Enfield – SA 2026

ALP 14.5%

Incumbent MP
Andrea Michaels, since 2019.

Geography
Northern Adelaide. Enfield covers suburbs immediately to the north of the Adelaide city centre, including the suburbs of Blair Athol, Broadview, Clearview, Enfield, Gepps Cross, Northgate, Sefton Park, Walkley Heights, Woodville Gardens and parts of Nailsworth.

Redistribution
No change.

History
The electorate of Enfield has existed since 2002, when it replaced the electorate of Ross Smith.

Ralph Clarke held Ross Smith for the ALP from 1993 until 2002, and rose to the position of deputy leader of the ALP in South Australia.

In 2002, Clarke was challenged for preselection by John Rau, who won the preselection with state executive support.

Rau won re-election four times, and served as deputy premier from 2011 until 2018.

Rau resigned from parliament at the end of 2018, after Labor lost power at the 2018 state election.

The subsequent by-election was easily won by Labor candidate Andrea Michaels. Michaels won a full term in 2022.

Candidates

  • Lawrence Ben (Labor)

Assessment
Enfield is a safe Labor seat.

2022 result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Andrea Michaels Labor 12,145 52.3 +13.6
Saru Rana Liberal 6,768 29.2 +1.3
Busby Cavanagh Greens 2,310 10.0 +2.4
Rajan Vaid One Nation 1,041 4.5 +4.5
Martin Petho Family First 938 4.0 +4.0
Informal 793 3.3

2022 two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Andrea Michaels Labor 14,972 64.5 +8.3
Saru Rana Liberal 8,230 35.5 -8.3

Booth breakdown

Booths have been divided into three parts: north-east, north-west and south.

Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 63% in the north-east to 69.8% in the north-west.

The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 8.4% in the north-east to 12.5% in the south.

Voter group GRN prim ALP 2PP Total votes % of votes
North-East 8.4 63.0 5,587 24.1
North-West 10.7 69.8 5,114 22.0
South 12.5 63.2 4,606 19.9
Other votes 9.1 62.9 7,895 34.0

Election results in Enfield at the 2022 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.

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