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1956 South Australian state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1956 South Australian state election
country	South Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1953 South Australian state election
previous_year	1953
next_election	1959 South Australian state election
next_year	1959
seats_for_election	All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
20 seats were needed for a majority
election_date
image1	[[File:ThomasPlayford1963crop.jpg	150x150px]]
leader1	Thomas Playford
leader_since1	5 November 1938
party1	Liberal and Country League
leaders_seat1	Gumeracha
percentage1	51.3%
swing1	4.3
last_election1	21 seats
seats1	21 seats
seat_change1	0
image2	[[File:Senator Mick O'Halloran.jpg	150x150px]]
leader2	Mick O'Halloran
leader_since2	10 October 1949
party2	Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Frome
percentage2	48.7%
swing2	4.3
last_election2	14 seats
seats2	15 seats
seat_change2	1
title	Premier
before_election	Thomas Playford
before_party	Liberal and Country League
after_election	Thomas Playford
after_party	Liberal and Country League
map_image	Playmander Map.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	A map of South Australian electorates from 1955 to 1969, during the height of the Playmander.

20 seats were needed for a majority

State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1956. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mick O'Halloran.

A redistribution occurred in 1955 based upon the results of the census held in June 1954.

Background

Labor won one seat, rural Murray from the LCL. The LCL won two seats, rural Wallaroo from Labor and rural Chaffey from an independent. An independent won one seat, rural Burra from the LCL.

Results

Arrangement of the House of Assembly after the 1956 state election.

| turnout % = 93.90% | informal % = 2.39% |votes % = 47.37% |votes % = 36.69% |votes % = 7.44% |votes % = 1.16% |votes % = 7.34% |2pp % 1 = 51.30% |2pp % 2 = 48.70% |}

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

Post-election pendulum

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.
. (8 October 1954). ["To Take Place Next Year: Redistribution of Federal Boundaries"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57328273). *[[The Morning Bulletin]]*.
. (5 November 1954). ["Redistribution soon in Victoria"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23449446). *[[The Argus (Melbourne)*.
"Summary of 1956 Election". University of Western Australia.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20221114001923/http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/pastelec.htm Two-party preferred figures since 1950], [[ABC News (Australia). ABC News Online]]

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