Results of the 1953 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)
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This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1953 South Australian state election.
South Australian state election, 7 March 1953[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 354,273 | |||||
Votes cast | 336,592 | Turnout | 95.01% | +1.86% | ||
Informal votes | 9,871 | Informal | 2.93% | –0.40% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 166,517 | 50.97% | +2.88% | 14 | + 2 | |
Liberal and Country | 119,106 | 36.45% | –4.05% | 21 | – 2 | |
Communist | 4,827 | 1.48% | +0.14% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 36,271 | 11.10% | +1.03% | 4 | ± 0 | |
Total | 326,721 | 39 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal and Country | 47.00% | –4.30% | ||||
Labor | 53.00% | +4.30% |