Electoral results for the district of Finniss

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Finniss in South Australian state elections.

Members for Finniss

2022 South Australian state election: Finniss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Basham	10,424	43.1	−0.4
	Labor	Amy Hueppauff	5,532	22.9	+6.1
	Independent	Lou Nicholson	4,728	19.6	+19.6
	Greens	Anne Bourne	1,647	6.8	−0.9
	One Nation	Carlos Quaremba	1,146	4.7	+4.7
	Family First	Dominic Carli	614	2.5	+2.5
	National	Joe Ienco	82	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			24,173	96.9
Informal votes			778	3.1
Turnout			24,951	92.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	David Basham		56.6	−12.1
	Labor	Amy Hueppauff		43.4	+12.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	David Basham	12,258	50.7	−13.7
	Independent	Lou Nicholson	11,915	49.3	+49.3
	Liberal hold

2018 South Australian state election: Finniss^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Basham	9,319	43.6	−8.6
	SA-Best	Joe Hill	5,515	25.8	+25.8
	Labor	Russell Skinner	3,648	17.1	−7.5
	Greens	Marc Mullette	1,670	7.8	−4.3
	Conservatives	Bruce Hicks	1,207	5.7	−4.9
Total formal votes			21,359	97.2	+0.1
Informal votes			626	2.8	−0.1
Turnout			21,985	92.3	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Basham	13,718	64.2	+1.1
	Labor	Russell Skinner	7,641	35.8	−1.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	David Basham	11,669	54.6	−8.5
	SA-Best	Joe Hill	9,690	45.4	+45.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

2014 South Australian state election: Finniss^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	11,674	52.9	+1.4
	Labor	Melanie Smart	5,166	23.4	−6.8
	Greens	Moira Jenkins	2,883	13.1	+4.5
	Family First	Bruce Hicks	2,361	10.7	+2.1
Total formal votes			22,084	97.1	−0.6
Informal votes			648	2.9	+0.6
Turnout			22,732	92.6	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	14,086	63.8	+2.6
	Labor	Melanie Smart	7,998	36.2	−2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

2010 South Australian state election: Finniss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	10,450	51.5	+13.3
	Labor	Mary-Louise Corcoran	6,134	30.2	-0.7
	Family First	Bruce Hicks	1,736	8.6	+2.6
	Greens	Diane Atkinson	1,733	8.5	+0.6
	Independent	Maris Zalups	246	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			20,299	97.4
Informal votes			472	2.6
Turnout			20,771	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	12,421	61.2	+5.8
	Labor	Mary-Louise Corcoran	7,878	38.8	-5.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

2006 South Australian state election: Finniss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	7,682	37.1	-18.8
	Labor	Mary-Lou Corcoran	6,098	29.5	+7.8
	National	Kym McHugh	3,622	17.5	+17.5
	Greens	Douglas McCarty	1,586	7.7	+2.4
	Family First	Dominic Carli	1,168	5.6	+0.5
	Democrats	Kevin Bartolo	544	2.6	-6.2
Total formal votes			20,700	96.5
Informal votes			674	3.5
Turnout			21,374	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	11,701	56.5	-9.1
	Labor	Mary-Lou Corcoran	8,999	43.5	+9.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.1

2002 South Australian state election: Finniss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dean Brown	11,616	55.9	+0.3
	Labor	Graham Hockley	4,435	21.3	+0.6
	Democrats	John Lavers	1,895	9.1	-14.5
	Greens	Matt Rigney	1,118	5.4	+5.4
	Family First	Bill Megaritis	1,034	5.0	+5.0
	One Nation	Joy Rayner	699	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			20,797	97.2
Informal votes			609	2.8
Turnout			21,406	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Brown	13,647	65.6	+8.1
	Labor	Graham Hockley	7,150	34.4	+34.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1997 South Australian state election: Finniss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dean Brown	10,519	55.4	-13.3
	Democrats	John Lavers	4,471	23.5	+12.9
	Labor	David Detchon	4,007	21.1	+4.9
Total formal votes			18,997	96.1	−1.5
Informal votes			769	3.9	+1.5
Turnout			19,766	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Brown	12,523	65.9	-9.4
	Labor	David Detchon	6,474	34.1	+9.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Brown	10,890	57.3	-18.1
	Democrats	John Lavers	8,107	42.7	+42.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1993 South Australian state election: Finniss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dean Brown	13,527	69.2	+10.5
	Labor	Leesa Chesser	3,269	16.7	-9.6
	Democrats	Richard McCarthy	2,196	11.2	-3.7
	Natural Law	Andrew Wells	557	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			19,549	97.7	−0.4
Informal votes			467	2.3	+0.4
Turnout			20,016	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Brown	14,548	74.4	+9.0
	Labor	Leesa Chesser	5,001	25.6	-9.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.0