ALP 14.3%
Incumbent MP
Tom Koutsantonis, since 2002. Previously Member for Peake 1997-2002.
Geography
Western Adelaide. West Torrens covers the suburbs immediately to the west of the Adelaide city centre, including Allenby Gardens, Brooklyn Park, Cowandilla, Flinders Park, Hindmarsh, Hilton, Mile End, Mile End South, Richmond, Thebarton, Torrensville, Underdale, Welland and West Richmond.
Redistribution
West Torrens shifted slightly to the north, gaining the remainder of Welland from Croydon and losing Netley and Marleston to Badcoe. These changes increased the Labor margin from 13.2% to 14.3%.
An electorate named West Torrens has existed in five different incarnations since 1851. The current electorate has existed since 2002, replacing the electorate of Peake, which had replaced West Torrens in 1970.
The electorate of Peake and West Torrens has been held by the ALP at all but one election since 1970.
Don Simmons held Peake from 1970 to 1979, followed by Keith Plunkett from 1979 until 1989. Vic Heron held the seat for the ALP for one term, from 1989 to 1993.
In 1993, a redistribution forced Liberal member for Ashford Heini Becker to switch to Peake. Becker had held Ashford since 1970, and won Peake.
In 1997, Becker retired and Koutsantonis won Peake back for the ALP.
Koutsantonis was re-elected in 2002 in the renamed West Torrens, has been re-elected four times since. He served as Treasurer from 2014 to 2018.
- Tom Koutsantonis (Labor)
- Helika Cruz (Liberal)
- Peta-Anne Louth (Greens)
Assessment
West Torrens is a safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Tom Koutsantonis | Labor | 11,147 | 50.3 | -0.3 | 50.8 |
| Helika Cruz | Liberal | 7,082 | 32.0 | -1.5 | 30.4 |
| Livio Forza | Greens | 2,563 | 11.6 | -0.1 | 11.3 |
| Phillip Beddall | Dignity | 1,100 | 5.0 | +5.0 | 4.6 |
| Josh Dimas | Danig | 270 | 1.2 | +1.2 | 1.4 |
| Others | 1.4 | ||||
| Informal | 1,037 | 4.5 |
2018 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Tom Koutsantonis | Labor | 14,010 | 63.2 | +0.9 | 64.3 |
| Helika Cruz | Liberal | 8,152 | 36.8 | -0.9 | 35.7 |
Booths in West Torrens have been divided into three areas: north, south and west.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 60.3% in the west to 68% in the south.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 9% in the west to 12% in the north.
| Voter group | GRN prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 12.0 | 66.4 | 8,806 | 41.1 |
| South | 10.1 | 68.0 | 4,328 | 20.2 |
| West | 9.0 | 60.3 | 4,299 | 20.1 |
| Other votes | 13.7 | 59.8 | 3,994 | 18.6 |
Election results in West Torrens at the 2018 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.