South Australian general election, 1985

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State election major party leaders
< 1982 1985 1989 >
Labor John Bannon Premier Parliament: 8 years Leader since: 1979 Division: Ross Smith
Liberal John Olsen Opposition Leader Parliament: 6 years Leader since: 1982 Division: Rocky River

State elections were held in Australia on December 7, 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 defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by John Olsen.

**House of Assembly — 1985-1989 — Turnout 93.46% — Informal 3.47%**
Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
Australian Labor Party	393,652	48.19	+1.91	27	+3
Liberal Party of Australia	344,337	42.15	-0.52	16	-5
Australian Democrats	34,732	4.25	-2.87	0	0
Independent Labor	18,641	2.28	*	2	+2
Nationals SA	14,056	1.72	-0.60	1	0
Independent Liberal	5,224	0.64	*	1	+1
Independent	5,368	0.66	-0.94	0	-1
Other	878	0.11		0	0
Total	816,888			47
Australian Labor Party	WIN	53.20	+2.30	29	+4
Liberal Party of Australia		46.80	-2.30	18	-4

Independents: Martyn Evans, Norm Peterson, Stan Evans

1 Legislative Council Results
2 See also
3 References

Parliamentary elections for both houses of the Parliament of South Australia were held in South Australia on December 7, 1985, which saw John Bannon and the Australian Labor Party win a second successive term, against the Liberal Party of Australia opposition led by John Olsen.

The Bannon Premiership was characterised by an emphasis on careful budgetary management, offset by attempts to expand the state's economic foundations via the attraction of ambitious, large scale projects. He brought the Australian Grand Prix to Adelaide, with the first event held just a month before the election; while the promise of luring a multimillion dollar submarine contract to Adelaide was a main election platform in 1985.

Labor won the election with an increased majority. The Liberal Party retained John Olsen as leader, partly because his main rival Dean Brown lost his seat to Independent Liberal Stan Evans.

[edit] Legislative Council Results

1985 Legislative Council Result
Party			Seats
	Australian Labor Party	48.0%	5
	Liberal Party of Australia	39.3%	5
	Australian Democrats	5.5%	1
	Nationals SA	1.6%
1985-1989 Legislative Council
Party			Seats
	Australian Labor Party		10
	Liberal Party of Australia		10
	Australian Democrats		2

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Historical lower house results
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State and federal election results in Australia since 1890

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