Results of the 1985 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)
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{{Australian elections/Title row
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| title = South Australian state election, 7 December 1985{{cite web|title=History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 2 Legislative Council|url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=483|website=ECSA|accessdate=22 May 2016}}
| house = Legislative Council
| series = South Australian state election
| back = 1982
| forward = 1989
| staggered = yes
| enrolled = 905,507
| total_votes = 846,250
| turnout % = 93.46
| turnout chg = +0.67
| informal = 31,312
| informal % = 3.70
| informal chg = –6.37
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor SA
|votes = 391,076
|votes % = 47.99
|votes chg = +0.40
|seats = 5
|seats held = 10
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Liberal SA
|votes = 320,055
|votes % = 39.27
|votes chg = –2.15
|seats = 5
|seats held = 10
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Democrats
|votes = 44,988
|votes % = 5.52
|votes chg = –0.04
|seats = 1
|seats held = 2
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Call to Australia
|votes = 24,666
|votes % = 3.03
|votes chg = +3.03
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Nationals SA
|votes = 13,276
|votes % = 1.63
|votes chg = –0.37
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Nuclear Disarmament
|votes = 12,098
|votes % = 1.48
|votes chg = +1.48
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party = Other
|votes = 8,779
|votes % = 1.08
|votes chg = *
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 814,938
|total_seats = 11
|total_held = 22
}}
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This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1985 South Australian state election.
Continuing members
The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|1982–1989 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|1982–1989 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|1982–1988 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|1982–1989 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|1982–1989 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
|1982–1989 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
|1982–1989 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
|1982–1989 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
|1982–1989 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
|vacant seat |1982–1989 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Democrats}}|
|1982–1989 |
Election results
{{Election box begin
|title = 1985 South Australian state election: Legislative Council
}}
{{Election box quota
|quota = 67,912
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor SA
|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Brian Chatterton (elected 1)}}
{{nowrap|2. Gordon Bruce (elected 3)}}
{{nowrap|3. Barbara Wiese (elected 5)}}
{{nowrap|4. Terry Roberts (elected 7)}}
{{nowrap|5. Carolyn Pickles (elected 9)}}
6. Colleen Hutchison
7. Brian Smith
8. Denis Crisp
|votes = 391,076
|percentage = 48.0
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal SA
|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Trevor Griffin (elected 2)}}
{{nowrap|2. Legh Davis (elected 4)}}
{{nowrap|3. Robert Ritson (elected 6)}}
{{nowrap|4. Jamie Irwin (elected 8)}}
{{nowrap|5. John Burdett (elected 10)}}
6. Sue Crew
7. Alan Ferguson
|votes = 320,055
|percentage = 39.3
|change = -2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Democrats
|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Mike Elliott (elected 11)}}
2. Heather Southcott
3. Donald Chisholm
4. Meg Lees
5. Sandra Kanck
6. Anthony Roberts
|votes = 44,988
|percentage = 5.5
|change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Call to Australia
|candidate = 1. Robert Brown
2. William Pomery
3. Cathryn Linedale
4. Carl Wieland
5. Wayne Ledger
6. David Aitken
7. William Wright
|votes = 24,666
|percentage = 3.0
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Nationals SA
|candidate = 1. Kelvin Carter
2. Robin Dixon-Thompson
3. Neville Agars
4. Donald Hunt
|votes = 13,276
|percentage = 1.6
|change = -0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Nuclear Disarmament
|candidate = 1. Frances Mowling
2. Ian Modistach
|votes = 11,986
|percentage = 1.5
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Stephen Dimitriou
|votes = 8,337
|percentage = 1.0
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Josephine Mountwinter
|votes = 442
|percentage = 0.1
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 814,938
|percentage = 96.3
|change = +6.4
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 31,312
|percentage = 3.7
|change = -6.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 846,250
|percentage = 93.5
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box end}}