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South Australian state election, 7 March 1959[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled voters | 497,456 | |||||
| Votes cast | 400,531 | Turnout | 93.95% | +0.05% | ||
| Informal votes | 11,593 | Informal | 2.89% | +0.50% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 191,933 | 49.35% | +1.98% | 17 | + 2 | |
| Liberal and Country | 143,710 | 36.95% | +0.26% | 20 | – 1 | |
| Democratic Labor | 21,984 | 5.65% | –1.79% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Communist | 5,505 | 1.42% | +0.26% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent | 25,806 | 6.63% | –0.71% | 2 | – 1 | |
| Total | 388,938 | 39 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred | ||||||
| Liberal and Country | 50.30% | –1.00% | ||||
| Labor | 49.70% | +1.00% | ||||
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1959 South Australian state election.
- ^ "Summary of 1959 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.