The 1985 South Australian state election was held on 7 December 1985.
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wilson | Christopher Wurm | |||||||
| Kevin Hamilton | Bob MacKenzie | John Malone | ||||||
| Ted Chapman | David Willson | Rex Tilbrook (Nat) | ||||||
| Don Hopgood | Bill Fraser | D. Perrotin | Mort Daly (Ind) | |||||
| Phil Robins | Graham Ingerson | |||||||
| Bernhard Buchner | Anastasios Giannouklas | David Whiting (Ind) | ||||||
| John Mathwin | Fred Cannon | |||||||
| Bill Parsons | Peter Arnold | Rilda Sharp | ||||||
| Ray Rains | Jennifer Adamson | Sandra Nichols | Aniello Carbone (Ind) | |||||
| Arthur Rich | John Olsen | John Smyth | ||||||
| Mark Boughey | Dean Brown | Kevin Angove | Stan Evans (Ind Lib) | |||||
| Sonia Argirov | Josephine Gapper | Carolyn Tan | Martyn Evans (Ind Lib) | |||||
| Jennie Lee | Graham Gunn | Jillian Polkinghorne | ||||||
| Audrey Sibly | ||||||||
| Terrence Krieg | George Jukes | Peter Blacker (Nat) | ||||||
| Bob Gregory | Martin Luther | Andrew Sickerdick | ||||||
| Jack Slater | Lois Bell | Brian Fain | ||||||
| John Meier | Rosemary Dow | |||||||
| Ann Pengelly | Heini Becker | Ian Haines | ||||||
| Terry Groom | Rilka Warbanoff | Cathi Tucker-Lee | ||||||
| June Appleby | Julian Glynn | John Stapledon | ||||||
| Don Ferguson | Gladys Wells | Joe Rossi (Ind) | ||||||
| David Wotton | Merilyn Pedrick | Douglas Lindley (Nat) | ||||||
| Lance Jones | Roger Goldsworthy | Paul Reader (Ind) | ||||||
| Bruce Eastick | Nicholas Wedge | Eric Gerlach (Ind) | ||||||
| Susan Lenehan | Raija Havu | Tim Wells | ||||||
| Barbara Hughes | Stephen Baker | Guy Harley | ||||||
| Ron Payne | Mark Hanckel | Peter Mann | ||||||
| Trevor Peikert | John Oswald | Sue Carver | ||||||
| Peter Humphries | Harold Allison | Glenn Taylor | ||||||
| Peter Dickson | Peter Lewis | Don French | Gavin Doecke (Nat) Steve Wilkinson (Ind) | |||||
| Terry Hemmings | Brenda Bates | Barbara Barlow | John Campbell (Ind) | |||||
| Scott Ashenden | Mike Bolt | |||||||
| Greg Crafter | Sue Graham | Rodney Roberts | ||||||
| Keith Plunkett | Steve Peake | Jeff Wild | Ian Frances (Ind) | |||||
| Terry McRae | Eileen Farmer | |||||||
| Jean Lawrie | Don Bond | |||||||
| Lynn Arnold | Jim Davis | |||||||
| John Bannon | Darryl Watson | Kate Hannaford | ||||||
| Mark Laing | F. Goncalves | Norm Peterson (Ind Lab) | ||||||
| Roy Abbott | Joe Ryan | Elizabeth Sanderson | ||||||
| Gavin Keneally | Bob Smith | Harm Folkers | Peter Clark (Ind) | |||||
| John Klunder | Jeff Nicholas | Aussie Kanck | ||||||
| Kym Mayes | Denis Sheridan | Barbara Boden | Peter Kallas (Ind) | |||||
| Bill Hender | Roy Milne | Geoff Clothier (Nat) | ||||||
| John Trainer | Lenore Triplow | Helen Brasted | Reece Jennings (Ind) | |||||
| Laurie Wilks | Graham Gloede | Jack Berry (NDP) Andy Fleming (Ind) Peter Murphy (Ind Lab) Fred Wilson (Nat) |
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. Labor were defending five seats. The Liberals were defending five seats. The Democrats were defending one seat.