1985 South Australian state election

State elections were held in South Australia on 7 December 1985. 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 John Bannon increased its majority, and defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition John Olsen.

1985 South Australian state election
7 December 1985 (1985-12-07)
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
 
NAT
Leader John Bannon John Olsen Peter Blacker
Party Labor Liberal National
Leader since 18 September 1979 10 November 1982
Leader's seat Ross Smith Custance Flinders
Seats before 23 21 1
Seats won 27 16 1
Seat change 4 5
Popular vote 393,652 344,337 14,056
Percentage 48.19% 42.15% 1.72%
Swing 1.91 0.52 0.60
TPP 53.2% 46.8%
TPP swing 2.2 2.2
Premier before election

John Bannon
Labor

 Elected Premier

John Bannon
Labor

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