267 candidates in SA's March 15 election

A total of 267 candidates have nominated for the South Australian election next month, compared with 327 for the 2010 state election.

When nominations closed at midday on Monday, 204 candidates had nominated for the House of Assembly and 63 for the Legislative Council.

SA's Electoral Commission said a record number of 1,142,419 South Australians are enrolled to vote in the March 15 election.

This is an increase of just over 49,000 on the 2010 figure.

SA Electoral Commissioner, Kay Mousley, said the average number of electors per district was 24,307.

The largest district is Lee with 25,971 voters and the smallest is Giles with 22,712.