All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly 24 seats were needed for a majority 11 (of the 22) seats in the South Australian Legislative Council
First party
Second party
Leader
David Tonkin
Des Corcoran
Party
Liberal
Labor
Leader since
24 July 1975
15 February 1979
Leader's seat
Bragg
Hartley
Seats before
18
27
Seats won
24
20
Seat change
6
7
Popular vote
352,343
300,277
Percentage
47.94%
40.86%
Swing
6.73pp
10.78pp
TPP
55.0%
45.0%
TPP swing
8.40pp
8.40pp
Third party
Fourth party
DEM
NAT
Leader
Robin Millhouse
Peter Blacker
Party
Democrats
National
Leader's seat
Mitcham
Flinders
Seats before
1
1
Seats won
1
1
Seat change
Popular vote
60,797
14,013
Percentage
8.30%
1.91%
Swing
4.82pp
0.31pp
Premier before election
Des Corcoran
Labor
Elected Premier
David Tonkin
Liberal
State elections were held in South Australia on 15 September 1979. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia Des Corcoran was defeated by the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition David Tonkin.
The Liberals originally won 25 seats, but a court decision overturned their win in Norwood. Labor won the Norwood by-election, which meant the Liberals held 24 seats, with Labor on 20 seats, and 1 each to the Australian Democrats, National Country Party, and an Independent Labor.
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