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Labor wins SA election by a landslide
April 2026 Labor has comfortably won re-election in South Australia, while One Nation appears to have achieved its best electoral result anywhere in the country in nearly 30 years. In a result the ABC’s Chief Election Analyst Casey Briggs described as “an earthquake” that would have implications all around the country, the Liberal Party’s vote has dramatically collapsed with One Nation’s support rising enormously. Peter Malinauskas and his Labor team have won the state election and, as the Greek Tribune goes to print, it looks likely that Labor with a 38% of the vote, will win 34 of the 47 lower house seats and the Liberal Party (19.2%) 5 seats possibly 6. The One Nation (22%) is likely to win three seats and the remaining four seats are going to Independents. In the upper House (Legislative Council) out of the 11 seats, ALP with 37% has secured 5, Liberals with 17.3% 2 seats, One Nation with 24.2% has secured three seats and the Greens (10.8%) one seat. Speaking at the official ALP function on Saturday night, Mr Malinauskas said that although the result was “the best result our party has ever achieved, it’s very important that no one confuses tonight’s result as adulation”. He said it instead should be seen as an invitation to continue to “work our guts out for the next four years”. Mr Briggs said Premier Peter Malinauskas had secured a second term with a significantly increased majority. Liberal Leader Ashton Hurn retained her seat of Schubert, in the state’s Barossa Valley region. She previously held the seat with a margin of 11.9 per cent and has had an almost 6 per cent swing against her based on primary votes. Speaking at the Liberal Party headquarters, Ms Hurn said despite the result, there was still hope for the Liberals in SA. Liberal seats won by the Labor Party at last weeks State election include the seat of Heartley by Jean Roberts, Colton won by Aria Bolkus, Unley went to the ALP’s Alice Rolls and Morialta went to Matthew Marozzi.
Greek Tribune
Adelaide, South Australia
© 2021 Greek Community Tribune All Rights Reserved
Labor wins SA election by a landslide
April 2026 Labor has comfortably won re-election in South Australia, while One Nation appears to have achieved its best electoral result anywhere in the country in nearly 30 years. In a result the ABC’s Chief Election Analyst Casey Briggs described as “an earthquake” that would have implications all around the country, the Liberal Party’s vote has dramatically collapsed with One Nation’s support rising enormously. Peter Malinauskas and his Labor team have won the state election and, as the Greek Tribune goes to print, it looks likely that Labor with a 38% of the vote, will win 34 of the 47 lower house seats and the Liberal Party (19.2%) 5 seats possibly 6. The One Nation (22%) is likely to win three seats and the remaining four seats are going to Independents. In the upper House (Legislative Council) out of the 11 seats, ALP with 37% has secured 5, Liberals with 17.3% 2 seats, One Nation with 24.2% has secured three seats and the Greens (10.8%) one seat. Speaking at the official ALP function on Saturday night, Mr Malinauskas said that although the result was “the best result our party has ever achieved, it’s very important that no one confuses tonight’s result as adulation”. He said it instead should be seen as an invitation to continue to “work our guts out for the next four years”. Mr Briggs said Premier Peter Malinauskas had secured a second term with a significantly increased majority. Liberal Leader Ashton Hurn retained her seat of Schubert, in the state’s Barossa Valley region. She previously held the seat with a margin of 11.9 per cent and has had an almost 6 per cent swing against her based on primary votes. Speaking at the Liberal Party headquarters, Ms Hurn said despite the result, there was still hope for the Liberals in SA. Liberal seats won by the Labor Party at last weeks State election include the seat of Heartley by Jean Roberts, Colton won by Aria Bolkus, Unley went to the ALP’s Alice Rolls and Morialta went to Matthew Marozzi.
Greek Tribune
Adelaide, South Australia