Results of the 2006 South Australian state election (Legislative Council) explained

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This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2006 South Australian state election.

Continuing members

The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

MemberPartyTerm
 Gail GagoLabor2002–2010
 John GazzolaLabor2002–2010
 Paul HollowayLabor2002–2010
 Vacant Seat Labor2002–2010
 Robert LawsonLiberal2002–2010
 David RidgwayLiberal2002–2010
 Caroline SchaeferLiberal2002–2010
 Terry StephensLiberal2002–2010
 Vacant Seat Liberal2002–2010
 Sandra KanckDemocrats2002–2010
 Andrew EvansFamily First2002–2010

Sitting Labor MLC Terry Roberts died on 18 February 2006, one month before the election. Labor candidate Bernard Finnigan was appointed as his replacement after the election on 2 May 2006 to serve the rest of Roberts's term.

Liberal MLC Angus Redford resigned from the Legislative Council in March 2006 in an unsuccessful attempt to shift to the House of Assembly. Liberal candidate Stephen Wade was appointed for the remaining four years of Redford's term on 2 May 2006.

Election results

|-| |  | style="text-align:left;"| Independent No Pokies| style="text-align:left;"|

3. John Darley| style="text-align:right;"| 190,958| style="text-align:right;"| 20.5| style="text-align:right;"| +19.2|-

|-| |  | style="text-align:left;"| Ban Live Animal Exports| style="text-align:left;"| Jamnes Danenberg| style="text-align:right;"| 2,754| style="text-align:right;"| 0.3| style="text-align:right;"| +0.3|-

|-| |  | style="text-align:left;"| Reform Party| style="text-align:left;"| Stormy Summers| style="text-align:right;"| 2,106| style="text-align:right;"| 0.2| style="text-align:right;"| 0.0|-

|-| |  | style="text-align:left;"| Social and Environmental Justice| style="text-align:left;"| Michelle Drummond| style="text-align:right;"| 1,120| style="text-align:right;"| 0.1| style="text-align:right;"| +0.1|-

|-| |  | style="text-align:left;"| Aboriginal Representative| style="text-align:left;"| Joanne Frya| style="text-align:right;"| 978| style="text-align:right;"| 0.1| style="text-align:right;"| +0.1|-

See also