South Australia
| Australian federal election, 2007: Senate, South Australia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Quota | 143,830 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Don Farrell (elected 1) 2. Penny Wong (elected 4) 3. Cath Perry |
358,615 | 35.62 | +0.13 | |
| Liberal | 1. Cory Bernardi (elected 2) 2. Simon Birmingham (elected 5) 3. Grant Chapman 4. Maria Kourtesis |
347,256 | 34.49 | -13.00 | |
| 1. Nick Xenophon (elected 3) 2. Roger Bryson |
148,789 | 14.78 | +14.78 | ||
| Greens | 1. Sarah Hanson-Young (elected 6) 2. Nikki Mortier 3. Matt Rigney |
65,322 | 6.49 | -0.11 | |
| Family First | 1. Tony Bates 2. Toni Turnbull 3. Colin Gibson |
29,114 | 2.89 | -1.09 | |
| Democratic Labor | 1. Garry Hardy 2. David McCabe |
9,343 | 0.93 | +0.93 | |
| Democrats | 1. Ruth Russell 2. Max Baumann 3. Richard Way |
8,908 | 0.88 | -1.51 | |
| One Nation | 1. Mark Aldridge 2. David Dwyer |
6,178 | 0.61 | -0.53 | |
| Fishing and Lifestyle | 1. Neil Armstrong 2. Paul Tippins |
5,413 | 0.54 | +0.54 | |
| What Women Want | 1. Emma Neumann 2. Morag McIntosh |
4,114 | 0.41 | +0.41 | |
| Shooters | 1. John Hahn 2. Basil Borun |
3,973 | 0.39 | +0.39 | |
| National | 1. Rob Howard 2. Mark Cuthbertson |
3,632 | 0.36 | -0.04 | |
| Climate Change | 1. Colin Endean 2. Vidas Kubilius |
3,131 | 0.31 | +0.31 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1. Bruno Colangelo 2. Noelene Hunt |
1,486 | 0.15 | +0.15 | |
| Liberty and Democracy | 1. David McAlary 2. Mark Hill |
798 | 0.08 | +0.08 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 1. Renfrey Clarke 2. Liah Lazarou |
770 | 0.08 | -0.05 | |
| Senator On-Line | 1. Joel Clark 2. Courtney Clarke |
610 | 0.06 | +0.06 | |
| 1. Brian Paterson 2. A. Brook |
577 | 0.06 | +0.06 | ||
| CEC | 1. Martin Vincent 2. Paul Siebert |
267 | 0.03 | +0.03 | |
| Independent | Michelle Drummond | 101 | 0.01 | +0.01 | |
| Independent | Stewart Glass | 73 | 0.01 | +0.01 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,006,809 | 97.62 | +1.15 | ||
| Informal votes | 24,511 | 2.38 | -1.15 | ||
| Turnout | 1,031,320 | 95.83 | +0.47 | ||
Both major parties finished with around 35% each, with Independent Nick Xenophon at almost 15% followed by the Greens on over 6%. The Liberals and Labor won two seats each whilst Xenophon won a seat on primary vote alone. Preferences from the What Women Want (Australia) Party and the Climate Change Coalition allowed the Greens to go ahead of all parties. This was followed by preferences from the Democratic Labor Party and Family First going to the Liberals, which allowed the Coalition to go ahead of the Greens. However, the Greens managed to crucially stay ahead of Labor, which led to preferences from Labor going to the Greens. This was enough for Greens candidate Sarah Hanson-Young winning the remaining seat. The final result was two seats to the Liberals, two seats to Labor, one seat to Xenophon and one seat to the Greens
Read more about this topic: Full National And State-by-state Upper House Results For The 2007 Australian Federal Election
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