Electoral results for the district of Edwardstown

This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Edwardstown in South Australian elections.

Member		Party	Term
	Frank Walsh	Labor	1956–1968
	Geoff Virgo	Labor	1968–1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Virgo	18,055	57.5	−2.9
	Liberal and Country	David Rogers	11,399	36.3	+4.0
	Independent	Helen Anderson	1,948	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			31,402	98.0	0.0
Informal votes			645	2.0	0.0
Turnout			32,047	93.9	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Virgo	18,347	58.4	−3.4
	Liberal and Country	David Rogers	13,055	41.6	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walsh	17,917	60.4	−11.2
	Liberal and Country	Laurence Daly	9,578	32.3	+32.3
	Democratic Labor	Allan Anderson	1,894	6.4	−22.0
	Independent	Brian Waters	297	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			29,686	98.0	+1.9
Informal votes			599	2.0	−1.9
Turnout			30,285	94.9	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Walsh	18,350	61.8	−9.8
	Liberal and Country	Laurence Daly	11,336	38.2	+38.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walsh	19,513	71.6	+14.9
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Faulkner	7,756	28.4	+20.7
Total formal votes			27,269	96.1	−1.9
Informal votes			1,114	3.9	+1.9
Turnout			28,383	94.7	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walsh	13,894	56.7	−17.6
	Liberal and Country	May Mills	8,726	35.6	+35.6
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Faulkner	1,895	7.7	−18.0
Total formal votes			24,515	98.0	+2.0
Informal votes			503	2.0	−2.0
Turnout			25,018	94.4	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Walsh		57.8	−16.5
	Liberal and Country	May Mills		42.2	+42.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Frank Walsh	15,366	74.3
	Labor (A-C)	Patrick Tippins	5,317	25.7
Total formal votes			20,683	96.0
Informal votes			858	4.0
Turnout			21,541	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing