ALP 16.2%
Incumbent MP
Chris Picton, since 2014.
Geography
Southern Adelaide. Kaurna covers the southern coast of Adelaide from Christies Beach to Moana, as well as inland suburbs including Noarlunga Downs.
Redistribution
Kaurna lost Hackham and Huntfield Heights to Hurtle Vale, also lost Maslin Beach to Mawson, and gained Port Noarlunga, Christies Beach and part of Christie Downs from Reynell.
Kaurna has existed since the 1993 election. The electorate was won by the Liberal Party in 1993, and has been held by the ALP since 1997.
Lorraine Rosenberg won the seat for the Liberal Party in 1993, despite the seat on paper being a notional Labor seat.
John Hill won the seat for the ALP in 1997. He served as a minister in the Labor government from 2002 to 2011, and was re-elected at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 elections.
Hill retired in 2014, and was succeeded by Labor candidate Chris Picton. Picton was re-elected in 2018.
- Peter Heggie (One Nation)
- Sarika Sharma (Liberal)
- Sean Weatherly (Greens)
- Steven Price (Family First)
- Chris Picton (Labor)
Assessment
Kaurna is a safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Chris Picton | Labor | 13,162 | 57.6 | +10.9 | 55.9 |
| Simon McMahon | Liberal | 7,342 | 32.1 | +0.5 | 27.9 |
| Sean Cullen-Macaskill | Greens | 2,358 | 10.3 | +1.7 | 9.1 |
| Others | 7.1 | ||||
| Informal | 1,025 | 4.3 |
2018 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Chris Picton | Labor | 14,843 | 64.9 | +5.7 | 66.2 |
| Simon McMahon | Liberal | 8,019 | 35.1 | -5.7 | 33.8 |
Booths in Kaurna have been divided into three areas: central, north and south.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 66.4% in the centre to 68% in the south.
| Voter group | GRN prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 7.9 | 67.4 | 7,054 | 31.5 |
| South | 9.3 | 68.0 | 5,173 | 23.1 |
| Central | 9.7 | 66.4 | 4,869 | 21.8 |
| Other votes | 9.8 | 62.9 | 5,270 | 23.6 |
Election results in Kaurna at the 2018 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.