| Country: | South Australia |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 9 February 2019 |
| Image1: | Andrea Michaels MP.png |
| Candidate1: | Andrea Michaels |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,945 |
| Percentage1: | 47.5% |
| Swing1: | 6.6pp |
| Candidate2: | Gary Johanson |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,811 |
| Percentage2: | 20.3% |
| Swing2: | 20.3pp |
| Candidate3: | Saru Rana |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,716 |
| Percentage3: | 14.4% |
| Swing3: | 14.4pp |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 61.6% |
| 2Data1: | 3.7pp |
| 1Data2: | 38.4% |
| 2Data2: | 38.4pp |
| MP | |
| Before Election: | John Rau |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party |
| After Election: | Andrea Michaels |
| After Party: | Australian Labor Party |
A by-election for the seat of Enfield in the South Australian House of Assembly was held on 9 February 2019.[1] The by-election was triggered by the parliamentary resignation of Labor Party MP and former Deputy Premier John Rau on 17 December 2018.[2] Labor candidate Andrea Michaels retained the seat with an increased margin.[3]
A Cheltenham by-election was held on the same day, as Rau's former leader and Premier, Jay Weatherill, had also resigned from parliament.[4]
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 11 January 2019 | Writ of election issued by the Governor | |
| Monday 21 January 2019 | Close of electoral rolls (12 noon) | |
| Thursday 24 January 2019 | Close of nominations (12 noon) | |
| Tuesday 29 January 2019 | Start of early voting | |
| Saturday 9 February 2019 | Polling day (8am to 6pm) | |
| Saturday 16 February 2019 | Last day for receipt of postal votes | |
| Friday 22 February 2019 | Last day for return of writs |
| Candidates (7) in ballot paper order | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Putting People First | Gary Johanson | Former Liberal Party and SA-Best member, perennial candidate. Former Mayor of Port Adelaide Enfield. | |||
| Independent Honest Approachable | Amrik Singh Thandi | Ran as the lead candidate on an upper house independent ticket at the previous state election receiving 0.3 percent. | |||
| Australian Labor Party | Andrea Michaels | Financial lawyer. | |||
| Independent Liberal | Saru Rana | Liberal Party member, ran as a "Liberal Independent" with party consent. Anti-domestic violence campaigner and Indian Sun local editor.[5] | |||
| Independent | Mansoor Hashimi | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Humble | Perennial candidate. | |||
| The Greens | Sebastian Konyn | Horticulture student with an honours degree in gender studies and social analysis. | |||
The Liberal Party declined to field a candidate for both the Enfield and Cheltenham by-elections.[6]
See also: Electoral results for the district of Enfield.
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Independent Liberal| style="text-align:left;"| Saru Rana| style="text-align:right;"| 2,716| style="text-align:right;"| 14.4| style="text-align:right;"| +14.4|-