South Australian state election, 2006

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18 March 2006 (2006-03-18)

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All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
24 seats were needed for a majority
11 (of the 22) seats in the South Australian Legislative Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Mike Rann	Rob Kerin
Party	Labor	Liberal	Nationals SA
Leader since	5 November 1994	22 October 2001
Leader's seat	Ramsay	Frome
Last election	23 seats	20 seats	1 seats, 1.45%
Seats won	28 seats	15 seats	1 seat
Seat change	5	5
Popular vote	424,715	319,041	19,636
Percentage	45.2%	34.0%	2.1%
Swing	8.9%	6.0%	0.60%
TPP	56.8%	43.2%	–

Premier before election

Mike Rann
Labor

Elected Premier

Mike Rann
Labor

The state election for the 51st Parliament of South Australia was held in the Australian state of South Australia on 18 March 2006, and was conducted by the independent State Electoral Office.

In the 47-seat South Australian House of Assembly, the Labor government was returned in a landslide with 28 seats from a 56.8 percent two-party-preferred vote, winning six seats which were previously Liberal, who were reduced to just 15 seats, the worst result in their history.

In the 22-seat South Australian Legislative Council, the balance of power has been continuously held by the crossbench since the 1975 electoral reforms. With half of the seats up for election, Labor gained an additional seat at the expense of the Liberals, Nick Xenophon and No Pokies rose to prominence after unexpectedly winning a historic fifth of the entire statewide vote, the Greens won their first seat, Family First won their second seat to hold two seats, while the faltering Democrats failed to win a seat for the first time in their history.

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