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Daily Tally | Early Voting Numbers

   March 14 March 16   March 17  March 18  March 19  March 20  March 21  TOTAL 
 DISTRICT                
 Adelaide   1,584 1,003           2,587
 Badcoe   1,133 1,160           2,293
 Black   1,761 1,551           3,312
 Bragg   1,339 1,356           2,695
 Chaffey   1,343 1,171           2,514
 Cheltenham   1,611 1,228           2,839
 Colton   1,673 1,648           3,321
 Croydon   1,334  921           2,255
 Davenport   1,484 1,274           2,758
 Dunstan   1,154 1,047           2,201
 Elder   1,093 1,160           2,253
 Elizabeth   1,038 1,130           2,168
 Enfield   1,440 1,172           2,612
 Finniss   1,680 2,633           3,805
 Flinders   1,544 1,553           3,097
 Florey   1,693 1,414           3,107
 Gibson   1,550 1,539           3,089
 Giles   2,102 1,919           4,021
 Hammond   1,454 1,590           3,044
 Hartley   1,532 1,343           2,875
 Heysen   1,044 1,120           2,164
 Hurtle Vale   1,873 1,727           3,600
 Kaurna   1,319 1,125           2,852
 Kavel   1,566 1,766           3,332
 King   1,460 1,466           2,926
 Lee   1,623 1,607           3,230
 Light   1,361 1,575           2,936
 MacKillop   1,291 1,174           2,465
 Mawson   1,472 1,542           3,014
 Morialta   1,715 1,542           3,257
 Morphett   1,424 1,501           2,925
 Mount Gambier   2,195 2,174           4,369
 Narungga   1,475 1,512           2,987
 Newland   1,532 1,642           3,174
 Ngadjuri   1,183 1,132           2,315
 Playford   1,871 1,390           3,261
 Port Adelaide   1,299 1,154           2,453
 Ramsay   1,723 1,305           3,028
 Reynell   1,617 1,411           3,028
 Schubert   1,481 1,737           3,128
 Stuart   1,113 1,230           2,343
 Taylor   1,584 1,336           2,920
 Torrens   1,516 1,272           2,788
 Unley   1,557 1,361           2,918
 Waite   1,328 1,286           2,614
 West Torrens   1,395  962           2,357
 Wright   1,669 1,698           3,367
     66,559            

 

2026 SA First Nations Voice Election | Early Vote Tally

This page will be updated after the close of each day - until polling on March 21 

 REGION  March 14   March 16   March 17  March 18    March 19   March 20  March 21   Total
 Region 1 – Kumangka Warrarna Wangkanthi (Central)   59  89            148
 Region 2 – Far North    7  198             205
 Region 3 – Flinders and Upper North   56  58            114
 Region 4 – Murraylands, Riverland and South East   33  28            61
 Region 5 – West and West Coast   54  55            109
 Region 6 – Yorke and Mid North   14  24            38
                 

 

Daily Tally | Postal Vote Applications

Date State Election SA Voice
2/2 2,792 35
3/2 2,463 56
4/2 1,678 41
5/2  1,758 30
6/2  1,447 28
7/2  1,097 24
8/2  1,623 43
9/2  2,247 52
10/2  2,646 80
11/2  2,658 66
12/02  2,522 46
13/02  2,213 51
14/02  1,460 31
15/02  1,838 71
16/02  2,543 47
17/02  2,409 60
18/02  2,204 46
19/02  2,066 47
20/02  2,522 72
21/02  2,238 78
22/02  2,515 86
23/02  3,399 95
24/02  2,994 88
25/02  2,847 80
26/02  2,709 90
27/02  5,115 146
28/02  2,396 54
1/03  2,628 94
2/03  8,198 246
3/03  9,049 275
4/03  8,088 274
5/03  5,398 177
6/03  4,545 138
7/03  4,262  0
8/03  3,359  0
9/03  3,817  0
10/03  5,444  176
11/03  5,629  1
12/03  3,860  3
13/03  3,317  2
14/03  2,761  0
15/03  2,166  0
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Daily Tally | Postal Vote Applications by District

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Adelaide 57 52 38 31 36 9 25 45 73 61 59 41 31 41 45 49 59 57 69 51 55 97 80 64 53 57 46 47 118 1368 157 122 92 97 85 69 96 121 91 73 89 47     4,053
Badcoe 60 54 28 44 42 29 44 43 59 59 50 49 30 35 44 50 57 47 62 40 47 79 89 73 49 70 43 46 122 1156 226 127 86 82 63 72 125 134 121 70 69 44     3,919
Black 87 53 44 36 31 25 39 47 57 45 49 44 29 23 48 50 26 47 72 53 51 89 59 39 66 51 46 50 123 1074 162 121 87 93 49 52 104 86 65 53 52 25     3,502
Bragg 38 55 33 38 56 23 33 51 71 93 49 37 33 50 69 57 41 56 60 54 64 106 58 78 59 397 105 87 181 1136 144 121 97 126 76 81 123 117 62 65 81 53     4,414
Chaffey 31 46 23 32 20 12 39 64 41 70 77 47 39 45 43 41 38 44 51 41 52 54 53 63 61 252 53 64 126 847 123 82 76 75 37 43 88 80 48 56 27 28     3,232
Cheltenham 59 53 38 33 26 17 32 41 31 33 38 46 36 40 44 59 51 41 40 60 41 49 49 61 51 54 28 54 148 1087 164 109 102 71 41 82 138 144 88 71 67 38     3,555
Colton 71 56 37 36 43 39 23 69 70 83 63 52 49 40 81 31 54 50 71 50 51 89 90 61 61 54 50 49 457 1162 177 156 106 110 70 58 129 156 102 87 64 54     4,461
Croydon 81 46 41 42 43 20 35 37 61 48 31 36 25 45 61 39 52 43 55 62 46 78 82 67 56 66 35 51 158 1180 215 101 115 75 57 75 113 150 110 97 90 76     3,996
Davenport 56 64 37 44 40 38 46 52 57 58 61 44 28 32 70 58 47 28 61 41 65 64 63 118 73 59 37 51 300 956 137 129 85 66 51 84 96 101 73 89 52 40     3,751
Dunstan 47 49 24 16 17 18 17 48 50 66 69 36 32 31 47 36 51 62 56 44 50 102 62 60 66 69 44 58 396 1214 185 141 128 105 62 72 95 112 89 76 66 65     4,133
Elder 49 40 23 41 36 25 33 33 82 49 50 42 32 24 49 44 39 31 37 41 61 60 68 56 36 56 45 47 302 1080 144 103 79 76 44 56 89 132 77 78 36 36     3,561
Elizabeth 68 63 38 40 20 13 38 53 40 54 35 52 32 46 43 72 63 51 45 47 68 51 76 61 73 61 36 42 93 1148 133 103 78 93 57 58 111 109 70 71 64 45     3,614
Enfield 59 51 47 40 32 36 45 44 59 45 33 32 31 35 46 47 53 55 41 48 51 64 47 59 64 60 41 47 128 1150 203 127 101 67 59 60 122 120 69 78 54 59     3,709
Finniss 88 55 54 47 28 27 45 78 83 87 66 68 40 29 85 73 44 41 70 47 52 92 46 58 60 265 94 90 130 1058 162 116 97 80 62 59 107 100 71 55 37 35     4,081
Flinders 43 35 15 25 33 15 17 80 50 63 71 29 18 24 38 41 43 46 41 42 56 66 72 44 47 175 44 65 88 718 103 75 64 59 45 74 79 84 70 52 43 27     2,919
Florey 39 51 31 45 7 11 24 36 33 43 47 41 20 46 38 56 26 38 48 48 37 46 61 36 37 38 30 48 89 986 99 114 110 73 45 50 102 98 64 77 94 34     3,096
Gibson 63 77 32 38 37 19 36 39 84 61 66 61 33 42 70 51 70 63 51 55 65 100 82 56 65 70 47 54 301 1209 207 152 116 76 81 63 85 98 97 67 44 42     4,225
Giles 31 26 13 15 20 8 11 28 28 16 22 15 17 13 29 14 22 17 27 15 36 54 31 29 28 28 22 18 67 710 105 56 69 34 52 30 57 52 28 14 16 17     1,940
Hammond 37 40 21 37 21 12 22 47 35 58 39 39 30 36 61 49 28 35 42 29 36 74 54 47 42 248 71 77 106 816 105 107 119 81 67 59 104 108 82 60 46 31     3,258
Hartley 40 42 35 35 27 24 37 45 60 46 41 75 31 57 72 43 36 42 47 57 67 51 61 70 41 298 89 71 133 1057 138 116 84 124 71 90 95 126 59 62 47 51     3,893
Heysen 51 21 27 23 21 18 34 37 53 49 50 34 26 22 36 28 36 23 35 51 45 54 42 45 34 186 57 53 135 894 104 86 55 60 69 73 67 83 90 48 45 41     3,041
Hurtle Vale 94 75 50 59 44 25 52 52 67 55 59 67 40 61 63 66 46 59 61 72 66 73 92 69 74 85 56 56 179 1372 219 127 108 92 87 89 107 141 105 91 64 61     4,580
Kaurna 53 61 40 34 32 45 31 53 61 60 44 43 23 48 49 31 43 49 66 53 49 54 67 53 53 50 36 48 158 1046 207 118 126 73 61 73 107 125 115 66 66 63     3,733
Kavel 63 39 24 18 18 26 39 32 40 59 56 34 39 29 34 27 34 28 39 39 45 78 48 52 52 37 44 50 217 972 110 104 86 96 39 68 73 108 68 49 55 41     3,209
King 79 77 51 42 36 29 53 66 57 82 53 56 46 52 77 75 45 51 86 64 53 72 79 58 83 53 68 62 121 1315 167 126 150 101 84 64 114 107 108 82 51 57     4,352
Lee 72 54 34 38 22 23 47 58 62 53 54 46 27 29 50 46 43 47 54 31 44 99 54 74 48 60 44 48 147 1040 291 172 100 73 46 50 115 126 92 77 60 41     3.791
Light 39 57 36 36 21 18 42 43 45 49 37 40 30 54 46 49 41 34 49 46 66 66 50 61 50 63 47 65 112 913 183 109 108 82 51 82 101 106 94 67 105 49     3,442
MacKillop 36 29 41 47 49 23 34 52 59 79 59 43 20 50 51 70 58 51 58 43 47 93 69 68 52 231 72 94 149 890 150 98 109 80 72 77 111 114 70 66 46 42     3,752
Mawson 64 46 28 19 18 25 35 33 50 52 51 45 33 27 42 32 50 40 63 60 46 78 60 59 90 46 39 58 131 1030 223 135 108 95 55 76 119 149 75 54 51 43     3,633
Morialta 52 43 54 37 30 19 44 48 67 41 60 45 24 32 61 46 37 33 40 51 56 84 59 59 62 60 57 55 333 920 140 84 92 103 77 85 121 131 82 66 53 59     3,702
Morphett 73 49 34 40 22 24 37 36 78 55 55 71 34 31 61 48 51 41 70 57 57 81 65 67 50 251 88 66 138 1041 124 84 77 101 79 56 91 91 68 76 50 50     3,818
Mount Gambier 32 12 15 6 10 4 14 9 20 33 33 30 14 20 24 18 29 23 19 15 12 23 13 23 19 26 14 16 157 476 60 49 37 47 20 24 55 52 25 22 23 23     1,596
Narungga 109 84 67 75 51 44 39 98 96 86 117 74 40 58 97 71 67 57 68 36 73 75 56 65 75 84 53 44 335 784 142 93 88 76 61 57 75 92 76 46 34 31     3,949
Newland 61 58 33 23 36 12 36 32 53 55 52 68 24 26 56 47 40 34 52 35 42 53 58 79 50 77 42 36 244 1004 120 108 108 68 61 51 81 105 84 78 50 26     3,458
Ngadjuri 57 69 58 47 34 28 37 83 77 86 71 96 41 47 62 78 78 58 72 58 98 120 99 90 105 253 88 69 153 746 135 107 97 113 66 82 123 132 65 63 76 43     4,160
Playford 77 56 31 44 25 29 31 50 50 50 56 45 28 39 66 61 43 60 39 38 54 66 59 54 49 55 42 54 113 917 214 117 87 84 52 70 110 106 76 75 86 50     3,508
Port Adelaide 62 42 31 55 39 30 48 18 46 46 59 45 35 39 49 38 45 47 45 46 59 58 74 65 57 79 39 49 111 1065 292 128 104 92 52 71 120 160 79 80 40 47     3,786
Ramsay 65 76 47 49 32 29 40 66 71 58 62 32 42 54 60 78 57 40 54 53 70 56 76 50 69 79 40 72 124 1258 269 138 78 76 51 45 115 139 80 104 83 47     4,184
Reynell 83 62 37 45 44 21 21 61 49 59 41 49 36 40 55 51 45 46 36 58 70 69 40 57 60 63 32 45 117 1060 214 121 92 86 54 52 130 136 84 60 42 35     3,658
Schubert 50 46 19 29 39 22 34 39 48 47 73 37 34 49 51 69 74 52 75 50 54 77 60 52 76 187 62 56 93 704 130 88 79 68 56 62 89 78 62 48 45 28     3,191
Stuart 53 52 34 24 24 17 21 39 44 59 61 50 22 38 45 47 37 39 63 36 24 47 88 57 68 53 41 35 197 937 122 74 79 68 34 48 95 92 77 58 45 52     3,196
Taylor 51 76 44 46 32 41 36 50 67 38 36 46 25 56 63 87 54 43 40 51 46 64 59 66 54 67 44 60 132 861 138 123 62 86 70 66 135 142 105 105 99 57     3,623
Torrens 68 62 46 33 30 28 40 46 56 45 46 43 23 32 53 52 60 51 57 48 45 80 66 48 56 53 37 68 169 1071 265 123 104 98 98 66 98 138 115 103 69 62     3,951
Unley 68 47 34 46 19 16 29 32 43 47 65 36 31 38 52 57 36 36 54 48 41 65 53 51 65 284 87 62 123 1184 121 92 79 93 54 75 89 110 80 73 43 44     3,802
Waite 59 42 31 48 51 19 31 39 49 57 60 40 52 42 49 69 41 41 58 56 50 83 65 65 60 72 41 55 339 1109 169 102 107 100 80 65 91 121 80 52 49 38     3,927
West Torrens 67 52 35 42 27 27 30 37 65 44 47 54 31 42 52 53 34 47 59 42 66 73 92 87 64 42 52 46 144 923 270 145 112 84 53 66 140 120 93 83 63 66     3,771
Wright 46 52 34 33 19 27 37 48 38 56 33 41 14 37 48 46 60 30 50 57 74 64 47 59 32 61 43 59 103 1055 273 143 107 76 64 59 98 143 75 82 51 43     3,617
   2788  2447  1667  1753  1440  1089  1613  2237  2635  2638  2506  2196  1450  1826  2535  2400  2184  2054  2508  2219  2503  3370  2973  2833  2695  5085  2371  2597  8040  47699  7941  5272  4430  3934  2820  3039  4828  5375  3759  3225  2682  2086     171,742

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Comment: A friend received a card in the mail with details correct on the front but the polling places on the reverse are for a different electorate?

Response: ECSA is aware that some EasyVote cards distributed in the Reynell district have the incorrect voting centres on the back of the card. The enrolment details on the cards are correct and can be used at any Voting Centre. Replacement EasyVote cards will be in the mail early next week. In the meantime, please remember that you can vote at any voting centre across South Australia. All polling locations can be found at ecsa.sa.gov.au

Source: Social Media

Dated: 13 March 2026

Category: Voting
Comment: Voting in the State Election is compulsory + “You are not legally obliged to mark the ballot paper” on the Official Guide

Response: Section 85 of the Electoral Act (1985) states that, it is compulsory to attend the State Election to record your vote; however it is not compulsory to then mark the ballot papers either for the House of Assembly or the Legislative Council.

Source: Emails

Dated: 11 March 2026

Category: Elections
Comment: voteguide.com.au states the State Election is on March 28

Response: Polling day for the South Australian State Election is March 21. Early voting commences for everyone from March 14.

Source: Website

Dated: 3 March 2026

Category: Elections
Comment: The voting system contravenes the constitution in South Australia

Response: The Electoral Act 1985 (SA) governs the electoral process in South Australia including the voting system.

Source: Social Media

Dated: 23 February 2026

Category: Legislation/Constitution
Comment: I can’t get to my local polling location

Response: You can vote at any voting centre anywhere in South Australia. There are over 700 polling locations across South Australia, 24 remote locations, 9 correctional institutions, 6 hospitals and over 250 residential care facilities. Voting services will also be available at 7 interstate and 3 internaltional locations. You can also apply for a postal vote application or telephone assisted voting (eligibility criteria applies).

Source: Social Media

Dated: 11 February 2026

Category: Voting
Comment: I’ve heard people vote multiple times

Response: You can only vote once in the election.

Source: Social Media

Dated: 10 February 2026

Category: Voting
Comment: What’s the point of voting?

Response: Voting is mandatory in South Australia.

Source: Social Media

Dated: 9 February 2026

Category: Voting
Comment: A pencil vote can be erased

Response: Pencils are used in elections because between elections, pens dry out in storage.

Source: Social Media

Dated: 6 February 2026

Category: Voting
Comment: I’m travelling, I can’t vote

Response: You can apply for a postal vote to the known address of your destination.

Source: Social Media

Dated: 4 February 2026

Category: Voting

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If you are on the state electoral roll you will automatically be on the Council Voters Roll for your residence.

However, you may still be eligible to be on the Council Voters Roll if you are:

  • on the state electoral roll in South Australia and
  • a non-resident sole owner (a landlord of rateable property), or non-resident occupier (tenant) within a council area
  • an owner or occupier of an organisation or business
  • an owner of a holiday home
  • group of owners or occupiers, of a rateable property.
In accordance with section 15(5a) of the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999, council must purge the council's voters roll on 1 January of every election year.

Therefore, all landlords, organisations, business owners or occupiers, must re-enrol from January 1 of every election year to be eligible to vote, with the exception of the City of Adelaide.

If you are unsure whether you are enrolled on the council voters roll,  contact your local council.

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2026 State Election

Polling day 21 March 2026

Key dates

  • 21 February 2026: Writ issued
  • 27 February 2026: Close of roll
  • 14 March 2026: Early voting open
  • 21 March 2026: Polling day

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