ALP 19.1%
Incumbent MP
Joe Szakacs, since 2019.
Geography
Northwestern Adelaide. Cheltenham covers the suburbs of Alberton, Athol Park, Beverley, Cheltenham, Findon, Pennington, Queenstown, St Clair, Woodville, Woodville North, Woodville South, Woodville West and parts of Rosewater. Most of the electorate lies in the Charles Sturt council area, as well as a small part of the Port Adelaide Enfield area.
History
Cheltenham has existed since the 2002 election. Cheltenham was a new name for Price, which had existed since 1985.
Murray De Laine won Price at the 1985 election. When the electorate was renamed Cheltenham, De Laine was challenged for Labor Party preselection by Jay Weatherill.
De Laine resigned from the ALP in 2001, and contested the seat as an independent, polling 9.7% and losing to Weatherill.
Weatherill was appointed to the ministry following the 2002 election, and served in the ministry through the 2006 and 2010 elections.
After the 2010 election, Weatherill challenged ALP deputy leader Kevin Foley unsuccessfully.
Weatherill replaced Mike Rann as Premier in 2011. He led Labor to a fourth term at the 2014 election, and continued as Premier until his party’s defeat in 2018. He retired from parliament in late 2018.
The subsequent by-election was easily won by Labor candidate Joe Szakacs. Szakacs was re-elected in 2022.
- Melissa Higgins (One Nation)
- Joe Szakacs (Labor)
Assessment
Cheltenham is a very safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Joe Szakacs | Labor | 13,027 | 55.6 | +2.4 |
| Shane Rix | Liberal | 5,730 | 24.4 | +2.7 |
| Steffi Medrow | Greens | 2,545 | 10.9 | +4.6 |
| Alex Tennikoff | Family First | 1,513 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Mike Lesiw | Independent | 633 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| Informal | 888 | 3.6 |
2022 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Joe Szakacs | Labor | 16,194 | 69.1 | +2.4 |
| Shane Rix | Liberal | 7,254 | 30.9 | -2.4 |
Booths have been divided into three parts: central, north and south.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 68.1% in the south to 71.7% in the north.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 9.7% in the south to 12.4% in the centre.
| Voter group | GRN prim | ALP 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 12.1 | 71.7 | 6,713 | 28.6 |
| Central | 12.4 | 68.8 | 4,866 | 20.8 |
| South | 9.7 | 68.1 | 3,943 | 16.8 |
| Other votes | 9.5 | 67.5 | 7,926 | 33.8 |
Election results in Cheltenham at the 2022 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.