ALP 18.6%
Incumbent MP
Zoe Bettison, since 2012.
Geography
Northern Adelaide. Ramsay is centred on the Salisbury area, including Salisbury, Salisbury North, Salisbury South, Salisbury Plains, Brahma Lodge, Burton, Direk and Elizabeth South.
Redistribution
Ramsay gained Elizabeth South from Elizabeth, Burton and Direk from Taylor and Brahma Lodge and Salisbury South from Wright. The seat also lost Paralowie and Salisbury Downs to Playford.
The electorate of Ramsay has existed since the 1985 election. The seat was successively held by two Labor premiers, prior to the 2012 by-election.
Lynn Arnold won Ramsay in 1985, having held the previous seat of Salisbury from 1978 to 1985. Arnold served as a minister from 1982, and 1992 became the Premier of South Australia at the tail-end of the Labor government in 1992.
Arnold shifted to the new seat of Taylor at the 1993 election, when he also lost government. Arnold resigned from Parliament in 1994.
Mike Rann won Ramsay at the 1993 election. Rann had previously held the seat of Briggs from 1985 until its abolition in 1993. Rann was elected leader of the South Australian Labor Party in 1994.
Rann led the ALP into government at the 2002 election, and served as Premier for eleven years, until October 2011. Rann resigned from Parliament in early 2012.
Labor candidate Zoe Bettison won the 2012 by-election, and has been re-elected twice.
- Rolando See (Family First)
- Nicholas Charles (Liberal)
- Dominique Lock (Greens)
- Zoe Bettison (Labor)
Assessment
Ramsay is a very safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Zoe Bettison | Labor | 11,055 | 49.6 | -6.0 | 50.0 |
| Tarnia George | SA-Best | 4,090 | 18.3 | +18.3 | 19.3 |
| Nick Charles | Liberal | 3,605 | 16.2 | -9.3 | 15.9 |
| Brett Ferris | Greens | 1,082 | 4.9 | -2.6 | 5.8 |
| Domenico Ialeggio | Australian Christians | 936 | 4.2 | -7.3 | 4.5 |
| Mark Aldridge | Independent | 1,539 | 6.9 | +6.9 | 4.4 |
| Informal | 1,528 | 6.4 |
2018 two-candidate-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Zoe Bettison | Labor | 14,600 | 65.5 | -2.3 |
| Tarnia George | SA-Best | 7,707 | 34.5 | +34.5 |
2018 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Zoe Bettison | Labor | 15,374 | 68.9 | +1.2 | 68.6 |
| Nick Charles | Liberal | 6,933 | 31.1 | -1.2 | 31.4 |
Booths in Ramsay have been divided between east and west. The Labor two-party-preferred vote was very similar in both areas.
| Voter group | SAB prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| West | 19.7 | 69.5 | 10,427 | 47.7 |
| East | 17.4 | 69.6 | 5,905 | 27.0 |
| Other votes | 20.7 | 65.6 | 5,517 | 25.2 |
Election results in Ramsay at the 2018 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, SA-Best and the Liberal Party.