1997 South Australian state election

1997 South Australian state election

11 October 1997 (1997-10-11)

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

Leader	John Olsen	Mike Rann
Party	Liberal	Labor
Leader since	28 November 1996	5 November 1994
Leader's seat	Kavel	Ramsay
Seats before	36	11
Seats won	23	21
Seat change	13	10
Popular vote	359,509	312,929
Percentage	40.40%	35.16%
Swing	12.41	4.79
TPP	51.51%	48.49%
TPP swing	9.40	9.40

	Third party	Fourth party
	DEM	NAT
Leader	None	Karlene Maywald
Party	Democrats	National
Leader since		11 October 1997
Leader's seat		Chaffey (won seat)
Seats before	0	0
Seats won	0	1
Seat change		1
Popular vote	146,347	15,488
Percentage	16.45%	1.74%
Swing	7.35pp	0.63

Results by electorate

Premier before election

John Olsen
Liberal

Resulting Premier

John Olsen
Liberal

State elections were held in South Australia on 11 October 1997. 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 John Olsen defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mike Rann, forming a minority government with the SA Nationals and independent MPs.