title: 1950 South Australian state election
text: # 1950 South Australian state election
  
  State elections were held in South Australia on 4 March 1950. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mick O'Halloran.
  
  ## Background
  
  Only one seat changed hands, rural Stanley saw the Labor member re-elected as an independent member. Notably, neither major party contested the independent-held seat of Ridley.
  
  ## Results
  
  South Australian state election, 4 March 1950 House of Assembly
  
  << 1947–1953 >> :
  
  | Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 311,658 | | | | |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Votes cast | Votes cast | 290,306 | | Turnout | 93.15% | –0.22% |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9,667 | | Informal | 3.33% | –0.30% |
  | Summary of votes by party |||||||
  | Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
  | | Labor | 134,952 | 48.09% | –0.55% | 12 | – 1 |
  | | Liberal and Country | 113,673 | 40.51% | +0.12% | 23 | ± 0 |
  | | Communist | 3,749 | 1.34% | –1.63% | 0 | ± 0 |
  | | Independent | 28,265 | 10.07% | +3.87% | 4 | + 1 |
  | Total | Total | 280,639 | | | 39 | |
  | Two-party-preferred |||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | | 51.30% | –0.70% | | |
  | | Labor | | 48.70% | +0.70% | | |
  
  * The primary vote figures were from contested seats, while the statewide two-party-preferred vote figures were estimated from all seats.
  