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Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election in South Australia

(for more information on this election see national summary for the House of Representatives)

Election of 13 March 1993

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House of Representatives enrolment and voting in South Australia

Total number of voters on the roll
1,014,400
Number of House of Representatives seats in this state/territory
12
Number of uncontested seats
0
If uncontested seats, number of voters on the roll in uncontested seats
Number of voters on the roll in contested seats
1,014,400
Total ballots cast (may differ from number of votes in multiple voting systems)
962,763
Turnout (rate of voting in contested seats)
94.91%
Total valid votes
923,675
Rate of informal (invalid) voting
4.06%
Informal (invalid) ballots in multiple voting system
Not applicable
Electoral system
Adult franchise at 18 years (from 1974); single member districts, preferential voting (AV); compulsory preferences; compulsory voting

House of Representatives votes and seats won in South Australia

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Election held on 13 March 1993
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'

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Party Name First preference vote n First preference vote share % Change from previous election % Seats won n Uncontested seats held n Seat share %
Liberal Party  421,687  45.65  +3.00  8  0  66.67 
Australian Labor Party  358,707  38.83  +0.88  4  0  33.33 
Australian Democrats  71,981  7.79  -7.37  0     
Independents  43,317  4.69  +3.78  0     
Greens  1,496  0.16  *  0     
Votes for other than listed parties 26,487 2.87 +2.04       
Totals 923,675  100.00    12  0  100.00 

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* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.

Notes

The vote shown for Independents at this election in South Australia is the sum of votes cast for all candidates registered as Independents (26) and those candidates who ran for office without any registered party name (4). There were 30 such candidates.

Sources

Australian Electoral Commission, Electoral Statistics 1993, 1996, 1998, CD-ROM, Canberra,1999; Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1985-1999, Sydney: Federation Press, 2002 (ISBN 1862874344); Gerard Newman, Federal Election Results 1949-2001, Canberra: Commonwealth Parliament, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Information and Research Services, Research Paper 9 2001-02, 2002 (ISSN 13287478).