Electoral results for the district of Enfield

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Enfield in South Australian state elections.

Members for Enfield

First incarnation 1956–1970
Member		Party	Term
	Jack Jennings	Labor	1956–1970
Second incarnation 2002–
Member		Party	Term
	John Rau	Labor	2002–2018
	Andrea Michaels	Labor	2019–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Enfield.[edit]

2022 South Australian state election: Enfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrea Michaels	12,145	52.3	+13.6
	Liberal	Saru Rana	6,768	29.2	+1.3
	Greens	Busby Cavanagh	2,310	10.0	+2.4
	One Nation	Rajan Vaid	1,041	4.5	+4.5
	Family First	Martin Petho	938	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			23,202	96.7
Informal votes			793	3.3
Turnout			23,995	88.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrea Michaels	14,972	64.5	+8.3
	Liberal	Saru Rana	8,230	35.5	−8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.3

Elections in the 2010s

2019 Enfield state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrea Michaels	8,945	47.5	+6.6
	Independent Putting People First	Gary Johanson	3,811	20.3	+20.3
	Independent Liberal	Saru Rana	2,716	14.4	+14.4
	Greens	Sebastian Konyn	1,562	8.3	−0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Humble	868	4.6	+4.6
	Independent Honest Approachable	Amrik Thandi	483	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	Mansoor Hashimi	431	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			18,816	93.9	−1.6
Informal votes			1,228	6.1	+1.6
Turnout			20,044	77.5	−11.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Andrea Michaels	11,585	61.6	+3.7
	Independent	Gary Johanson	7,231	38.4	+38.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

2018 South Australian state election: Enfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Rau	8,882	40.9	−5.1
	Liberal	Deepa Mathew	5,761	26.6	−10.5
	SA-Best	Carol Martin	4,004	18.5	+18.5
	Greens	Cassie Alvey	1,802	8.3	−0.0
	Conservatives	Steve Edmonds	718	3.3	−2.9
	Dignity	Emma Cresdee	526	2.4	+2.1
Total formal votes			21,693	95.5	−0.7
Informal votes			1,017	4.5	+0.7
Turnout			22,710	88.6	+6.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Rau	12,554	57.9	+2.3
	Liberal	Deepa Mathew	9,139	42.1	−2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

2014 South Australian state election: Enfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Rau	9,650	48.5	−2.4
	Liberal	Scott Roberts	6,737	33.9	+1.0
	Greens	Roger Levi	1,599	8.0	−0.2
	Family First	Lisa Hood	1,300	6.5	+0.6
	Independent	Andrew Stanko	591	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			19,877	96.0	+0.2
Informal votes			832	4.0	−0.2
Turnout			20,709	89.9	−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Rau	11,550	58.1	−0.9
	Liberal	Scott Roberts	8,327	41.9	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.9

2010 South Australian state election: Enfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Rau	10,506	52.6	-10.8
	Liberal	Luke Westley	6,222	31.1	+10.0
	Greens	Robert Simms	1,601	8.0	+1.8
	Family First	Brett Dewey	1,214	6.1	+0.4
	Independent	Andrew Stanko	432	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			19,975	95.8
Informal votes			876	4.2
Turnout			20,851	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Rau	12,094	60.5	-14.0
	Liberal	Luke Westley	7,881	39.5	+14.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-14.0

Elections in the 2000s

2006 South Australian state election: Enfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Rau	12,185	63.4	+23.5
	Liberal	Sam Joyce	4,071	21.2	-3.3
	Greens	Des Lawrence	1,190	6.2	+6.0
	Family First	Martin Petho	1,094	5.7	+0.5
	Democrats	Lucianne Baillie	673	3.5	-2.6
Total formal votes			19,213	96.2
Informal votes			796	3.8
Turnout			20,009	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Rau	14,310	74.5	+8.9
	Liberal	Sam Joyce	4,903	25.5	-8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9

2002 South Australian state election: Enfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Rau	7,827	39.5	-16.5
	Liberal	Doster Mitchell	4,779	24.1	-1.1
	Independent	Ralph Clarke	4,575	23.1	+23.1
	Democrats	Alex Angas	1,201	6.1	-9.8
	Family First	Lorraine Evans	1,052	5.3	+5.3
	One Nation	Barbara Kirvan	401	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			19,835	96.0
Informal votes			831	4.0
Turnout			20,666	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Rau	13,063	65.9	-2.2
	Liberal	Doster Mitchell	6,772	34.1	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Enfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Jennings	28,246	67.2	+6.0
	Liberal and Country	Allan Stock	13,036	31.0	+5.6
	Social Credit	Edwin Meier	724	1.7	-6.5
Total formal votes			42,006	97.5	+1.0
Informal votes			1,090	2.5	-1.0
Turnout			43,096	94.7	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Jennings	28,608	68.1	+1.1
	Liberal and Country	Allan Stock	13,398	31.9	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

1965 South Australian state election: Enfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Jennings	21,951	61.2	-16.5
	Liberal and Country	Allan Stock	9,125	25.4	+25.4
	Social Credit	David Beavan	2,947	8.2	+8.2
	Democratic Labor	Desmond Timlin	1,409	3.9	-18.4
	Communist	Alan Miller	434	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			35,866	96.5	+0.7
Informal votes			1,301	3.5	-0.7
Turnout			37,167	95.1	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Jennings	24,025	67.0	-10.7
	Liberal and Country	Allan Stock	11,841	33.0	+33.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1962 South Australian state election: Enfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Jennings	23,225	77.7	+9.4
	Democratic Labor	Keith Cornell	6,671	22.3	+14.3
Total formal votes			29,896	95.8	0.0
Informal votes			1,324	4.2	0.0
Turnout			31,220	93.9	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

• SA elections archive: Antony Green ABC
• 2002 SA election: Antony Green ABC