Electoral results for the district of Briggs
# Electoral results for the district of Briggs

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Briggs in South Australian state elections from 1985 to 1989.

## Members for Briggs

| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mike Rann | Labor | 1985–1993 |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Briggs :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Mike Rann | 10,112 | 55.4 | -1.2 |
| | Liberal | Terry Stuart | 5,912 | 32.4 | +5.0 |
| | Democrats | Colin Maas | 2,232 | 12.2 | +7.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,256 | 97.3 | +1.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 514 | 2.7 | -1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,770 | 94.7 | +1.9 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Mike Rann | 11,278 | 61.8 | -5.6 |
| | Liberal | Terry Stuart | 6,978 | 38.2 | +5.6 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -5.6 | |

1985 South Australian state election: Briggs :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Mike Rann | 9,142 | 56.6 | -4.4 |
| | Liberal | Bernhard Buchner | 4,430 | 27.4 | -2.6 |
| | Independent | David Whiting | 1,818 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
| | Democrats | Anastasios Giannouklas | 766 | 4.7 | -4.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,156 | 95.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 687 | 4.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,843 | 92.8 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Mike Rann | 10,894 | 67.4 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal | Bernhard Buchner | 5,262 | 32.6 | -1.4 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
