SOUTH Australian voters would feel cheated if Labor was returned to power despite the Liberals getting a majority of the vote, Tony Abbott said in a blunt message to two key independents.
The prime minister praised Liberal leader Steven Marshall and the state party for garnering almost 53 per cent of the two-party preferred vote in Saturday's election, saying in other states it would have given them a "thumping majority".
In a shock result, both major parties failed to win enough seats to form a majority government, with each now locked in negotiations with independents Bob Such and Geoff Brock.
It is the second election in a row in which the Liberals have won the majority vote but not secured enough seats after Labor scraped home in key marginal electorates.
Mr Abbott, who missed out in negotiations to form a minority government after the 2010 federal election, said the South Australian independents should take heed of the Liberals' two-party vote.
"I suspect that the people of South Australia will feel cheated if having voted quite substantially for a change of government, that's not what they get," Mr Abbott said.
"I think that's a message that won't be lost on the independent members of parliament."
Despite the Labor Party being in the box seat - it is likely to hold one more seat than the Liberals - Mr Abbott said he was optimistic the Liberals' position would improve as the large number of postal votes were counted next week.
The prime minister would not comment on suggestions his involvement in the campaign had a negative impact on the Liberals' result.
"I was very happy to be involved ... and I know that my involvement was welcomed by Liberal Steven Marshall," he said.
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