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For the former New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral district of Croydon (New South Wales).

Croydon is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is a 16.9 km² urban rectangular-shaped electorate in Adelaide's inner north-west, taking in the suburbs of Allenby Gardens, Beverley, Brompton, Bowden, Hendon, Croydon, Croydon Park, Dudley Park, Flinders Park, Hindmarsh, Renown Park, Ridleyton, Welland, West Croydon, West Hindmarsh, Woodville Park as well as parts of Findon and Kilkenny.

Croydon was created in the 1998 electoral distribution as a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, replacing the abolished Spence. It was first contested at the 2002 state election, where it was won by ALP frontbencher Michael Atkinson, the previous member for Spence since 1989 and current Attorney General.

[edit] Members for Croydon

Member		Party	Term
	Michael Atkinson	Australian Labor Party	2002–present

South Australian state election, 2006: Croydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	13,074	67.1	+6.8
	Liberal	Briony Whitehouse	3,762	19.3	-5.4
	Greens	Teresa Beltrame	1,869	9.6	+9.6
	Democrats	Kerrin Pine	781	4.0	-3.9
Total formal votes			19,486	96.4
Informal votes			721	3.6
Turnout			20,207	91.4
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	14,808	76.0	+6.9
	Liberal	Briony Whitehouse	4,678	24.0	-6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.9