH Save the RAH Save the RAH is a minor political party in South Australia, a single-issue party with the aim of stopping the relocation of Adelaide's main hospital, the Royal Adelaide Hospital . It ran candidates in 11 of the 47 seats in the House of Assembly at the 2010 state election. The party received 5,381...	9,241	1.0	+1.0	0	0	0
Australian Democrats Australian Democrats The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...	8,258	0.9	–0.9	0	0	0
Gamers 4 Croydon Gamers 4 Croydon Gamers 4 Croydon is a minor political party in South Australia which contested the 2010 state election.-History:The party has a strong anti-censorship message, particularly relating to the lack of an R18+ classification for video games in Australia...	7,994	0.8	+0.8	0	0	0
Democratic Labor Party Democratic Labor Party The Democratic Labor Party is a political party in Australia that espouses social conservatism and opposes neo-liberalism. The first "DLP" Senator in decades, party vice-president John Madigan was elected to the Australian Senate with 2.3 percent of the primary vote in Victoria at the 2010 federal...	7,923	0.8	+0.8	0	0	0
Shooters Party Shooters Party The Shooters and Fishers Party, formerly known as the Shooters Party, is an Australian state political party. It is registered for state elections in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia...	7,699	0.8	+0.2	0	0	0
Fair Land Tax	5,960	0.6	+0.6	0	0	0
One Nation Party One Nation Party One Nation is a far-right and nationalist political party in Australia. It gained 22% of the vote translating to 11 of 89 seats in Queensland's unicameral legislative assembly at the 1998 state election and made major inroads into the vote of the existing parties...	4,972	0.5	–0.3	0	0	0
Free Australia Party FREE Australia Party The FREE Australia Party, fully the Freedom Rights Environment Educate Australia Party, is a minor political party in South Australia. It opposes the Rann Labor anti-bikie laws and promotes civil liberties. It ran at the 2010 state election with negligible results....	3,766	0.4	+0.4	0	0	0
Nationals SA	3,489	0.4	–0.3	0	0	0
United Party	1,691	0.2	+0.2	0	0	0
Independent – 20 tickets	45,451	4.8	+1.6	0	0	–1
No Pokies No Pokies No Pokies is an independent South Australian Legislative Council ticket that contested the 1997, 2002, and 2006 statewide legislative council elections...			–20.5		2
Total	956,672			11	22

Elected	#	MLC	Party
2010	1	David Ridgway		Liberal
2010	2	Gerry Kandelaars Gerry Kandelaars Gerard Anthony Kandelaars is an Australian politician appointed to the South Australian Legislative Council as a Labor MLC on 13 September 2011.-Early life:...		Labor
2010	3	Stephen Wade Stephen Wade Stephen Graham Wade is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian Legislative Council after an appointment in May 2006....		Liberal
2010	4	Gail Gago Gail Gago Gail Elizabeth Gago is an Australian politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since being elected in 2002...		Labor
2010	5	Terry Stephens Terry Stephens Terence John "Terry" Stephens is an Australian politician, and a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian Legislative Council since being elected in 2002....		Liberal
2010	6	Bernard Finnigan Bernard Finnigan Bernard Vincent Finnigan is an Australian politician. He has served in the South Australian Legislative Council for the Australian Labor Party since 2006.-Early life:...		Labor
2010	7	Jing Lee Jing Lee Jing Shyuan Lee is an Australian politician elected to the South Australian Legislative Council as a Liberal Party candidate at the 2010 state election. She was formerly the president of the Asia Pacific Business Council for Women.-Early Life:...		Liberal
2010	8	John Gazzola John Gazzola John Mario Gazzola is an Australian politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since being appointed in 2002.Previous to entering politics, Gazzola was a union official.-External links:*...		Labor
2010	9	Tammy Jennings Tammy Jennings Tammy Anne Franks, formerly Jennings, is an Australian politician who was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council for the SA Greens at the 2010 state election...		Greens
2010	10	Robert Brokenshire Robert Brokenshire Robert "Rob" Lawrence Brokenshire is a South Australian dairy farmer and Member of the 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd and current South Australian Parliament. Formerly a real estate broker, Brokenshire was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1993 and...		Family First
2010	11	Kelly Vincent Kelly Vincent Kelly Leah Vincent is an Australian playwright, actress and politician elected to the eleventh and last seat for an 8-year term in the South Australian Legislative Council at the 2010 state election for the Dignity for Disability party....		D4D
2006	1	Carmel Zollo Carmel Zollo Carmelina "Carmel" Zollo is an Australian politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since 1997. She was re-elected for a second term in the 2006 election....		Labor
2006	2	Rob Lucas Rob Lucas Robert Ivan "Rob" Lucas is an Australian politician and a Liberal Party of Australia Member of the Opposition in the South Australian Legislative Council, and was re-elected in the 2006 election....		Liberal
2006	3	John Darley John Darley (Australian politician) John Andrew Darley , a former valuer-general, was appointed to the South Australian Legislative Council by a joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia on 21 November 2007 to replace outgoing No Pokies MP Nick Xenophon. Darley was the third of three candidates on the independent No Pokies... *		No Pokies
2006	4	Bob Sneath Bob Sneath Robert Kenneth "Bob" Sneath is an Australian politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since 2002.Sneath originally worked as a shearer and an organiser with the AWU...		Labor
2006	5	John Dawkins John Dawkins John Sydney "Joe" Dawkins, AO , Australian politician, was Treasurer in the Keating Labor government from December 1991 to December 1993...		Liberal
2006	6	Ann Bressington Ann Bressington Ann Bressington is an Australian politician. She was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council at the 2006 South Australian election as Nick Xenophon's running mate on his independent No Pokies ticket...		No Pokies
2006	7	Russell Wortley Russell Wortley Russell Paul Wortley, Australian politician, has served as a Labor MLC in the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2006 state election. He will be up for re-election at the 2014 state election....		Labor
2006	8	Michelle Lensink Michelle Lensink Jacqueline Michelle Ann Lensink is an Australian politician and, since 26 June 2003, a Liberal Party of Australia member in the South Australian Legislative Council.- Education :...		Liberal
2006	9	Ian Hunter Ian Hunter (politician) Ian Keith Hunter is an Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party in the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2006 state election...		Labor
2006	10	Dennis Hood Dennis Hood Dennis Garry Edward Hood is an Australian politician. He is a member of the South Australian Legislative Council, and the South Australian leader of the Family First Party.-Early life and career:...		Family First
2006	11	Mark Parnell Mark Parnell Mark Parnell is an Australian politician and the first SA Greens representative in the South Australian Legislative Council, having won a seat in the 2006 state election. His term will expire in March 2014. Since his election, the Greens position in state political opinion polls has approximately...		Greens

Darley replaced Nick Xenophon
Nick Xenophon
Nicholas "Nick" Xenophon is a South Australian barrister, anti-gambling campaigner and politician. He attended Prince Alfred College, and studied law at the University of Adelaide, attaining his Bachelor of Laws in 1981. Xenophon established and became principal of his own law firm, Xenophon & Co....

in 2008.

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