Electoral results for the district of Briggs

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Briggs in South Australian state elections from 1985 to 1989.

Members for Coles

Member		Party	Term
	Mike Rann	Labor	1985–1993

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Briggs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mike Rann	10,112	55.4	−1.2
	Liberal	Terry Stuart	5,912	32.4	+5.0
	Democrats	Colin Maas	2,232	12.2	+7.5
Total formal votes			18,256	97.3	+1.4
Informal votes			514	2.7	−1.4
Turnout			18,770	94.7	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mike Rann	11,278	61.8	−5.6
	Liberal	Terry Stuart	6,978	38.2	+5.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.6

1985 South Australian state election: Briggs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mike Rann	9,142	56.6	−4.4
	Liberal	Bernhard Buchner	4,430	27.4	−2.6
	Independent	David Whiting	1,818	11.3	+11.3
	Democrats	Anastasios Giannouklas	766	4.7	−4.3
Total formal votes			16,156	95.9
Informal votes			687	4.1
Turnout			16,843	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mike Rann	10,894	67.4	+1.4
	Liberal	Bernhard Buchner	5,262	32.6	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

References

• Green, Antony. "SA elections archive". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.