All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly 20 seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Steele Hall
Don Dunstan
Party
Liberal and Country League
Labor
Leader since
13 July 1966
1 June 1967
Leader's seat
Gouger
Norwood
Last election
17 seats
21 seats
Seats won
19 seats
19 seats
Seat change
2
2
Percentage
46.8%
53.2%
Swing
1.1
1.1
Premier before election
Don Dunstan
Labor
Elected Premier
Steele Hall
Liberal and Country League
The 1968South AustralianState election was held in South Australia on 2 March 1968.[1] All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election; 38 of the 39 contests were won by candidates from Australia's two major political parties. The incumbent Labor Party South Australia led by Premier of South Australia Don Dunstan and the Liberal and Country League led by Leader of the Opposition Steele Hall) both won 19 seats.[2] The sole independent candidate to win a race, Tom Stott of the Ridley electorate, joined with the LCL's 19 seats to form a coalition government that held a 20 to 19 majority, thus defeating the Dunstan Labor government.
^"SA Govt. fights for life", The Age (Melbourne), 4 March 1968, p1
^Jaensch, Dean (March 2007). "The 1968 General Election – Formed the 39th Parliament". History of South Australian elections 1857–2006: House of Assembly, Volume 1. State Electoral Office South Australia. pp. 289–292. ISBN 9780975048634. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015 – via Electoral Commission of South Australia.
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