South Australian state election, 1947

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8 March 1947 (1947-03-08)

1950 →

All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
20 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Thomas Playford	Robert Richards
Party	Liberal and Country League	Labor
Leader since	5 November 1938	1938
Leader's seat	Gumeracha	Wallaroo
Last election	20 seats	16 seats
Seats won	23 seats	13 seats
Seat change	3	3
Percentage	52.0%	48.0%
Swing	5.3	5.3

Premier before election

Thomas Playford
Liberal and Country League

Elected Premier

Thomas Playford
Liberal and Country League

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.

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.

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