Results of the 1973 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)
# Results of the 1973 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)

South Australian state election, 10 March, 1973 Legislative Council

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| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 383,758 | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 357,971 | | Turnout | 93.3 | –1.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 27,140 | | Informal | 7.6 | +1.7 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held |
| | Labor | 174,082 | 52.6 | –5.3 | 4 | 6 |
| | Liberal and Country | 152,921 | 46.2 | +4.2 | 6 | 14 |
| | Australia | 2,618 | 0.8 | +0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent | 1,210 | 0.4 | +0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 330,831 | | | 10 | 20 |

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1973 South Australian state election.

## Results by District

### Central No. 1

1973 South Australian state election: Central District No. 1 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Don Banfield (elected) | 57,873 | 63.9 | |
| | Labor | Tom Casey (elected) | 3,130 | 3.5 | |
| | Liberal and Country | Iris MacDonald | 27,563 | 30.4 | |
| | Liberal and Country | Lois Bell | 2,002 | 2.2 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 90,568 | 90.7 | -0.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9,228 | 9.3 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,976 | 93.9 | +0.1 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 61,003 | 67.4 | -16.1 |
| | Liberal and Country | | 29,565 | 32.6 | +32.6 |

### Central No. 2

1973 South Australian state election: Central District No. 2 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | Frank Potter (elected) | 39,749 | 48.0 | |
| | Liberal and Country | Jessie Cooper (elected) | 1,856 | 2.2 | |
| | Labor | Mary Brannigan | 37,240 | 45.0 | |
| | Labor | Ronald Lock | 1,300 | 1.6 | |
| | Australia | Richard Grove | 2,112 | 2.6 | |
| | Australia | Colin Miller | 506 | 0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 82,763 | 92.5 | -2.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,690 | 7.5 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 89,453 | 93.7 | -1.8 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 41,605 | 50.3 | -6.6 |
| | Labor | | 38,540 | 46.6 | +5.9 |
| | Australia | | 2,618 | 3.2 | +3.2 |

### Midland

1973 South Australian state election: Midland District :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Cec Creedon (elected) | 31,786 | 52.3 | |
| | Labor | Brian Chatterton (elected) | 2,017 | 3.3 | |
| | Liberal and Country | John Freebairn | 23,216 | 38.2 | |
| | Liberal and Country | Les Hart | 3,803 | 6.3 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 60,822 | 93.3 | -1.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,357 | 6.7 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,179 | 93.5 | -2.1 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 33,803 | 55.6 | +8.9 |
| | Liberal and Country | | 27,019 | 44.4 | -8.9 |

### Northern

1973 South Australian state election: Northern District :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | Richard Geddes (elected) | 19,667 | 45.4 | |
| | Liberal and Country | Arthur Whyte (elected) | 2,988 | 6.9 | |
| | Labor | Frank Blevins | 19,159 | 44.2 | |
| | Labor | John Phelan | 1,515 | 3.5 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 43,329 | 93.4 | -2.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,038 | 6.6 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,367 | 91.4 | -6.4 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 22,655 | 52.3 | -8.4 |
| | Labor | | 20,674 | 47.7 | +8.4 |

### Southern

1973 South Australian state election: Southern District :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | Ren DeGaris (elected) | 30,263 | 56.7 | |
| | Liberal and Country | Henry Kemp (elected) | 1,814 | 3.4 | |
| | Labor | Dennis Beager | 18,355 | 34.4 | |
| | Labor | James Hennessy | 1,707 | 3.2 | |
| | Independent | John Gartner | 1,210 | 2.3 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 53,349 | 93.3 | -2.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,827 | 6.7 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,176 | 92.9 | -1.5 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 32,077 | 60.1 | -4.3 |
| | Labor | | 20,062 | 37.6 | +2.0 |
| | Independent | John Gartner | 1,210 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
