Results_of_the_2006_South_Australian_state_election_(Legislative_Council)

Results of the 2006 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)

Results of the 2006 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)

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This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2006 South Australian state election.

South Australian state election, 18 March 2006[1]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters 1,055,347
Votes cast 981,658 Turnout 93.0 −1.1
Informal votes 50,789 Informal 5.2 -0.2
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  Labor 340,632 36.6 +3.7 4 8
  Liberal 241,740 26.0 −14.1 3 8
  No Pokies 190,958 20.5 +19.2 2 2
  Family First 46,328 5.0 +1.0 1 2
  Greens 39,852 4.3 +1.5 1 1
  Democrats 16,412 1.8 –5.5 0 1
  One Nation 7,559 0.8 -1.0 0 0
  HEMP 6,617 0.7 –0.2 0 0
  National 6,237 0.7 +0.2 0 0
  Shooters 5,991 0.6 +0.6 0 0
  Dignity for Disability 5,615 0.6 +0.6 0 0
  Other 22,928 2.5 * 0 0
Total 930,869     11 22

Continuing members

The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

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1 Sitting Labor MLC Terry Roberts died on 18 February 2006, one month before the election. Labor candidate Bernard Finnigan was appointed as his replacement after the election on 2 May 2006 to serve the rest of Roberts's term.
2 Liberal MLC Angus Redford resigned from the Legislative Council in March 2006 in an unsuccessful attempt to shift to the House of Assembly. Liberal candidate Stephen Wade was appointed for the remaining four years of Redford's term on 2 May 2006.

Election results

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. [2]
    Green, Antony. "2006 SA Election Results". ABC Elections. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
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