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Electoral results for the district of Todd

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This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Todd in South Australian elections.

Members for Todd

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Member Party Term
  Molly Byrne Labor 1977–1979
  Scott Ashenden Liberal 1979–1985
  John Klunder Labor 1985–1993

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1989 South Australian state election: Todd[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Klunder 8,822 46.8 −6.4
Liberal Ernest Harders de Braconier 7,635 40.5 −1.7
Democrats David Ball 1,834 9.7 +5.1
Call to Australia Tom Curnow 557 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 18,848 97.0 +0.3
Informal votes 580 3.0 −0.3
Turnout 19,428 95.7 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Klunder 9,958 52.8 −3.1
Liberal Ernest Harders de Braconier 8,890 47.2 +3.1
Labor hold Swing −3.1
1985 South Australian state election: Todd
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Klunder 9,203 53.2 +3.3
Liberal Jeff Nicholas 7,287 42.2 −2.8
Democrats Aussie Kanck 792 4.6 −0.4
Total formal votes 17,282 96.7
Informal votes 582 3.3
Turnout 17,864 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Klunder 9,669 55.9 +3.9
Liberal Jeff Nicholas 7,613 44.1 −3.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.9
  • Todd became a notionally Labor held seat in the redistribution.
1982 South Australian state election: Todd
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Scott Ashenden 8,664 46.1 −3.7
Labor John Lewis 8,358 44.5 +3.7
Democrats Sandra Kanck 1,213 6.5 −2.9
National Rex Senior 538 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 18,773 95.1 −0.9
Informal votes 959 4.9 +0.9
Turnout 19,732 94.9 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Scott Ashenden 9,652 51.4 −3.2
Labor John Lewis 9,121 48.6 +3.2
Liberal hold Swing −3.2

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 South Australian state election: Todd
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Scott Ashenden 8,478 49.8 +6.3
Labor Molly Byrne 6,935 40.8 −15.7
Democrats Michael Reglar 1,595 9.4 +9.4
Total formal votes 17,008 96.0 −1.6
Informal votes 711 4.0 +1.6
Turnout 17,719 94.0 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Scott Ashenden 9,287 54.6 +11.1
Labor Molly Byrne 7,721 45.4 −11.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +11.1
1977 South Australian state election: Todd
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Molly Byrne 9,273 56.5 +1.9
Liberal Robert Ritson 7,136 43.5 +21.2
Total formal votes 16,409 97.6
Informal votes 407 2.4
Turnout 16,816 95.0
Labor hold Swing −1.9

References

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  1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4