The 1979 South Australian state election was held on 15 September 1979.
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.[1]
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Wright | Terry McClean | Reginald Goldsworthy | Howard Houck (AP) | |||||
| Hans Ehmann | Rosalyn Lawson | |||||||
| Helen McSkimming | Ted Chapman | Kaye Gibbs | ||||||
| Frank Chapman | Kenneth Johnson | |||||||
| Don Hopgood | Thomas Mitchell | Paul Dawe | ||||||
| Carolyn Latta | David Tonkin | Guy Harley | ||||||
| Hugh Hudson | Ronald Moulds | |||||||
| Roland Telfer | Peter Arnold | Rowland Beech | ||||||
| Andrew Cunningham | Jennifer Adamson | Jennifer Hill | Jim Bourne (Ind) | |||||
| Dean Brown | John Phillips | |||||||
| Peter Duncan | Dick Pratt | Colin Nieass | ||||||
| Barry Piltz | Graham Gunn | |||||||
| Alvan Roman | Stan Evans | Robert Hercus | ||||||
| Terrence Krieg | Brian Fitzgerald | Peter Blacker (NCP) | ||||||
| Lois Bell | Shylie Gilfillan | |||||||
| Jack Slater | Jodi Tabalotny | Eileen Farmer | ||||||
| Maurice Hearn | John Mathwin | Diana Harte | ||||||
| Roger Thomas | Keith Russack | |||||||
| Peter Rowe | Heini Becker | Stanley Gilbie | ||||||
| Des Corcoran | David Parish | Geoffrey Brown | ||||||
| Kenneth Maguire | ||||||||
| Sydney Tilmouth | Roger Goldsworthy | Ivor Childs | ||||||
| William Young | Bruce Eastick | Barrie Tornquist | ||||||
| Dale Thiel | Peter Lewis | Ronald Hentschke (Ind) Guy Wheal (NCP) | ||||||
| Leslie Drury | Jay McMerrick | |||||||
| Robert Worth | Robin Millhouse | Ian Modistach (AP) | ||||||
| Ron Payne | Thomas Wallace | Kevin Whitby | ||||||
| Terry Groom | Elizabeth Topperwien | |||||||
| Graham Bath | Harold Allison | |||||||
| Jack Pitcher | David Wotton | Gerhard Weissmann | ||||||
| Terry Hemmings | Eric Bates | John Ferguson | ||||||
| John Klunder | Stephen Farrelly | |||||||
| Greg Crafter | Jeffrey Heath | |||||||
| Marko Milosevic | ||||||||
| Terry McRae | Neville Mitchell | John Longhurst | ||||||
| George Whitten | David Beames | Robert Manhire | ||||||
| Denis Crisp | Helen Tiller (NCP) | |||||||
| John Bannon | Ruth Squire | Margaret-Ann Williams | ||||||
| Derrick Rich | ||||||||
| George Apap | Mac Lawrie | Dean Richards | Norm Peterson (Ind Lab) | |||||
| Roy Abbott | Barry Lewis | |||||||
| Gavin Keneally | Sydney Cheesman | |||||||
| Molly Byrne | Michael Reglar | |||||||
| Michael Wilson | Stuart Brasted | |||||||
| Gil Langley | Robert Nicholls | Albert Apponyi | ||||||
| Allan Rodda | ||||||||
| Max Brown | Vivienne Cruickshank | Ella Smith | David Sims (Ind) |
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*). Eleven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending six seats. There was one additional new seat, not held by any party.