ALP 18.8%
Incumbent MP
Tom Koutsantonis, since 2002. Previously Member for Peake 1997-2002.
Geography
Western Adelaide. West Torrens covers the suburbs immediately to the west of the Adelaide city centre, including Allenby Gardens, Brooklyn Park, Cowandilla, Flinders Park, Hindmarsh, Hilton, Mile End, Mile End South, Richmond, Thebarton, Torrensville, Underdale, Welland and West Richmond.
History
An electorate named West Torrens has existed in five different incarnations since 1851. The current electorate has existed since 2002, replacing the electorate of Peake, which had replaced West Torrens in 1970.
The electorate of Peake and West Torrens has been held by the ALP at all but one election since 1970.
Don Simmons held Peake from 1970 to 1979, followed by Keith Plunkett from 1979 until 1989. Vic Heron held the seat for the ALP for one term, from 1989 to 1993.
In 1993, a redistribution forced Liberal member for Ashford Heini Becker to switch to Peake. Becker had held Ashford since 1970, and won Peake.
In 1997, Becker retired and Koutsantonis won Peake back for the ALP.
Koutsantonis was re-elected in 2002 in the renamed West Torrens, has been re-elected five times since. He served as Treasurer from 2014 to 2018, and as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and for Mining since 2022.
- Samuel Bannon (Greens)
- Tom Koutsantonis (Labor)
Assessment
West Torrens is a very safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Tom Koutsantonis | Labor | 12,496 | 54.9 | +4.3 |
| Helika Cruz | Liberal | 6,353 | 27.9 | -2.4 |
| Peta-Anne Louth | Greens | 3,919 | 17.2 | +5.8 |
| Informal | 708 | 3.0 |
2022 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Tom Koutsantonis | Labor | 15,654 | 68.8 | +4.5 |
| Helika Cruz | Liberal | 7,114 | 31.2 | -4.5 |
Booths have been divided into four parts: east, north, south and west.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all four areas, ranging from 66% in the west to 75.9% in the east.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 14.5% in the west to 23.6% in the east.
| Voter group | GRN prim | ALP 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 15.1 | 66.7 | 4,064 | 17.8 |
| West | 14.5 | 66.0 | 3,708 | 16.3 |
| South | 17.2 | 71.8 | 3,349 | 14.7 |
| East | 23.6 | 75.9 | 3,312 | 14.5 |
| Other votes | 16.9 | 66.9 | 8,335 | 36.6 |
Election results in West Torrens at the 2022 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.
Should be Labor vs Greens and surprisingly marginal if Liberals preference Greens out of desperation. (Labor still likely to win on primaries)
Yeah this seat is the Most likely to be a Labor v Green contest, the only other seats I can think of are Croydon & Port Adelaide
I think Adelaide slow population growth has been the reason that these suburbs are less Green this results in less gentificaation. It is probably the reason no electorate in SA voted Yes to the Voice.