1982 South Australian state election

1982 South Australian state election
6 November 1982 (1982-11-06)
All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
24 seats were needed for a majority
11 (of the 22) seats in the South Australian Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
DEM
Leader John Bannon David Tonkin Heather Southcott
Party Labor Liberal Democrats
Leader since 18 September 1979 24 July 1975 8 May 1982
Leader's seat Ross Smith Bragg Mitcham
Last election 20 seats 24 seats 1
Seats won 24 21 0
Seat change 4 3 1
Popular vote 353,999 326,372 54,457
Percentage 46.28% 42.67% 7.12%
Swing 5.43 5.27 1.18pp
TPP 50.9% 49.1%
TPP swing 5.9 5.9
  Fourth party
 
NAT
Leader Peter Blacker
Party National
Leader's seat Flinders
Last election 1 seat
Seats won 1
Seat change
Popular vote 17,782
Percentage 2.32%
Swing 0.42
Results by electoral division for the House of Assembly.
Premier before election

David Tonkin
Liberal

Elected Premier

John Bannon
Labor

State elections were held in South Australia on 6 November 1982. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Premier of South Australia David Tonkin was defeated by the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition John Bannon.

A referendum on daylight saving was held on the same day, and was passed.

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