US EditionLabor’s Malinauskas Secures Second Term in Landslide Despite Significant One Nation Surge
One Nation gained nearly 20% in metropolitan seats, significantly reducing Liberal support while Labor secured a second term amid high early and postal voting.
- On Saturday, March 21, 2026, Labor secured a second term as Premier Peter Malinauskas won a landslide after two hours of counting.
- One Nation's surge followed record early voting with 454,862 votes and 174,000 postal requests from a South Australian electorate of almost 1.3 million, while Aoi/Trent Baxter was disendorsed after a UK arrest warrant surfaced Friday.
- Two-Party estimates put Labor at 59.2/40.8, with the Poll Bludger projecting Labor winning 31 of 47 seats, based on Saturday's figures.
- This outcome hands Labor a parliamentary majority, and analysts including ABC's Casey Briggs warned the landslide will be devastating for the Liberals, possibly impacting Victoria next week, said Croucher.
- Final results could take at least another week, as complex preference flows and pre-poll/postal ballots await counting and the Electoral Commission must realign counts in seats with incorrect two-candidate selections.
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Sydney Morning Herald
The Hanson paradox: How a populist surge became Labor’s best friend
Pauline Hanson is right that the electorate has had a “gutful,” but the arithmetic of the South Australian result proves that a fractured right is a gift for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Newcastle Herald
Labor clinches second term as One Nation surges at poll
Labor has stormed to a huge win in South Australia, as One Nation hopes its historic second placing...
Pauline Hanson's bold three-word response after One Nation's extraordinary election result in South Australia - as Labor claims victory and the Liberal Party is humiliated
Hanson issued a warning to Premier Peter Malinauskas about the 'landmines' she was leaving in South Australia after the surge of One Nation votes in this weekend's election.
Labor landslide, Libs hit rock bottom and a seismic One Nation shockwave
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has cruised to a second term for Labor following a record victory that also saw One Nation live up to polling predictions and reshape the political landscape.Widely tipped to hold onto the states' top job after a comfortable first-term, Malinauskas silenced critics who argued the party's failure to fix South Australia's ramping crisis would loom large at the ballot box.Labor is projected to secure at le…
Labor Wins South Australian Election Emphatically Amid One Nation Surge
The Malinauskas Labor government has recorded a landslide win in the South Australian state election on track to win 31 of 47 seats in the state’s lower house, the House of Assembly. At this stage, the centre-left Labor Party has also picked up several centre-right Liberal seats, guaranteeing them victory at the March 21 election. Labor is poised to take the following seats from the Liberals including Unley, Morialta and Hartley in the capital A…
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