2002 Elections
SA First ran 30 candidates in the House of Assembly and 2 in the Legislative Council at the 2002 election. They received between 7.5% and 0.6% of the primary vote in the various Lower House seats and 1% of the vote in the Legislative Council. Their average vote where they fielded a candidate was 2.8%. They failed to win a seat, however post-electoral analysis shows the party missed out by only 2,000 votes.
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