Thomas Playford Liberal and Country League Thomas Playford Liberal and Country League State elections were held in South Australia on 7 March 1953.

The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mick O'Halloran.

[1][2] Labor won three seats, metropolitan Norwood and Prospect and rural Victoria from the LCL.

[1][2] The Labor opposition won 53 percent of the statewide two-party vote, but the LCL retained government with the assistance of the Playmander − an electoral malapportionment that also saw a clear majority of the statewide two-party vote won by Labor while failing to form government in 1944, 1962 and 1968.

[1][2] South Australian state election, 7 March 1953[5]House of Assembly << 1950–1956 >>