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1947 South Australian state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1947 South Australian state election
country	South Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1944 South Australian state election
previous_year	1944
next_election	1950 South Australian state election
next_year	1950
seats_for_election	All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
20 seats were needed for a majority
election_date
image1	[[File:Playford portrait 38.jpg	150x150px]]
leader1	Thomas Playford
leader_since1	5 November 1938
party1	Liberal and Country League
leaders_seat1	Gumeracha
percentage1	52.0%
swing1	5.3
last_election1	20 seats
seats1	23 seats
seat_change1	3
image2	[[File:Robert Richards (Australia).gif	150x150px]]
leader2	Robert Richards
leader_since2	1 April 1938
party2	Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Wallaroo
percentage2	48.0%
swing2	5.3
last_election2	16 seats
seats2	13 seats
seat_change2	3
title	Premier
before_election	Thomas Playford
before_party	Liberal and Country League
after_election	Thomas Playford
after_party	Liberal and Country League

20 seats were needed for a majority

State elections were held in South Australia on 8 March 1947. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League government led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Robert Richards.

Background

The LCL won three seats—metropolitan Norwood, Prospect and Torrens—from Labor. The LCL won back rural Victoria after losing it to Labor at a by-election in 1945.

Results

Arrangement of the House of Assembly after the 1947 state election.

| turnout % = 93.37% | informal % = 3.63% |votes % = 48.64% |votes % = 40.38% |votes % = 2.97% |votes % = 6.20% |votes % = 1.80% |2pp % 1 = 52.00% |2pp % 2 = 48.00% |}

The primary vote figures were from contested seats, while the state-wide two-party-preferred vote figures were estimated from all seats.

Notes

References

Jaensch, Dean. (March 2007). "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006: House of Assembly, Volume 1". State Electoral Office South Australia.
Tilby Stock, Jenny. (1996). "Playford's South Australia: essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968". Association of Professional Historians.
. (10 March 1947). ["Liberals Win: Gains in S.A. Elections"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18010911). *[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]*.
. (10 March 1947). ["Liberals win in SA: Gain Three Seats"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26384976). *[[The Mercury (Hobart)*.
. (15 March 1947). ["L.C.L Wins Victoria"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78137094). *[[The Border Watch]]*.
"Summary of 1947 Election". University of Western Australia.

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