ALP 5.6%
Incumbent MP
Dana Wortley, since 2014.
Geography
North-eastern Adelaide. Torrens covers the suburbs of Greenacres, Hampstead Gardens, Hillcrest, Holden Hill, Klemzig, Oakden, Gilles Plains, Windsor Gardens, Valley View, and parts of Broadview, Hope Valley, Vale Park and Northfield.
Redistribution
Torrens gained Valley View from Florey and the remainder of Greenacres from Enfield, and lost Dernancourt to Hartley. These changes increased the Labor margin from 4.6% to 5.6%.
The electorate has existed continuously since 1993. The seat was won in 1993 by the Liberal Party, but it has been held by the ALP continuously since a 1994 by-election.
The name ‘Torrens’ was used for two previous electorates: a multi-member electorate from 1902 to 1915, and another district from 1938 to 1985. The 1938-85 seat was held by the Liberal Party for all but one term during its existence.
The current version of Torrens was created as a notional Labor seat in 1993, but was won by the Liberal Party’s Joe Tiernan.
Tiernan died in 1994, and the ensuing Torrens by-election was won by Robyn Geraghty.
Geraghty was re-elected in 1997, 2002, 2006 and 2010. Her margin peaked at 19.1% at the 2006 election.
Geraghty retired in 2014, and the seat was won by Labor’s Dana Wortley. Wortley was re-elected in 2018.
- Lazaras Panayiotou (Greens)
- Dana Wortley (Labor)
- Ursula Henderson (Liberal)
- Mervin Joshua (Family First)
Assessment
The 5.6% margin makes this seat marginal, but it is far from the most marginal Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Dana Wortley | Labor | 9,981 | 45.9 | +3.3 | 43.6 |
| Therese Kenny | Liberal | 8,817 | 40.5 | -0.4 | 37.2 |
| Alex Dinovitser | Greens | 1,668 | 7.7 | -1.7 | 7.3 |
| John Duthie | Dignity | 1,289 | 5.9 | +5.5 | 5.5 |
| Others | 6.4 | ||||
| Informal | 946 | 4.2 |
2018 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Dana Wortley | Labor | 11,872 | 54.6 | +2.1 | 55.6 |
| Therese Kenny | Liberal | 9,883 | 45.4 | -2.1 | 44.4 |
Booths in Torrens have been split into three parts: central, east and west.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 52.4% in the west to 58.2% in the east.
| Voter group | GRN prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| Central | 7.1 | 57.6 | 5,458 | 23.6 |
| West | 8.4 | 52.4 | 5,251 | 22.7 |
| East | 6.5 | 58.2 | 4,806 | 20.7 |
| Other votes | 7.2 | 54.6 | 7,648 | 33.0 |
Election results in Torrens at the 2018 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor and the Liberal Party.