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Candidates of the 2026 South Australian state election

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The 2026 South Australian state election will be held on 21 March 2026 to elect all 47 members of the House of Assembly and 11 of the 22 seats in the Legislative Council.

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Nominations for candidates were closed on 2 March 2026. [1] 436 candidates (388 for the House of Assembly and 48 for the Legislative Council) will contest the election, up from 291 in 2022, and the most in the state's history. 268 candidates are male, 164 are female and four unspecified. [2]

Retiring members

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Susan Close; Deputy Premier (2022–2025)
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Stephen Mullighan; Treasurer (2022–2025)

Labor

Liberal

Independent

House of Assembly

Incumbent members are listed in bold.

ElectorateHeld by Labor Liberal Greens One Nation Other
Adelaide Labor Lucy Hood Julian AmatoBronte ColmerAoi Baxter
  • Dan Casey (AFP)
  • Kieran Snape (Ind)
Badcoe Labor Jayne Stinson Amar SinghJosh Andersen-WardDaniel Shepherd
  • Jonathan Attard (AFP)
  • Radosav Jovanovic (FFP)
Black Labor Alex Dighton Rhees BishopSarah LuscombePaula Wilson
Bragg Liberal Rick Sarre Jack Batty Susan DitterRussell PatersonRobert Walker (AFP)
Chaffey Liberal Oscar Harding Tim Whetstone Alice KuerschJenny Troeth
  • Imelda Adamson Agars (Nat)
  • Jakob Gamertsfelder (Ind)
  • Jeff Knipe (LC)
  • Tim Oakley (AFP)
  • Jason Perrin (Ind)
Cheltenham Labor Joe Szakacs Helen PikeSteffi MedrowMelissa Higgins
  • Karoline Brown (FG)
  • Kosta Hadjimarkou (Ind)
  • John Martin (AFP)
  • Alex Tennikoff (FFP)
Colton Liberal Aria BolkusBec SuttonAdelaide XerriRocco DeAngelis
  • Jake Hall-Evans (Ind)
  • Brad Lloyd (RC)
  • Lili Parsons (AJP)
  • Tony Schirripa (AFP)
  • Mathew Schulz (FFP)
Croydon Labor Peter Malinauskas Michael SantagataRuby DollingDale Blackeby
Davenport Labor Erin Thompson Trent BurnardJohn PhotakisJon Howell
  • Mathew Francis (FFP)
  • Dan Golding (Ind)
  • Rachel Smith (AFP)
Dunstan Labor* Cressida O'Hanlon Anna FinizioChristel MexVictoria Pollifrone
  • Fiona Leslie (FFP)
  • Ian McBryde (Ind)
  • Miranda Smith (AJP)
  • Ricci Stanley (FG)
  • Nick Zollo (AFP)
Elder Labor Nadia Clancy Shane van GroesenStef RozitisMatt Mangelsdorf
  • Linda Cheng (FG)
  • Robert Lonie (AFP)
  • Rosanne Walston-Leo (FFP)
Elizabeth Labor Ella ShawDawid JurczakDavid DeexKym Hanton
  • Matthew Field (LC)
  • Sanja Hendrick (FFP)
  • Marco Lorenzi (UVA)
  • Brae McKee (AFP)
  • Angela Rojas (FG)
Enfield Labor Lawrence BenOscar OngChris SiclariPaul Morrell
Finniss Liberal Phoebe Redington David Basham Bartholomew Astill-PearceGreg Powell
  • David Abram (AFP)
  • Tanya Hussey (AJP)
  • Bron Lewis (Ind)
  • Lou Nicholson (Ind)
  • Michael Scott (FG)
Flinders Liberal Ben Anchor Sam Telfer Kathryn Hardwick-FrancoBrenton Hincks
  • Dylan Cowley (Nat)
  • Sam Fulwood (AFP)
  • Craig Haslam (Ind)
  • Rod Keogh (Ind)
  • Spiro Manolakis (RC)
  • Thomas McNab (SAB)
  • Meghan Petherick (Ind)
Florey Labor Michael Brown Denise GeorgeAlexandra McGeeRiley Size
Gibson Labor Sarah Andrews Jane FlemingMike TrewarthaZoran Ananijev
  • Darryl Easther (FFP)
  • Bin Liu (AJP)
  • John Lutman (FG)
  • Glenn O'Rourke (AFP)
Giles Labor Eddie Hughes Sunny SinghAlex TaylorBarry Drage
  • Gary Balfort (FFP)
  • Jasper Price (AFP)
Hammond Liberal Simone Bailey Adrian Pederick Nicole PalachickyRobert Roylance
  • Ruby Eckermann (AJP)
  • Carmelo Graziano (UVA)
  • Bruce Hicks (AFP)
  • Lucas Hope (Ind)
  • Tristan Iveson (FG)
  • Airlie Keen (Ind)
  • James Murphy (LC)
  • Robert North (FFP)
Hartley Liberal Jenn Roberts Vincent Tarzia Melanie SearleDavid Dwyer
  • Mara Dottore (RC)
  • Robert Mill (FG)
  • Peter Salerno (UVA)
  • Bruce Smith (AFP)
  • Hugh Thompson (FFP)
Heysen Liberal Marisa Bell Josh Teague Genevieve Dawson-ScottTom Kovac
  • Chris Baker (FFP)
  • Gregory Davis (AJP)
  • Andrew Granger (Ind)
  • Tonya Scott (FG)
  • Craig Wilson (AFP)
Hurtle Vale Labor Nat Cook Charlotte GrundyTammy ScottKatrina Emmerson
  • Jannah Fahiz (AJP)
  • Sarah Kopeikin (FFP)
  • Michael Mitchard (AFP)
  • Jane Savage (LC)
Kaurna Labor Chris Picton Shane CarterSean WeatherlyZoe Jones
  • Patrick Amadio (AFP)
  • Amanda Brohier (FFP)
  • Gary Haddrell (LC)
  • Anastasios Manolakis (RC)
Kavel Independent David LeachBradley OrrSam TylerChristiaan Loch
  • Baden Ashman (AFP)
  • Dayle Baker (FFP)
  • Padma Chaplin (AJP)
  • Ashley Moule (RC)
  • Matt Schultz (Ind)
  • David Stone (FG)
  • Jacob van Raalte (Ind)
King Labor Rhiannon Pearce Amanda HendrySamuel MooreDavid Kerrison
  • Tyla Finlay (FG)
  • Julie Glasgow (FFP)
  • Lukas Gleeson (UVA)
  • Adriana Haynes (RC)
  • Angela Zakarias (AFP)
Lee Labor David WilkinsMerlindie FardoneBrett FerrisFabio Sturm
  • Bill Day (AFP)
  • Sarah McGrath (FG)
  • Krystal Schulz (FFP)
  • Vasko Vukoje (RC)
Light Labor James AgnessAndrew WilliamsonJames ScalziAlex Banks
  • Dan Hale (AFP)
  • Liam Morgan (LC)
  • Jacinta Roberts (FFP)
MacKillop Independent Mark BraesRebekah RosserCatherine OlssonJason Virgo
Mawson Labor Jenni MittonMike HoldenLawrence JohnsonTyler Green
  • Lesley Gray (LC)
  • Peter Ieraci (AFP)
  • Kelly Schumacher (RC)
Morialta Liberal Matthew MarozziScott KennedyJenn TranterPeter Ellery
  • James Bodycote (AFP)
  • Rosie Cirocco (FFP)
  • Janice Hutchison (RC)
  • Casey Marley-Duncan (FG)
Morphett Liberal Toby Priest Stephen Patterson Isabella LittTim March
  • Craig Attard (AFP)
  • Tim Birdseye (RC)
  • Maria Ruta (FG)
  • Ren Ryba (AJP)
Mount Gambier VacantMatthew KeyLamorna AlexanderSharon HolmesAnne-Marie Loef
  • Kate Amoroso (Ind)
  • Eleanor Day (AFP)
  • Travis Fatchen (Ind)
  • Martin Godfrey (LC)
  • Rachael Kenyon (FFP)
  • Cody Scholes (Ind)
  • James Thomson (AJP)
Narungga Independent Esther ShortTania StockJessica ScrivenChantelle Thomas
Newland Labor Olivia Savvas Sarai BirchHelen WrightAlison Dew-Fennell
  • Abe Lazootin (UVA)
  • Hayley Marley-Duncan (FG)
  • Rachel Mathew (FFP)
  • Colin Stanford (AFP)
Ngadjuri Liberal Tony Piccolo Penny Pratt Danielle EveryDavid Paton
  • Jonathan Jenkins (AFP)
  • Mark Lobban (LC)
  • Shari Olsson (FG)
  • Sharon Pearce (FFP)
  • Cherie Steele (AJP)
Playford Labor John Fulbrook Christopher JonesDavid WrightNickolas Tsentidis
Port Adelaide Labor Cheyne RichScott AndersonHayden ShawJoel Hendrie
  • Claire Boan (Ind)
  • Galina Brunoli (FG)
  • Tom Day (AFP)
  • Gary Johanson (Ind)
  • Sallyann Keen (LC)
  • Aaron Machado (UVA)
  • Anne McMenamin (Ind)
  • Lucia Snelling (FFP)
Ramsay Labor Zoe Bettison Daryl McCannLuke SkinnerRalph Chambers
  • Leo Demitriou (FG)
  • Mark Eckermann (LC)
  • Ashley Gaylor (AFP)
  • Nic Owen (UVA)
  • Luz Velasquez (FFP)
Reynell Labor Katrine Hildyard Haseen ZamanMiya TaitPeter Heggie
  • Andy Farmer (FFP)
  • Adnan Krasniqi (LC)
  • Aaron O'Rourke (AFP)
Schubert Liberal James Rothe Ashton Hurn Beverley MorrisBruce Preece
  • David Duncan (FG)
  • Alice Shore (AJP)
  • Matt Williams (AFP)
Stuart Independent David EwingsLeon StephensPoppy PilmoreBrandon Turton
Taylor Labor Nick Champion Ted Boul HosnXander OsbornePeter Rentoulis
  • John Attard (AFP)
  • Kylie Evans (FFP)
  • Rita Kuhlmann (AJP)
  • Brett Stephens (LC)
Torrens Labor Meagan SpencerHaritha YaraStella SalveminiDavid Medlock
  • Mervin Joshua (FFP)
  • Malcolm Reynolds (AFP)
  • Bradley Warren (UVA)
Unley Liberal Alice RollsRosalie RotoloDylan KiernanJason Wilkinson
  • Peter Attard (AFP)
  • Ryan Harrison (Ind)
  • Josip Ivka (AJP)
  • Emma Paterson (RC)
Waite Labor Catherine Hutchesson Frank Pangallo Declan BrumfieldAaron von Frattner
  • Alec Gargett (Ind)
  • Ross Pawley (AFP)
  • Mark Ruta (FG)
West Torrens Labor Tom Koutsantonis Sarika SharmaSamuel BannonJudith Aldridge
  • Anna Wamayi (FFP)
  • Mathew Wilson (AFP)
Wright Labor Blair Boyer Carston Keong-WoodhouseSamantha SkinnerSean Porter
  • Robin Hill (AFP)
  • Deb Horley (AJP)
  • Sue Nancarrow (FFP)
  • Rosalind Wilton (UVA)

Legislative Council

Incumbent members are listed in bold.

11 of the 22 seats are up for election. The Labor Party and Liberal Party are defending four seats each, Better Community, SA-Best, and Tammy Franks (Independent), are each defending one seat. Nicola Centofanti (Liberal), Sarah Game (Fair Go), Laura Henderson (Liberal), Dennis Hood (Liberal), Ian Hunter (Labor), Michelle Lensink (Liberal), Kyam Maher (Labor), Reggie Martin (Labor), Tung Ngo (Labor), Robert Simms (Greens), and Russell Wortley (Labor) are not up for re-election.

Real Change SA Fair Go for Australians SA-Best Family First Animal Justice
1. Stephen Pallaras
2. Daniel Pallaras
1. Chris McDermott
2. Shannon Foote
1. Connie Bonaros
2. Skye Barrett
3. Joanna Rowe
4. John Banelis
5. Naomi Dewar
1. Deepa Mathew
2. Christopher Brohier
1. Lionel Pengilley
2. Geoff Russell
Australian Family United Voice Australia Jing Lee - Better Community Legalise Cannabis SA Liberal
1. Bob Day
2. Nicole Hussey
3. John Day
1. Mark Aldridge
2. Matilda Bawden
1. Jing Lee
2. Danny Caiazza
1. Jessica Nies
2. Peter Waters
1. Ben Hood
2. Heidi Girolamo
3. Rowan Mumford
4. KD Singh
5. Belinda Crawford-Marshall
Labor The Greens The Nationals One Nation
1. Emily Bourke
2. Mira El Dannawi
3. Justin Hanson
4. Hilton Gumbys
5. Clare Scriven
6. Senthil Chidambaranathan
7. Awur Deng
1. Melanie Selwood
2. Katie McCusker
3. Christopher Smith
1. Rikki Lambert
2. Perrin Rennie
1. Cory Bernardi
2. Carlos Quaremba
3. Rebecca Hewett
4. Nathan Skrlj
Independent
(Group O)
Independent
(Group P)
Independent
(Group Q)
1. Craig Pickering
2. Emily Hutchinson
1. Tammy Franks
2. Faith Coleman
1. Darren Phillips

Summary by party

Party HA LC Total
Australian Labor Party 47754
Liberal Party of Australia 47552
Pauline Hanson's One Nation 47451
Australian Family Party 47350
Australian Greens 47350
Independents and others33538
Family First Party 35237
Sarah Game Fair Go for Australians 22224
Legalise Cannabis South Australia Party 17219
Animal Justice Party 16218
United Voice Australia Party 14216
Stephen Pallaras Real Change SA 12214
SA-Best 156
National Party of Australia 325
Jing Lee Better Community 22
Total38848436

Other parties and groups

Notes

  1. 1 2 Endorsed SA Socialists candidate listed as independent due to the party not being registered in time to appear on the ballot.

See also

References

  1. "House of Assembly candidates". Electoral Commission of South Australia. 27 February 2026. Archived from the original on 4 March 2026.
  2. Kelsall, Thomas (4 March 2026). "Four quick hits on South Australia's quirky state election". ABC News. Archived from the original on 3 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Kyam Maher to be deputy premier after Susan Close, Stephen Mullighan to quit politics". ABC News. 18 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 Hill, Aden (9 October 2025). "Labor stalwarts Lee Odenwalder and Dana Wortley to retire at next election" . The Advertiser.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. "Long-time SA Labor MP Leon Bignell to quit politics at March election". ABC News. 27 November 2025.
  6. "SA Arts Minister Andrea Michaels to quit politics after state election". ABC News. 30 January 2025.
  7. Starick, Paul (8 October 2024). "Former Liberal minister David Pisoni expected to be replaced in Unley by Rosalie Rotolo-Hassan". The Advertiser. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  8. Kelsall, Thomas (13 December 2024). "Liberal deputy leader John Gardner to leave parliament". InDaily. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  9. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/liberal-frontbencher-matt-cowdrey-to-retire-from-politics-at-next-years-sa-state-election/news-story/559f7b0762c015c8e7d72786533cf7f2
  10. Starick, Paul (24 July 2025). "Senior Lib exits on windfall". The Advertiser . Adelaide. p. 15 via Newsbank.
  11. Kelsall, Thomas (30 September 2024). "SA Greens veteran to leave parliament in 2026". indailysa.com.au.
  12. Karakulak, Helen (9 February 2026). "Former controversial Green to run in state election as independent". indailysa.com.au.
  13. "SA minister Dan Cregan leaves cabinet ahead of retirement from politics". ABC News. 28 January 2025. Archived from the original on 15 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  14. "South Australian MP Troy Bell resigns from parliament after failed appeal for fraud and theft offences". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2025-09-01. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  15. Briggs, Casey. "Croydon - SA Election 2026". ABC News.
  16. Briggs, Casey. "Enfield - SA Election 2026". ABC News.
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