Lowdown on the 388 candidates fighting in SA’s state election

Less than two weeks from state election day, DemosAU head of research George Hasanakos says Labor is looking strong, but the Libs are in with a chance of winning back three seats.

The close of nominations for this month’s state election has revealed a record number of candidates for a South Australian House of Assembly election.

Voters will see a much larger lower house ballot paper with 388 candidates contesting across the state. At the last election only one seat had more than seven candidates contesting, but at this election, 33 seats have eight candidates or more.

So far, the election race has been shaped by an incumbent Labor party in a strong position looking to increase its parliamentary majority and the rise of One Nation challenging the Liberals as the major conservative force in South Australia.

However the three main players must now contend with the record field of candidates including multiple minor parties and independents which have thrown their hat in the lower house ring.

One Nation has long had to compete with a crowded field among the hard right. This election they will have to compete with four SA home-grown challengers to their burgeoning right wing vote.

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