2018 South Australian state election
The 2018 South Australian state election was held on 17 March 2018 to elect the 54th Parliament of South Australia, including all 47 seats in the House of Assembly and 11 of the 22 seats in the Legislative Council. It was conducted by the Electoral Commission of South Australia (ECSA).
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The map on the left shows the first party preference by electorate. The map on the right shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The incumbent Labor government, led by Premier Jay Weatherill, was trying to win a fifth term in government. However, they were defeated by the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Steven Marshall. This ended a record 16 years of Labor government in South Australia.
2018 South Australian State Election Media
Winning party by electorate.
Government Liberal (25)Opposition Labor (19)Crossbench Independent (3)[a]* *- ↑ Independent MPs: Frances Bedford (Florey), Troy Bell (Mount Gambier) and Geoff Brock (Frome)
Government Liberal (9)Opposition Labor (8)Crossbench<span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/N' not found.; color:;border:1px solid darkgray;"> SA-BEST (2) Greens (2) Advance SA (1)* *
Labor candidate Nat Cook won the traditionally Liberal seat of Fisher at the December 2014 by-election by just 9 votes (Lib 10,275 LAB 10,284) after preferences from a 7.3 percent Liberal to Labor two-party swing, taking Labor from minority to majority government.
Redistributed metropolitan seats
Redistributed inner-rural seats
Redistributed outer-rural seats
Map of electoral districts in the Adelaide metropolitan area, coloured to represent the party winning the seat at the 2014 South Australian state election and changes since.
