Electoral results for the district of Cheltenham

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

Members for Cheltenham[edit]

Member		Party	Term
	Jay Weatherill	Labor	2002–2018
	Joe Szakacs	Labor	2019–present

2022 South Australian state election: Cheltenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Szakacs	13,027	55.6	+2.4
	Liberal	Shane Rix	5,730	24.4	+2.7
	Greens	Steffi Medrow	2,545	10.9	+4.6
	Family First	Alex Tennikoff	1,513	6.5	+6.5
	Independent	Mike Lesiw	633	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			23,448	96.4
Informal votes			888	3.6
Turnout			24,336	88.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Szakacs	16,194	69.1	+2.4
	Liberal	Shane Rix	7,254	30.9	−2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

2019 Cheltenham state by-election^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Szakacs	11,290	58.6	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Miller	3,612	18.7	+18.7
	Greens	Steffi Medrow	2,818	14.6	+8.3
	Independent Adelaide Olympics 2032	Rob de Jonge	877	4.5	+4.5
	Independent The Other Guy	Mike Lesiw	679	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			19,276	93.5	−1.4
Informal votes			1,338	6.5	+1.4
Turnout			20,614	78.1	−12.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Szakacs	14,365	74.5	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Miller	4,911	25.5	+25.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

2018 South Australian state election: Cheltenham^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jay Weatherill	11,661	52.4	−2.9
	Liberal	Penny Pratt	4,954	22.3	−7.2
	SA-Best	John Noonan	3,369	15.1	+15.1
	Greens	Steffi Medrow	1,403	6.3	−2.5
	Dignity	Madeline McCaul	537	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	Vincent Scali	337	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			22,261	94.9	−1.7
Informal votes			1,195	5.1	+1.7
Turnout			23,456	90.0	+5.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jay Weatherill	14,662	65.9	+1.5
	Liberal	Penny Pratt	7,599	34.1	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

2014 South Australian state election: Cheltenham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jay Weatherill	12,060	55.4	−0.6
	Liberal	Jack Batty	6,414	29.5	+5.1
	Greens	Rebecca Galdies	1,831	8.4	+2.2
	Family First	Alex Tennikoff	1,470	6.8	+1.3
Total formal votes			21,775	96.5	+0.8
Informal votes			786	3.5	−0.8
Turnout			22,561	91.3	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jay Weatherill	13,993	64.3	−1.8
	Liberal	Jack Batty	7,782	35.7	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.8

2010 South Australian state election: Cheltenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jay Weatherill	11,326	56.2	-6.9
	Liberal	James Bourke	4,912	24.4	+7.2
	Independent	Henrietta Child	1,551	7.7	+7.7
	Greens	Paul Downton	1,280	6.3	+0.5
	Family First	Walter Shigrov	1,091	5.4	-4.1
Total formal votes			20,160	95.4
Informal votes			908	4.6
Turnout			21,068	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jay Weatherill	13,327	66.1	-9.4
	Liberal	James Bourke	6,833	33.9	+9.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.4

2006 South Australian state election: Cheltenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jay Weatherill	12,020	62.7	+14.1
	Liberal	Sue Lawrie	3,259	17.0	-6.8
	Family First	Greg Perry	1,895	9.9	+9.9
	Greens	Margaret Davies	1,140	6.0	+3.0
	Democrats	Pam Moore	842	4.4	-2.4
Total formal votes			19,156	95.7	+1.6
Informal votes			866	4.3	-1.6
Turnout			20,022	91.4	-1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jay Weatherill	14,444	75.4	+8.7
	Liberal	Sue Lawrie	4,712	24.6	-8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

2002 South Australian state election: Cheltenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jay Weatherill	9,457	48.6	-6.4
	Liberal	Sue Lawrie	4,627	23.8	-1.2
	Independent	Murray De Laine	1,886	9.7	+9.7
	Democrats	Cheryl Glenie	1,329	6.8	-9.0
	SA First	Alex Alexander	847	4.3	+4.3
	Greens	Anne McMenamin	588	3.0	+3.0
	One Nation	Sarah Gibson	391	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Nugget Cooke	348	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			19,473	94.1
Informal votes			1,213	5.9
Turnout			20,686	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jay Weatherill	12,986	66.7	+0.1
	Liberal	Sue Lawrie	6,487	33.3	-0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1