1965 South Australian state election
Results prior to 1965
Rural overweighting known as the Playmander resulted in LCL lower house minority and majority governments for decades. Upper house elections since 1941 have held 16 LCL and 4 ALP; voting rights were limited to the wealthier classes; suffrage was dependent on certain property and wage requirements.

1965 South Australian state election

Section Title: Results prior to 1965
Table Section Text: Rural overweighting known as the Playmander resulted in LCL lower house minority and majority governments for decades. Upper house elections since 1941 have held 16 LCL and 4 ALP; voting rights were limited to the wealthier classes; suffrage was dependent on certain property and wage requirements.

Lower house percentage and seat results

% (seats)	ALP	LCL	IND	OTH	ALP 2PP	LCL 2PP

1965	55.04% (21)	35.93% (17)	1.88% (1)	7.16%	54.3%	45.7%

1962	53.98% (19)	34.51% (18)	3.15% (2)	8.37%	54.3%	45.7%

1959	49.35% (17)	36.95% (20)	5.93% (2)	7.77%	49.7%	50.3%

1956	47.37% (15)	36.69% (21)	7.34% (3)	8.60%	48.7%	51.3%

1953	50.84% (14)	36.45% (21)	11.10% (4)	1.60%	53.0%	47.0%

1950	48.09% (12)	40.51% (23)	10.07% (4)	1.34%	48.7%	51.3%

1947	48.64% (13)	40.38% (23)	6.20% (3)	4.77%	48.0%	52.0%

1944	42.52% (16)	45.84% (20)	6.64% (3)	5.00%	53.3%	46.7%

1941	33.25% (11)	37.55% (20)	29.20% (8)	0.00%

1938	26.16% (9)	33.44% (15)	39.73% (14)	0.66% (1)

1933	27.78% (6)	34.62% (29)	13.41% (3)	24.20% (8)

Primary source: WA Uni – TPP sources: ABC and Professional Historians

Sentence(s)

Labor won a record 55 percent primary vote and a landslide 54.3 percent.

final_sentence: Labor won a record 55 percent primary vote and a landslide 54.3 percent.