Election Day: Saturday 20th March 2010.
South Australia went to the Polls, with the ALP expecting a swing against them, but even with a smaller vote count than the Liberals, the ALP still won the election after winning 25 seats.
As at midnight on Election day, 72.9% of the vote had been counted, with ALP getting 37.9% and Liberals a higher figure of 41.4%, with 8.0% going to the Greens.
Number of votes so far allocated
- 318,201 votes for Liberal
- 291,338 votes for ALP (Labor)
- 62,014 votes for Greens
The number of seats won so far is:
25 Labor with 37.8% of the vote and Winning the election
18 Liberal with 41.3% of the vote
3 Independent with 4.9% of the vote
2010 South Australia State Election Results
| Votes | Party | % of Vote | Seats | % of Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291,338 | Australian Labor Party | 37.82% | 25 | 53.2% |
| 318,201 | Liberal Party of Australia | 41.30% | 18 | 38.3% |
| 62,014 | SA Greens | 8.05% | ||
| 40,605 | Family First Party | 5.27% | ||
| 2,899 | Australian Democrats | 0.38% | ||
| 8,505 | Nationals SA | 1.10% | ||
| 37,633 | Independents | 4.88% | 3 | 6.4% |
| 9,196 | Other | 1.19% |
An unusual outcome this year:
Liberal get more votes than Labor, yet Labor have won.
Both Liberal and Greens have shown increases so far, compared to the 2006 results, with Liberals gaining a 7.3% swing and Greens a 1.6% swing, and a 7.4% swing against Labor. Family first and Nationals both having small swings against them, -0.6% and -1.0% respectively.
The 2006 South Australia State Election Results showed the following break up of votes
| Votes | Party | % of Vote | Seats | % of Seats |
| 424,715 | Australian Labor Party | 45.22% | 28 | 59.6% |
| 319,041 | Liberal Party of Australia | 33.97% | 15 | 31.9% |
| 60,949 | SA Greens | 6.49% | 0 | |
| 55,192 | Family First Party | 5.88% | 0 | |
| 27,179 | Australian Democrats | 2.89% | 0 | |
| 19,636 | Nationals SA | 2.09% | 1 | 2.1% |
| 25,884 | Independents | 2.76% | 3 | 6.4% |
| 6,565 | Other | 0.70% | 0 |
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