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There are now 13 parties registered to contest the SA Election. ‘United Voice Australia’ was registered 27th March. Very basic website and FB page, seems to be a mixture of a generic teal idea on transparency and having elected votes as they want, with conservative ideas on their landing and policy page. Possibly could fight it out for the last seat in LC but will wait for later this year to asses prospects.
Another one bites the dust… Sarah Game MLC has quit One Nation
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/sa-one-nation-mp-sarah-game-quits-party/105306398
Tammy Franks MLC (GRN) quit the party last week. Coupled with Frank Pangallo MLC (ex SA-Best) & Jing Lee MLC (ex Liberal), that makes 4 Independents now sitting in the Legislative Council, all ex party members. It shouldn’t come as a surprise… as many elected ONP members seem to leave after awhile (ONP in NSW lost all 3 MLCs in this current term). I had considered ONP to pick-up a seat at the 2026 election but that could be at risk. With 2 SA-BEST seats up for grabs this election, I consider a 5 LAB, 4 LIB, 1-2 GRN (or 1 LC) and 1 right wing (possibly still ONP, maybe Libertarian/Family First), depending if ONP can recover from this set-back. Sarah is the only ex-party independent MLC not up for election this time, with Frank, Jing and Tammy facing the voters in 2026.
Jing Lee has now started her own party, Jing Lee- Better Community.
Sarah Game has now started her own party to contest the SA Elections – ‘Sarah Game – Fair Go For Australians’.
Will be interesting to see how this goes.
I think these small micro parties will not gain a seat. I think ONP may win 1 seat along with Family First
What is the quota to win a seat?
Nimalan – given that 11 seats are up for election the quota is 1/12 or about 8.3%, just above that required to win a spot during a double dissolution election for the Senate (12 seats, giving a quota of 1/13 or about 7.7%)
Thanks Yoh An
The Greens will certainly win a seat i think their vote will drop a bit to about 7-8% given Labor surge but surplus Labor vote should make the quota. Interesting to see if FF or ONP wins a seat.
Polling by Demos for the Legislative Council has 37% Labor, 17% Liberal, 12% One Nation, 11% Greens, 4% Animal Justice and 4% Legalise Cannabis. There are a clutter of minor parties on both sides. My estimate is this would deliver 5 Labor, 2 Lib, 1 One Nation, 1 Greens, plus 1 more each on the left and the right.
Interesting that Connie Bonaros from SA-Best doesn’t crack a mention. Do you think the SA-Best is done without the Xenophon brand behind it? I agree it will be challenging for her to compete with the likes of One Nation and the Greens but surely being a current sitting member give her half a change to pick up enough vote to retain her seat?
Perhaps she will buck the trend, but generally ex-Xenophon candidates have dropped like a stone without his active support.
Agree Ben, the only successful ex Xenophon parliamentarian has been Mayo MP Rebekha Sharkie. She appears to have her own brand and could potentially be aligning with the more popular teal movement.