Electoral results for the district of Croydon (South Australia)

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

Members for Croydon

Member		Party	Term
	Michael Atkinson	Labor	2002–2018
	Peter Malinauskas	Labor	2018–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Croydon.[edit]

2022 South Australian state election: Croydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Malinauskas	14,064	60.8	+4.2
	Liberal	Michael Santagata	5,197	22.5	+6.1
	Greens	Tracey Davis	2,858	12.3	+4.6
	Animal Justice	Millie Hammerstein	1,029	4.4	+1.1
Total formal votes			23,148	96.7
Informal votes			800	3.3
Turnout			23,948	85.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Malinauskas	17,305	74.8	+1.5
	Liberal	Michael Santagata	5,843	25.2	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 2010s

2018 South Australian state election: Croydon^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Malinauskas	11,739	58.0	−2.3
	Liberal	Daria Hextell	3,185	15.7	−7.8
	SA-Best	Julia Karpathakis	2,125	10.5	+10.5
	Greens	Nathan Lange	1,424	7.0	−3.3
	Animal Justice	Millie Hammerstein	803	4.0	+4.0
	Conservatives	Rachael Runner	365	1.8	−3.0
	Dignity	Lucy McGinley	241	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Michael Lesiw	176	0.9	+0.9
	Danig	Gabor Gesti	172	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			20,230	93.0	−3.4
Informal votes			1,511	7.0	+3.4
Turnout			21,741	88.3	+5.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Malinauskas	15,044	74.4	+3.2
	Liberal	Daria Hextell	5,186	25.6	−3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

2014 South Australian state election: Croydon^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	11,872	57.8	+4.8
	Liberal	Glenda Noble	5,462	26.6	+3.3
	Greens	Cherie Hoyle	2,342	11.4	+2.6
	Family First	Nkweto Nkamba	866	4.2	+0.6
Total formal votes			20,542	96.6	+1.4
Informal votes			716	3.4	−1.4
Turnout			21,258	90.7	−1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	14,156	68.9	+3.5
	Liberal	Glenda Noble	6,386	31.1	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

2010 South Australian state election: Croydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	10,200	51.5	-15.6
	Liberal	Zack McLennan	4,809	24.3	+5.0
	Greens	James Hickey	1,743	8.8	-0.8
	Independent	Max Galanti	1,143	5.8	+5.8
	Gamers 4 Croydon	Kat Nicholson	726	3.7	+3.7
	Family First	Alex Tennikoff	682	3.4	+3.4
	Democrats	Shaun Yates	505	2.5	-1.5
Total formal votes			19,808	94.9
Informal votes			1,002	5.1
Turnout			20,810	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	12,702	64.1	-12.0
	Liberal	Zack McLennan	7,106	35.9	+12.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-12.0

Elections in the 2000s

2006 South Australian state election: Croydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	13,074	67.1	+6.8
	Liberal	Briony Whitehouse	3,762	19.3	-5.4
	Greens	Teresa Beltrame	1,869	9.6	+9.6
	Democrats	Kerrin Pine	781	4.0	-3.9
Total formal votes			19,486	96.4
Informal votes			721	3.6
Turnout			20,207	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	14,808	76.0	+6.9
	Liberal	Briony Whitehouse	4,678	24.0	-6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.9

2002 South Australian state election: Croydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	12,024	60.3	-2.5
	Liberal	Angus Bristow	4,926	24.7	+0.5
	Democrats	Daryl Owen	1,568	7.9	-5.1
	SA First	James England	708	3.6	+3.6
	Independent	Jessica Gosnell	401	2.0	+2.0
	One Nation	John Victorsen	308	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			19,935	96.2
Informal votes			782	3.8
Turnout			20,717	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	13,766	69.1	-2.1
	Liberal	Angus Bristow	6,169	30.9	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.1

References

1. State Election Results - District Results for Croydon, ECSA.
2. 2014 State Election Results – Croydon, ECSA.

• SA elections archive: Antony Green ABC