Results of the 1970 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)
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This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1970 South Australian state election.
South Australian state election, 30 May 1970[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 635,533 | |||||
Votes cast | 603,952 | Turnout | 95.03% | +0.55% | ||
Informal votes | 12,421 | Informal | 2.06% | –0.25% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 305,478 | 51.64% | –0.33% | 27 | + 8 | |
Liberal and Country | 258,856 | 43.76% | –0.06% | 20 | + 1 | |
National | 11,227 | 1.90% | * | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 8,842 | 1.50% | +0.47% | 0 | – 1 | |
Democratic Labor | 4,211 | 0.71% | –0.93% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Social Credit | 2,401 | 0.41% | –0.44% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Communist | 743 | 0.13% | –0.16% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 591,531 | 47 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Labor | 53.30% | +0.10% | ||||
Liberal and Country | 46.70% | –0.10% |