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State elections were held in
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on 8 March 1947. All 39 seats in the
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were up for election. The incumbent
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government led by
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of South Australia
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defeated the opposition
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led by
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Robert Richards.


Background

The LCL won three seats—metropolitan Norwood,
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and Torrens—from Labor. The LCL won back rural
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after losing it to Labor at a by-election in
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Results

* The primary vote figures were from contested seats, while the state-wide two-party-preferred vote figures were estimated from all seats.


See also

* Results of the South Australian state election, 1947 (House of Assembly) * Candidates of the 1947 South Australian state election * Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1947-1950 * Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1947-1950 *
Playmander The Playmander was a gerrymandering system, a pro-rural electoral malapportionment in the Australian state of South Australia, which was introduced by the incumbent Liberal and Country League (LCL) government in 1936, and remained in place for 32 ...


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