South Australian general election, 1993
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State elections were held in Australia on December 11, 1993. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia Lynn Arnold was defeated by the Liberal Party of Australia led by Dean Brown.
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 481,623 | 52.80 | +8.60 | 37 | +15 | |
| Australian Labor Party | 277,038 | 30.37 | -9.72 | 10 | -12 | |
| Australian Democrats | 82,942 | 9.09 | -1.18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nationals SA | 10,157 | 1.11 | -0.07 | 0 | -1 | |
| Independent Labor | 6,225 | 0.68 | -0.83 | 0 | -2 | |
| Independents | 28,498 | 3.12 | +1.89 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 25,612 | 2.81 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 912,095 | 47 | ||||
| Liberal Party of Australia | WIN | 61.00 | +9.10 | 37 | +14 | |
| Australian Labor Party | 39.00 | -9.10 | 10 | -14 |
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The campaign was dominated by the issue of the collapse of the State Bank of South Australia in 1992. The State Bank's deposits were legally underwritten by the Government of South Australia, putting South Australia into billions of dollars of debt. Labor premier John Bannon had resigned over the issue, being replaced by Lynn Arnold, but this did not appease voter anger.
[edit] Post-election pendulum
A by-election in 1994 saw Torrens fall to Labor.
| LABOR SEATS (10) | |
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| Napier | ALP |
| Whyalla | ALP |
| Playford | ALP |
| Elizabeth | ALP |
| Ross Smith | ALP |
| Ramsay | ALP |
| Taylor | ALP |
| Hart | ALP |
| Spence | ALP |
| Price | ALP |
| LIBERAL SEATS (37) | |
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| Norwood | LIB |
| Mitchell | LIB |
| Florey | LIB |
| Elder | LIB |
| Wright | LIB |
| Reynell | LIB |
| Hanson | LIB |
| Kaurna | LIB |
| Peake | LIB |
| Lee | LIB |
| Torrens | LIB |
| Gordon | LIB |
| Hartley | LIB |
| Stuart | LIB |
| Heysen | LIB |
| Chaffey | LIB |
| Frome | LIB |
| Colton | LIB |
| Davenport | LIB |
| Unley | LIB |
| Mawson | LIB |
| Adelaide | LIB |
| Waite | LIB |
| Bright | LIB |
| Light | LIB |
| Kavel | LIB |
| Finniss | LIB |
| Coles | LIB |
| MacKillop | LIB |
| Newland | LIB |
| Schubert | LIB |
| Fisher | LIB |
| Flinders | LIB |
| Morphett | LIB |
| Hammond | LIB |
| Goyder | LIB |
| Bragg | LIB |
[edit] Legislative Council Results
| 1993 Legislative Council Result | |||
| Party | Seats | ||
| Liberal Party of Australia | 51.8% | 6 | |
| Australian Labor Party | 27.4% | 4 | |
| Australian Democrats | 8.0% | 1 | |
| SA Greens | 1.7% | ||
| Nationals SA | 0.7% | ||
| 1993-1997 Legislative Council | |||
| Party | Seats | ||
| Liberal Party of Australia | 11 | ||
| Australian Labor Party | 9 | ||
| Australian Democrats | 2 | ||
In the Legislative Council, Liberal won 6 seats, Labor 4, and the Australian Democrats 1. This left the total upper house numbers at Liberals 11, Labor 9, Democrats 2.
[edit] See also
- South Australian legislative elections
- South Australian Legislative Council
- South Australian House of Assembly
[edit] External links
- Background leading up to the election/Liberals in power. Crikey. Archived from the original on 2005-12-13.
- Political Parties
- Australian Labor Party
- Liberal Party of Australia
- Australian Greens
- Australian Democrats
- The Nationals
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