South Australian state election, 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. The electoral districts were drawn to favour regional areas with a 2:1 bias in place.

In the 2006 election, metro Adelaide held 35 metro districts representing 1.1 million people, with 12 rural districts representing 0.4 million people. In the 1965 election, 13 metro districts represented 0.7 million people and 26 rural districts represented 0.4 million people.

=Legislative Council Results=

ee also

* South Australian legislative elections
* South Australian Legislative Council
* South Australian House of Assembly

References

* [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/pastelec.htm Historical lower house results]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/lchistory.htm Historical upper house results]
* [http://elections.uwa.edu.au/ State and federal election results] in Australia since 1890