ALP 16.2%
Incumbent MP
Joe Szakacs, since 2019.
Geography
Northwestern Adelaide. Cheltenham covers the suburbs of Alberton, Athol Park, Beverley, Cheltenham, Findon, Pennington, Queenstown, St Clair, Woodville, Woodville North, Woodville South, Woodville West and parts of Rosewater. Most of the electorate lies in the Charles Sturt council area, as well as a small part of the Port Adelaide Enfield area.
Redistribution
Cheltenham gained Athol Park from Croydon and lost Hendon to Lee. These changes increased the Labor margin from 15.9% to 16.2%.
Cheltenham has existed since the 2002 election. Cheltenham was a new name for Price, which had existed since 1985.
Murray De Laine won Price at the 1985 election. When the electorate was renamed Cheltenham, De Laine was challenged for Labor Party preselection by Jay Weatherill.
De Laine resigned from the ALP in 2001, and contested the seat as an independent, polling 9.7% and losing to Weatherill.
Weatherill was appointed to the ministry following the 2002 election, and served in the ministry through the 2006 and 2010 elections.
After the 2010 election, Weatherill challenged ALP deputy leader Kevin Foley unsuccessfully.
Weatherill replaced Mike Rann as Premier in 2011. He led Labor to a fourth term at the 2014 election, and continued as Premier until his party’s defeat in 2018. He retired from parliament in late 2018.
The subsequent by-election was easily won by Labor candidate Joe Szakacs.
- Shane Rix (Liberal)
- Alex Tennikoff (Family First)
- Joe Szakacs (Labor)
- Mike Lesiw (Independent Dignity 4 Disabled)
- Steffi Medrow (Greens)
Assessment
Cheltenham is a safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Jay Weatherill | Labor | 11,661 | 52.4 | -2.9 | 52.4 |
| Penny Pratt | Liberal | 4,954 | 22.3 | -7.2 | 22.0 |
| John Noonan | SA-Best | 3,369 | 15.1 | +15.1 | 14.9 |
| Steffi Medrow | Greens | 1,403 | 6.3 | -2.5 | 6.4 |
| Madeline McCaul | Dignity | 537 | 2.4 | +2.4 | 2.4 |
| Vincent Scali | Independent | 337 | 1.5 | +1.5 | 1.5 |
| Others | 0.4 | ||||
| Informal | 1,195 | 5.1 |
2018 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Jay Weatherill | Labor | 14,662 | 65.9 | +1.5 | 66.2 |
| Penny Pratt | Liberal | 7,599 | 34.1 | -1.5 | 33.8 |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Joe Szakacs | Labor | 11,290 | 58.6 | +6.2 |
| Peter Miller | Liberal Democrats | 3,612 | 18.7 | +18.7 |
| Steffi Medrow | Greens | 2,818 | 14.6 | +8.3 |
| Rob de Jonge | Independent Adelaide Olympics 2032 | 877 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| Mike Lesiw | Independent The Other Guy | 679 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Informal | 1,338 | 6.5 |
2019 by-election two-candidate-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Joe Szakacs | Labor | 14,365 | 74.5 |
| Peter Miller | Liberal Democrats | 4,911 | 25.5 |
Booths in Cheltenham have been divided into three areas: central, north and south.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas at the 2018 election, and again won a majority of the two-candidate-preferred vote in all three areas at the 2019 by-election.
2018 booth breakdown
| Voter group | SAB prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 14.3 | 70.9 | 6,623 | 30.9 |
| Central | 15.4 | 63.1 | 5,067 | 23.6 |
| South | 14.6 | 63.9 | 3,837 | 17.9 |
| Other votes | 15.2 | 65.0 | 5,940 | 27.7 |
2019 by-election booth breakdown
| Voter group | ALP 2CP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 73.1 | 6,670 | 32.4 |
| Central | 68.1 | 6,510 | 31.6 |
| South | 69.4 | 4,413 | 21.4 |
| Other votes | 65.9 | 3,021 | 14.7 |
Election results in Cheltenham at the 2018 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and SA-Best.
Election results at the 2019 Cheltenham by-election
Toggle between two-candidate-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens.