Electoral results for the division of Johnston

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral division of Johnston in Northern Territory elections.

Members for Johnston

Member		Party	Term
	Chris Burns	Labor	2001–2012
	Ken Vowles	Labor	2012–2020
	Joel Bowden	Labor	2020–present

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Northern Territory general election: Johnston ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Burns	1,625	46.2	+9.5
	Country Liberal	Steve Balch	1,542	43.9	−7.6
	Democrats	Joanne Sangster	347	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			3,514	96.9	+0.8
Informal votes			113	3.1	−0.8
Turnout			3,627	83.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Burns	1,858	52.9	+9.2
	Country Liberal	Steve Balch	1,656	47.1	−9.2
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+9.2

2005 Northern Territory general election: Johnston ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Burns	1,977	55.0	+8.8
	Country Liberal	Ross Connolly	1,071	29.8	−14.1
	Greens	Kate Neely	358	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	Steve Saint	148	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Gary Meyerhoff	38	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			3,592	96.9	±0.0
Informal votes			114	3.1	±0.0
Turnout			3,706	86.9	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Burns	2,355	65.6	+12.7
	Country Liberal	Ross Connolly	1,237	34.4	−12.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.7

2008 Northern Territory general election: Johnston ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Burns	2,246	58.1	−8.7
	Country Liberal	Jo Sangster	1,618	41.9	+8.7
Total formal votes			3,864	95.0	−2.3
Informal votes			205	5.0	+2.3
Turnout			4,069	82.5	−4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.7

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Northern Territory general election: Johnston ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Vowles	1,799	45.0	−13.1
	Country Liberal	Jo Sangster	1,552	38.8	−3.1
	Greens	Alana Parrott-Jolly	389	9.7	+9.7
	Sex Party	Krystal Metcalf	169	4.2	+4.2
	One Nation	Peter Bussa	89	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			3,998	96.2	+1.2
Informal votes			160	2.5	−1.2
Turnout			4,158	85.2	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Vowles	2,225	55.7	−2.5
	Country Liberal	Jo Sangster	1,773	44.3	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.5

2016 Northern Territory general election: Johnston ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Vowles	2,019	51.4	+3.6
	Country Liberal	Steven Klose	1,234	31.4	−7.6
	Greens	Melanie Ross	676	17.2	+9.3
Total formal votes			3,929	98.1	+1.6
Informal votes			77	1.9	−1.6
Turnout			4,006	80.4	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Vowles	2,453	64.7	+8.1
	Country Liberal	Steven Klose	1,339	35.3	−8.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.1

Elections in the 2020s

2020 Johnston by-election ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joel Bowden	983	29.9	−21.5
	Territory Alliance	Steven Klose	728	22.1	+22.1
	Greens	Aiya Goodrich Carttling	565	17.2	−0.0
	Country Liberal	Josh Thomas	536	16.3	−15.1
	Ban Fracking Fix Crime Protect Water	Braedon Earley	343	10.4	+10.4
	Independent	Trevor Jenkins	80	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	George Mamouzellos	57	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			3,292	96.4	−1.7
Informal votes			123	3.6	+1.7
Turnout			3,415	68.5	−11.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Joel Bowden	1,731	52.6	−12.1
	Territory Alliance	Steven Klose	1,561	47.4	+47.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Northern Territory general election § Johnston.[ edit ]

2020 Northern Territory general election: Johnston ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joel Bowden	1,940	45.3	−7.7
	Country Liberal	Gary Haslett	843	19.7	−10.7
	Greens	Aiya Goodrich Carttling	736	17.2	+1.9
	Territory Alliance	Steven Klose	626	14.6	+14.6
	Independent	Joshua Thomas	139	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			4,284	96.6	N/A
Informal votes			150	3.4	N/A
Turnout			4,434	79.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joel Bowden	2,851	66.5	+0.8
	Country Liberal	Gary Haslett	1,433	33.5	−0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Northern Territory general election § Johnston.[ edit ]

2024 Northern Territory general election: Johnston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Gary Strachan	1,456	34.6	+14.3
	Independent	Justine Davis	1,273	30.3	+30.3
	Labor	Joel Bowden	1,108	26.3	−19.6
	Greens	Billie Barton	370	8.8	−7.0
Total formal votes			4,207	98.2	+1.2
Informal votes			120	2.8	−1.2
Turnout			4,327	75.3
Two-party-preferred result [a] [15]
	Labor	Joel Bowden	2,224	52.9	−13.1
	Country Liberal	Gary Strachan	1,983	47.1	+13.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Justine Davis	2,425	57.6	+57.6
	Country Liberal	Gary Strachan	1,782	42.4	+8.4
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	+57.6

1. Estimated two-party count by Antony Green.

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