Electoral results for the district of Wright

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

Members for Wright

2018 South Australian state election: Wright^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Blair Boyer	9,449	39.6	−5.1
	Liberal	Luigi Mesisca	7,407	31.0	−7.1
	SA-Best	Natasha Henningsen	4,437	18.6	+18.6
	Greens	Jennifer Harness	1,412	5.9	−1.2
	Conservatives	Eric Dennis	1,153	4.8	−3.6
Total formal votes			23,858	95.9	−0.3
Informal votes			1,024	4.1	+0.3
Turnout			24,882	92.2	+4.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Blair Boyer	12,767	53.5	−0.8
	Liberal	Luigi Mesisca	11,091	46.5	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.8

2014 South Australian state election: Wright^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	9,838	43.6	−4.6
	Liberal	Lyn Petrie	8,685	38.5	+1.2
	Family First	Mark Potter	1,904	8.4	+1.7
	Greens	Tom Lowe	1,441	6.4	+1.0
	Independent	Danyse Soester	696	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			22,564	96.3	−0.6
Informal votes			856	3.7	+0.6
Turnout			23,420	93.8	−0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	11,965	53.0	−1.8
	Liberal	Lyn Petrie	10,599	47.0	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.8

2010 South Australian state election: Wright^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	10,688	48.1	−9.4
	Liberal	Tina Celeste	8,309	37.4	+10.7
	Family First	Mark Potter	1,488	6.7	−0.6
	Greens	Arthur Seager	1,132	5.1	+1.2
	Dignity for Disability	Garry Connor	581	2.6	+0.2
Total formal votes			22,198	93.9
Informal votes			1,283	6.1
Turnout			23,481	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	12,126	54.6	−10.7
	Liberal	Tina Celeste	10,072	45.4	+10.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.7

2006 South Australian state election: Wright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	12,080	57.6	+12.6
	Liberal	Stephen Ernst	5,605	26.7	−11.6
	Family First	Malcolm Reynolds	1,541	7.3	+0.1
	Greens	Holden Ward	817	3.9	+3.9
	Dignity for Disabled	Sarah Rischmueller	506	2.4	+2.4
	Democrats	Scott Jesser	428	2.0	−5.3
Total formal votes			20,977	96.1	−1.7
Informal votes			855	3.9	+1.7
Turnout			21,832	93.7	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	13,694	65.3	+12.1
	Liberal	Stephen Ernst	7,283	34.7	−12.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.1

2002 South Australian state election: Wright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	9,676	45.0	+1.9
	Liberal	Mark Osterstock	8,243	38.3	+2.4
	Democrats	Helen Munro	1,567	7.3	−6.7
	Family First	Lyn Griffin	1,541	7.2	+7.2
	One Nation	Rod Kowald	487	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			21,514	97.8
Informal votes			494	2.2
Turnout			22,008	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	11,438	53.2	−1.2
	Liberal	Mark Osterstock	10,076	46.8	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.2

1997 South Australian state election: Wright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	8,076	41.4	+1.0
	Liberal	Scott Ashenden	7,175	36.8	−11.9
	Democrats	Christine Posta	2,604	13.4	+5.3
	Independent	John Siemers	826	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Gregg McDonald	524	2.7	+2.7
	United Australia	Olive Weston	299	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			19,504	95.4	−1.9
Informal votes			933	4.6	+1.9
Turnout			20,437	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	10,354	53.1	+6.4
	Liberal	Scott Ashenden	9,150	46.9	−6.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.4

1993 South Australian state election: Wright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Ashenden	10,510	49.8	+11.7
	Labor	Trish White	8,298	39.3	−9.6
	Democrats	Stephen Bartholomew	1,675	7.9	−2.0
	Independent	Ronald Fox	612	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			21,095	97.4	−0.3
Informal votes			556	2.6	+0.3
Turnout			21,651	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Scott Ashenden	11,401	54.0	+9.2
	Labor	Trish White	9,694	46.0	−9.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.2