Electoral results for the district of Salisbury (South Australia)

This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Salisbury in South Australian elections.

Members for Salisbury

Member		Party	Term
	Reg Groth	Labor	1970–1979
	Lynn Arnold	Labor	1979–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 South Australian state election: Salisbury[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lynn Arnold	13,632	69.1	+8.3
	Liberal	Derrick Rich	4,759	24.1	−15.1
	Democrats	David Vigor	1,343	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			19,734	91.3	−1.7
Informal votes			1,868	8.7	+1.7
Turnout			21,602	92.8	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lynn Arnold	14,316	72.5	+11.7
	Liberal	Derrick Rich	5,418	27.5	−11.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.7

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lynn Arnold	10,840	60.8	−8.7
	Liberal	Derrick Rich	6,996	39.2	+8.7
Total formal votes			17,836	93.0	−2.0
Informal votes			1,336	7.0	+2.0
Turnout			19,172	93.3	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.7

1977 South Australian state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Groth	12,150	69.5	+7.1
	Liberal	Ann Allen	5,333	30.5	+10.4
Total formal votes			17,483	95.0
Informal votes			919	5.0
Turnout			18,402	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.5

1975 South Australian state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Groth	10,398	62.1	−21.9
	Liberal	Lancelot Chaplin	3,367	20.1	+20.1
	Liberal Movement	Ronald Woods	2,984	17.8	+17.8
Total formal votes			16,749	94.6	+7.8
Informal votes			947	5.4	−7.8
Turnout			17,696	92.8	−1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Groth	10,703	63.9	−20.1
	Liberal	Lancelot Chaplin	6,046	36.1	+36.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1973 South Australian state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Groth	10,943	84.0	+17.0
	Independent	Robert Maczkowiack	2,079	16.0	+16.0
Total formal votes			13,022	86.8	−10.8
Informal votes			1,979	13.2	+10.8
Turnout			15,001	93.9	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1970 South Australian state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Groth	8,742	67.0
	Liberal and Country	Colin De Vos	3,711	28.5
	Social Credit	Philip Hobbs	587	4.5
Total formal votes			13,040	97.6
Informal votes			319	2.4
Turnout			13,359	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Groth	9,135	69.3
	Liberal and Country	Colin De Vos	3,905	30.7
	Labor hold		Swing

References

1. History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4