1968 South Australian state election

1968 South Australian state election
2 March 1968 (1968-03-02)
All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
20 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Steele Hall Don Dunstan
Party Liberal and Country League Labor
Leader since 13 July 1966 1 June 1967
Leader's seat Gouger Norwood
Last election 17 seats 21 seats
Seats won 19 seats 19 seats
Seat change 2 2
Percentage 46.8% 53.2%
Swing 1.1 1.1
A map of South Australian electorates from 1955 to 1969, during the height of the Playmander.
Premier before election

Don Dunstan
Labor

 Elected Premier

Steele Hall
Liberal and Country League

The 1968 South Australian State election was held in South Australia on 2 March 1968. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election; 38 of the 39 contests were won by candidates from Australia's two major political parties. The incumbent Labor Party South Australia led by Premier of South Australia Don Dunstan and the Liberal and Country League led by Leader of the Opposition Steele Hall) both won 19 seats. The sole independent candidate to win a race, Tom Stott of the Ridley electorate, joined with the LCL's 19 seats to form a coalition government that held a 20 to 19 majority, thus defeating the Dunstan Labor government.

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