|
South Australian state election, 15 September 1979[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled voters | 826,586 | |||||
| Votes cast | 765,032 | Turnout | 92.6 | –0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 33,637 | Informal | 4.4 | –0.8 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
| Liberal | 370,398 | 50.6 | +22.8 | 6 | 11 | |
| Labor | 290,552 | 39.7 | –7.6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Democrats | 47,527 | 6.5 | +6.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Country | 7,716 | 1.1 | –1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marijuana | 6,132 | 0.8 | +0.8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 9,070 | 1.3 | * | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 731,395 | 11 | 22 | |||
This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1979 South Australian state election.