Electoral results for the district of Colton

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

Members for Colton

2018 South Australian state election: Colton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matt Cowdrey	11,685	47.6	−2.4
	Labor	Angela Vaughan	7,733	31.5	−7.7
	SA-Best	Jassmine Wood	3,459	14.1	+14.1
	Greens	Paul Petherick	1,404	5.7	−1.7
	Dignity	Ted Evans	271	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			24,552	96.8	−0.6
Informal votes			808	3.2	+0.6
Turnout			25,360	91.9	+3.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Matt Cowdrey	14,211	57.9	+4.0
	Labor	Angela Vaughan	10,341	42.1	−4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.0

2014 South Australian state election: Colton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Caica	10,394	44.8	−1.5
	Liberal	Joe Barry	10,363	44.7	+4.7
	Greens	Andrew Payne	1,584	6.8	−1.4
	Family First	Kym McKay	859	3.7	+0.2
Total formal votes			23,200	97.3	+1.0
Informal votes			656	2.7	−1.0
Turnout			23,856	93.5	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Caica	11,938	51.5	−2.2
	Liberal	Joe Barry	11,262	48.5	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.2

2010 South Australian state election: Colton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Caica	9,862	46.5	−11.2
	Liberal	Peter Morichovitis	8,393	39.6	+10.1
	Greens	Jim Douglas	1,735	8.2	+2.4
	Family First	Denis Power	754	3.6	−0.7
	Fair Land Tax	Yiannis Stamos	444	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			21,188	95.4
Informal votes			956	4.6
Turnout			22,144	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Caica	11,432	54.0	−12.1
	Liberal	Peter Morichovitis	9,756	46.0	+12.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.1

2006 South Australian state election: Colton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Caica	11,866	58.2	+16.5
	Liberal	Tim Blackamore	5,952	29.2	−9.6
	Greens	Heather Merran	1,191	5.8	+0.3
	Family First	Victoria de Los Angeles	820	4.0	+1.6
	Democrats	Anna Tree	560	2.7	−1.7
Total formal votes			20.389	96.6	+1.1
Informal votes			718	3.4	−1.1
Turnout			21,107	93.5	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Caica	13,522	66.3	+11.7
	Liberal	Tim Blackamore	6,867	33.7	−11.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.7

2002 South Australian state election: Colton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Caica	8,235	41.7	+5.8
	Liberal	John Behenna	7,650	38.8	−1.0
	Greens	Jim Douglas	1,077	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	Joe Ienco	1,038	5.3	+5.3
	Democrats	Caroline Dowd	865	4.4	−8.7
	Family First	Andrew Lewis	480	2.4	+2.4
	One Nation	Andrew Phillips	220	1.1	+1.1
	SA First	Desi d'Orsay-Lawrence	116	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Alison Patterson	52	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			19,733	95.5
Informal votes			939	4.5
Turnout			20,672	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Caica	10,765	54.6	+5.6
	Liberal	John Behenna	8,968	45.4	−5.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.6

1997 South Australian state election: Colton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Condous	7,690	40.1	−4.4
	Labor	Joe Cappella	6,006	31.3	+6.6
	Independent	Bob Randall	3,225	16.8	−3.3
	Democrats	Anna Tree	2,267	11.8	+6.4
Total formal votes			19,188	96.8	+1.0
Informal votes			628	3.2	−1.0
Turnout			19,816	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steve Condous	10,361	54.0	−6.7
	Labor	Joe Cappella	8,827	46.0	+6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.7

1993 South Australian state election: Colton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Condous	8,609	44.2	−2.1
	Labor	Joe Ienco	4,836	24.8	−18.8
	Independent	Bob Randall	3,990	20.5	+20.5
	Democrats	Fiona Dawkins	1,060	5.4	−3.1
	Independent	Kathleen Barrett	423	2.2	+2.2
	Call to Australia	David Kingham	245	1.3	−0.4
	Natural Law	Andrew Hobbs	179	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Eustace Saltis	140	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			19,482	95.9	−1.9
Informal votes			840	4.1	+1.9
Turnout			20,322	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steve Condous	11,787	60.5	+9.5
	Labor	Joe Ienco	7,695	39.5	−9.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.5