Electoral results for the district of Gumeracha

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Bryant Giles	4,740	67.9	+3.1
	Labor	Cyril Swaine	2,245	32.1	+10.6
Total formal votes			6,985	98.4	+0.5
Informal votes			115	1.6	−0.5
Turnout			7,100	91.7	−4.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	4,365	64.8	−16.3
	Labor	Ernie Crimes	1,449	21.5	+21.5
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Coffey	420	6.2	−12.7
	Social Credit	Marcus Dodd	375	5.6	+5.6
	Communist	Brian Rooney	130	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			6,739	97.9	+2.5
Informal votes			143	2.1	−2.5
Turnout			6,882	96.2	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	4,923	73.1	−8.0
	Labor	Ernie Crimes	1,816	26.9	+26.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	5,202	81.1	+7.7
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Coffey	1,211	18.9	+18.9
Total formal votes			6,413	95.4	−3.0
Informal votes			309	4.6	+3.0
Turnout			6,722	95.8	+0.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	4,781	73.4	−15.2
	Labor	Ernie Crimes	1,333	20.5	+20.5
	Independent	Charles Coffey	404	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			6,518	98.4	+2.3
Informal votes			107	1.6	−2.3
Turnout			6,625	95.6	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford		76.4	−12.2
	Labor	Ernie Crimes		23.6	+23.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	5,457	88.6
	Communist	Fred Slater	705	11.4
Total formal votes			6,162	96.1
Informal votes			251	3.9
Turnout			6,413	94.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	5,315	90.4	−9.6
	Communist	Alan Finger	566	9.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			5,881	95.1
Informal votes			302	4.9
Turnout			6,183	96.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	3,752	72.1	−27.9
	Labor	Wilfred Holmes	1,451	27.9	+27.9
Total formal votes			5,203	98.2
Informal votes			95	1.8
Turnout			5,298	89.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	2,081	65.3
	Independent	Robert Hunter	556	17.5
	Labor	Arthur Edwards	549	17.2
Total formal votes			3,186	98.3
Informal votes			55	1.7
Turnout			3,241	56.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing