title: Electoral results for the district of Baudin
text: # Electoral results for the district of Baudin
  
  This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Baudin in South Australian elections.
  
  ## Members for Baudin
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Don Hopgood | Labor | 1977–1993 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1989 South Australian state election: Baudin :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Don Hopgood | 9,809 | 48.3 | -11.9 |
  | | Liberal | Pamela Howard | 7,349 | 36.2 | +3.3 |
  | | Democrats | Nicholas Wedge | 2,466 | 12.2 | +7.2 |
  | | Independent | Lyall McDonald | 663 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,287 | 96.6 | +0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 722 | 3.4 | -0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,009 | 93.9 | +2.0 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Don Hopgood | 11,173 | 55.1 | -8.6 |
  | | Liberal | Pamela Howard | 9,114 | 44.9 | +8.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -8.6 | |
  
  1985 South Australian state election: Baudin :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Don Hopgood | 10,681 | 60.2 | +2.2 |
  | | Liberal | Bill Fraser | 5,831 | 32.9 | +0.9 |
  | | Democrats | D Perrotin | 883 | 5.0 | -5.0 |
  | | Independent | Mort Daly | 339 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,734 | 96.2 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 699 | 3.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,433 | 91.9 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Don Hopgood | 11,296 | 63.7 | +0.7 |
  | | Liberal | Bill Fraser | 6,438 | 36.3 | -0.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -0.7 | |
  
  1982 South Australian state election: Baudin :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Don Hopgood | 12,802 | 61.8 | +13.6 |
  | | Liberal | Deane Clough | 6,068 | 29.3 | -8.9 |
  | | Democrats | Ivor Childs | 1,838 | 8.9 | -4.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,708 | 93.5 | -1.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,441 | 6.5 | +1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,149 | 93.4 | +1.0 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Don Hopgood | 13,721 | 66.2 | +10.5 |
  | | Liberal | Deane Clough | 6,987 | 33.8 | -10.5 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +10.5 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1979 South Australian state election: Baudin :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Don Hopgood | 8,918 | 48.2 | -18.5 |
  | | Liberal | Thomas Mitchell | 7,083 | 38.2 | +4.9 |
  | | Democrats | Paul Dawe | 2,520 | 13.6 | +13.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,521 | 95.0 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 969 | 5.0 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,490 | 92.4 | -1.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Don Hopgood | 10,321 | 55.7 | -11.0 |
  | | Liberal | Thomas Mitchell | 8,200 | 44.3 | +11.0 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -11.0 | |
  
  1977 South Australian state election: Baudin :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Don Hopgood | 11,463 | 66.7 | +9.6 |
  | | Liberal | Mervyn Sawade | 5,722 | 33.3 | +11.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,185 | 96.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 713 | 4.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,898 | 93.7 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +6.4 | |
  