For the local government elections scheduled to be held in November, see 2026 South Australian local elections.
2026 South Australian state election
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All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly 24 seats are needed for a majority 11 (of the 22) seats in the South Australian Legislative Council
Opinion polls
Leader
Peter Malinauskas
David Speirs
Party
Labor
Liberal
Leader since
9 April 2018
19 April 2022
Leader's seat
Croydon
Black
Last election
27 seats
16 seats
Current seats
28 seats
14 seats
Seats needed
10
Incumbent Premier
Peter Malinauskas
Labor
The 2026 South Australian state election will be held on 21 March 2026 to elect members to the 56th Parliament of South Australia. All 47 seats in the House of Assembly (the lower house, whose members were elected at the 2022 election), and half the seats in the Legislative Council (the upper house, last filled at the 2018 election) are up for re-election.
The incumbent Labor government, currently led by Premier Peter Malinauskas, will attempt to win a second four-year term against the Liberal opposition, currently led by David Speirs.
South Australia has compulsory voting, uses full-preference instant-runoff voting for single-member electorates in the lower house, and optional preference single transferable voting in the proportionally represented upper house. The election will be conducted by the Electoral Commission of South Australia (ECSA), an independent body answerable to Parliament.
The election will be held on the same day as the South Australian First Nations Voice election.[1][2]
^"Key dates". 2024 South Australian First Nations Voice election.
^"SA First Nations Voice election results show low turnout, but candidate urges 'give us a chance'". ABC News.
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