title: 1947 South Australian state election
text: # 1947 South Australian state election
  
  State elections were held in South Australia on 8 March 1947. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League government led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Robert Richards.
  
  ## Background
  
  The LCL won three seats—metropolitan Norwood, Prospect and Torrens—from Labor. The LCL won back rural Victoria after losing it to Labor at a by-election in 1945.
  
  ## Results
  
  South Australian state election, 8 March 1947 House of Assembly
  
  << 1944–1950 >> :
  
  | Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 306,059 | | | | |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Votes cast | Votes cast | 285,765 | | Turnout | 93.37% | +4.84% |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 10,366 | | Informal | 3.63% | +0.41% |
  | Summary of votes by party |||||||
  | Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
  | | Labor | 133,959 | 48.64% | +6.12% | 13 | – 3 |
  | | Liberal and Country | 111,216 | 40.38% | –5.46% | 23 | + 3 |
  | | Communist | 8,178 | 2.97% | +0.90% | 0 | ± 0 |
  | | Independent | 17,083 | 6.20% | –0.43% | 3 | ± 0 |
  | | Independent Labor | 4,963 | 1.80% | –0.45% | 0 | ± 0 |
  | Total | Total | 275,399 | | | 39 | |
  | Two-party-preferred |||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | | 52.00% | +5.30% | | |
  | | Labor | | 48.00% | –5.30% | | |
  
  * The primary vote figures were from contested seats, while the state-wide two-party-preferred vote figures were estimated from all seats.
  