Electoral results for the district of Light

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Light in South Australian state elections.

Members for Light

2022 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	13,144	57.5	+6.4
	Liberal	Andrew Williamson	5,468	23.9	−10.5
	One Nation	David Duncan	1,542	6.8	+6.8
	Greens	Brett Ferris	1,506	6.6	−0.3
	Family First	Benjamin Hackett	1,184	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			22,844	97.0
Informal votes			704	3.0
Turnout			23,548	88.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	15,873	69.5	+11.1
	Liberal	Andrew Williamson	6,971	30.5	−11.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.1

2018 South Australian state election: Light^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	11,906	52.8	+6.0
	Liberal	Karen McColl	7,527	33.4	−7.0
	Greens	Felicity Green	1,606	7.1	+1.3
	Conservatives	Carl Teusner	1,525	6.8	−0.3
Total formal votes			22,564	95.9	−1.2
Informal votes			953	4.1	+1.2
Turnout			23,517	90.5	+8.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	13,516	59.9	+5.9
	Liberal	Karen McColl	9,048	40.1	−5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.9

2014 South Australian state election: Light^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	9,919	46.2	−0.2
	Liberal	Cosie Costa	9,011	42.0	+1.5
	Family First	Wendy Rose	1,355	6.3	+2.1
	Greens	Terry Allen	1,193	5.6	+0.2
Total formal votes			21,478	97.3	+0.8
Informal votes			592	2.7	−0.8
Turnout			22,070	92.6	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	11,334	52.8	−0.0
	Liberal	Cosie Costa	10,144	47.2	+0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.0

2010 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	10,077	48.5	+3.8
	Liberal	Cosie Costa	7,899	38.0	−1.8
	Greens	Penny Johnston	1,088	5.2	+0.3
	Family First	Tony Bates	906	4.4	−2.4
	Save the RAH	Simon Stewart-Rattray	458	2.2	+2.2
	Gamers 4 Croydon	Matthew Allpress	216	1.0	+1.0
	Fair Land Tax	Lachlan Hetherington	150	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			20,794	95.8
Informal votes			758	4.2
Turnout			21,552	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	11,499	55.3	+3.2
	Liberal	Cosie Costa	9,295	44.7	−3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

2006 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	9,217	44.6	+5.5
	Liberal	Malcolm Buckby	8,217	39.7	−3.9
	Family First	Olga Vidoni	1,403	6.8	+2.3
	Greens	Jenni Douglas	1,027	5.0	+2.1
	No Rodeo	Craig Allan	445	2.2	+2.2
	Democrats	Alan Collinson	370	1.8	−3.7
Total formal votes			20,679	96.1	−0.5
Informal votes			835	3.9	+0.5
Turnout			21,514	92.5	−2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	10,768	52.1	+4.9
	Liberal	Malcolm Buckby	9,911	47.9	−4.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.9

2002 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Buckby	8,954	43.6	+1.2
	Labor	Annette Hurley	8,032	39.1	+3.2
	Democrats	Tim Haines	1,121	5.5	−16.2
	Family First	Shane Thorman	933	4.5	+4.5
	One Nation	David Dwyer	627	3.1	+3.1
	Greens	Ruth Jackson	587	2.9	+2.9
	SA First	James Gallagher	285	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			20,539	96.6
Informal votes			718	3.4
Turnout			21,257	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Buckby	10,843	52.8	+1.9
	Labor	Annette Hurley	9,696	47.2	−1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

1997 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Buckby	9,133	47.3	−12.7
	Labor	Pauline Gill	5,917	30.7	+3.1
	Democrats	Kate Reynolds	4,249	22.0	+10.4
Total formal votes			19,299	95.6	−1.5
Informal votes			892	4.4	+1.5
Turnout			20,191	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Buckby	10,862	56.3	−8.9
	Labor	Pauline Gill	8,437	43.7	+8.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.9

1993 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Buckby	11,482	61.4	+9.0
	Labor	Susan Simpson	4,877	26.1	−8.3
	Democrats	Catherine Tucker-Lee	2,339	12.5	+4.1
Total formal votes			18,698	97.3	+0.3
Informal votes			526	2.7	−0.3
Turnout			19,224	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Buckby	12,415	66.4	+5.8
	Labor	Susan Simpson	6,283	33.6	−5.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

1989 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	10,912	53.5	−2.1
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	6,564	32.2	−5.3
	Democrats	John Joyes	1,500	7.4	+2.8
	Call to Australia	Theodor Stiller	1,206	5.9	+5.9
	Independent	Eric Gerlach	207	1.0	−1.3
Total formal votes			20,389	97.0	+1.6
Informal votes			623	3.0	−1.6
Turnout			21,012	95.9	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	12,818	62.9	+3.6
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	7,571	37.1	−3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.6

1985 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	10,012	55.6	−6.4
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	6,756	37.5	+4.5
	Democrats	Nicholas Wedge	828	4.6	−0.4
	Independent	Eric Gerlach	410	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			18,006	95.4
Informal votes			877	4.6
Turnout			18,883	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	10,675	59.3	−5.7
	Labor	Tony Piccolo	7,331	40.7	+5.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.7

1982 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	9,553	62.3	−1.3
	Labor	William Young	4,933	32.2	+2.5
	Democrats	Nicholas Wedge	845	5.5	−1.2
Total formal votes			15,331	95.3	−1.3
Informal votes			751	4.7	+1.3
Turnout			16,082	94.9	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	10,000	65.2	−2.0
	Labor	William Young	5,331	34.8	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.0

1979 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	9,412	63.6	+2.9
	Labor	William Young	4,392	29.7	−9.6
	Democrats	Barrie Tornquist	999	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			14,803	96.6	−1.0
Informal votes			520	3.4	+1.0
Turnout			15,323	94.3	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	9,947	67.2	+6.5
	Labor	William Young	4,856	32.8	−6.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.5

1977 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	8,968	60.7	+12.0
	Labor	James Reese	5,815	39.3	+9.3
Total formal votes			14,783	97.6
Informal votes			362	2.4
Turnout			15,145	93.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.1

1975 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	5,211	46.7	−15.4
	Labor	Douglas Harrison	3,684	33.0	−1.9
	Liberal Movement	John Lienert	2,260	20.3	+20.3
Total formal votes			11,155	96.8	−0.2
Informal votes			364	3.2	+0.2
Turnout			11,519	94.4	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	7,019	62.9	−0.7
	Labor	Douglas Harrison	4,136	37.1	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.7

1973 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Bruce Eastick	6,031	62.1	+8.7
	Labor	William Sneesby	3,390	34.9	−9.2
	Independent	Eric Gerlach	294	3.0	+0.6
Total formal votes			9,715	97.0	−1.5
Informal votes			305	3.0	+1.5
Turnout			10,020	95.6	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Bruce Eastick	6,179	63.6	+9.0
	Labor	William Sneesby	3,536	36.4	−9.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+9.0

1970 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Bruce Eastick	4,963	53.4
	Labor	Brian Chatterton	4,101	44.1
	Independent	Eric Gerlach	227	2.4
Total formal votes			9,291	98.5
Informal votes			137	1.5
Turnout			9,428	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Bruce Eastick	5,077	54.6
	Labor	Brian Chatterton	4,214	45.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1968 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	John Freebairn	3,873	68.9	−31.1
	Labor	Ernest Fahey	1,749	31.1	+31.1
Total formal votes			5,622	98.2
Informal votes			99	1.8
Turnout			5,721	96.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1965 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	John Freebairn	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1962 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	John Freebairn	2,606	43.9	−27.9
	Labor	Colin Wurst	2,005	33.8	+5.6
	Independent	Eli Hambour	1,322	22.3	+22.3
Total formal votes			5,933	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			54	0.9	−0.5
Turnout			5,987	97.4	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	John Freebairn	3,614	60.9	−10.9
	Labor	Colin Wurst	2,319	39.1	+10.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−10.9