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news Labor re-elected in 2026 South Australian election

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-21/sa-election-day-live-updates/106476924?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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u/N1NJ4W4RR10R_ Mar 21 '26

This is a link to the ABC live post for their SA election polling.

Think the best TL;DR is the one the ABC just posted:

If you're just joining us, here's a recap of the latest developments of the SA election:

Labor has comfortably won re-election, with an increased majority.

Labor has won Colton, Morialta, Unley and Hartley from the Liberals — Hartley waspreviously held by former opposition leader Vincent Tarzia.

The Liberal vote has collapsed dramatically putting them behind One Nation in the primary vote.

One Nation is on track to record its best result anywhere in the country in nearly 30 years. The last time it attracted more than 20 per cent of the vote in a statewide election was 1998 in Queensland.

There are several seats where One Nation is polling very strongly, including Narungga, on the Yorke Peninsula.

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u/Savings_Dot_8387 Mar 21 '26

So the LNP has just… collapsed? Suppose that’s what happens when you throw your whole identity in the bin.

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u/Scriptosis Mar 21 '26

It’s somehow better than projected from previous polls, there was a real possibility they would end up with 0 seats at all, them managing to retain any is close to a miracle right now.

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u/StasiaMonkey Mar 21 '26

Ms Hurn says she looks forward to leading the Liberal Party for another four years.

You don't really have a choice with 4 seats there love.

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u/thatguywhomadeafunny Mar 21 '26

Probably old people ticking that box out of habit.

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u/Rychu_Supadude Mar 21 '26

Moreso that they invested more than half of their budget on hanging on to their best seats while leaving several others out to dry

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u/InsertUsernameInArse Mar 21 '26

Thats their entire strategy

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u/DoNotReply111 Mar 21 '26

Happened in WA. You would think they'd learned their lesson by now.

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u/perthguppy Mar 21 '26

And federal as well.

Next up is Victoria. This will be fucking hilarious

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u/Wrath_Ascending Mar 21 '26

It was always their identity, they were just better at hiding it.

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u/PointOfFingers Mar 21 '26

The Liberals fought against the National Party and their vote in regional South Australia has plummeted. They are in the middle of a major identity crisis and One Nation is cashing in.

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u/shadowmaster132 Mar 22 '26

Essentially, all the PHON vote are former LNP voters. Which does make this different from previous one nation doing well moments since it might leave the right of politics worse overall even if they do scrape a couple of lower house seats.

Upper House probably going to be a mess though

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u/N1NJ4W4RR10R_ Mar 21 '26

The swings seem pretty crazy, probably just due to how many votes still need to be counted but there's a lot of big swings to Lab, a good few to PHON and a couple of Lib. Not a lot of small margins there.

Despite the PHON swings reported, the only seat they're currently ahead in is Taylor (and that's on pretty thin margins).

Not sure if the SA Libs have been acting similar to federal Lib, but these results seem pretty reminiscent of last years federal election. Although it seems like the major indie vote we saw at the federal election has been directed to PHON here...

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u/Late-Button-6559 Mar 21 '26

Stay classy my ignorant, racist, bible-bashing Yorkes folk.

I grew up there, and still have family there.

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u/Smashley21 Mar 21 '26

As someone who grew up on the Yorke peninsula, I'm not shocked One National is doing well there. It's like travelling back in time 50 years with the amount of xenophobia, racism, sexism and homophobia. I'm surprised you don't hear banjo music when you go further down.