Electoral results for the division of Nelson (Northern Territory)

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

Members for Nelson

Member		Party	Term
	Noel Padgham-Purich	Independent	1990–1997
	Chris Lugg	Country Liberal	1997–2001
	Gerry Wood	Independent	2001–2020
	Gerard Maley	Country Liberal	2020–present

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1990 Northern Territory general election: Nelson ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Noel Padgham-Purich	1,207	41.0	N/A
	Country Liberal	David Sanderson	965	32.8	N/A
	Labor	Peter Ivinson	589	20.0	N/A
	NT Nationals	Graeme Gow	181	6.2	N/A
Total formal votes			2,942	98.3	N/A
Informal votes			52	1.7	N/A
Turnout			2,994	89.9	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	David Sanderson	2,173	73.9	N/A
	Labor	Peter Ivinson	769	26.1	N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Noel Padgham-Purich	1,873	63.7	N/A
	Country Liberal	David Sanderson	1,069	36.3	N/A
	Independent win		(new seat)

1994 Northern Territory general election: Nelson ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,528	43.7	+23.7
	Independent	Noel Padgham-Purich	1,102	31.5	-9.5
	Labor	Wayne Connop	864	24.7	-8.1
Total formal votes			3,494	97.9	N/A
Informal votes			76	2.1	N/A
Turnout			3,570	89.1	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,574	66.6	-7.3
	Labor	Wayne Connop	1,501	33.4	+7.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Noel Padgham-Purich	1,855	53.1	-10.6
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,639	46.9	+10.6
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

1997 Northern Territory general election: Nelson ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,461	44.5	+0.8
	Independent	Dave Tollner	1,174	35.8	+35.8
	Labor	Theresa Francis	646	19.7	-5.0
Total formal votes			3,281	96.6	N/A
Informal votes			116	3.4	N/A
Turnout			3,397	87.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	2,122	64.7	+7.8
	Labor	Theresa Francis	1,159	35.3	-7.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,661	50.6	+3.7
	Independent	Dave Tollner	1,620	49.4	+49.4
	Country Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Northern Territory general election: Nelson ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,535	43.5	-1.0
	Independent	Gerry Wood	1,461	41.4	+41.4
	Labor	Bob Hare	343	9.7	-10.0
	One Nation	Tony Hardwick	186	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			3,525	97.3	N/A
Informal votes			99	2.7	N/A
Turnout			3,624	89.5	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	2,321	65.8	+1.1
	Labor	Bob Hare	1,204	34.2	-1.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Gerry Wood	1,859	52.7	+52.7
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,666	47.3	-17.4
	Independent gain from Country Liberal		Swing	N/A

2005 Northern Territory general election: Nelson ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerry Wood	2,133	56.6	+23.4
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,163	30.8	-16.5
	Labor	Lisa McKinney-Smith	475	12.6	-1.0
Total formal votes			3,771	97.7	N/A
Informal votes			89	2.3	N/A
Turnout			3,860	83.4	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	2,253	59.7	-6.0
	Labor	Lisa McKinney-Smith	1,518	40.3	+6.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Gerry Wood	2,496	66.2	+15.1
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,275	33.8	-15.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+15.1

2008 Northern Territory general election: Nelson ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerry Wood	2,436	72.2	+15.0
	Country Liberal	Maureen Kohlman	646	19.1	−11.5
	Labor	Justine Luders-Searle	292	8.7	−3.5
Total formal votes			3,374	97.6	N/A
Informal votes			82	2.4	N/A
Turnout			3,456	74.6	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Maureen Kohlman	2,313	68.6	+8.7
	Labor	Justine Luders-Searle	1,061	31.4	−8.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Gerry Wood	2,654	78.7	+12.1
	Country Liberal	Maureen Kohlman	720	21.3	−12.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+12.1

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Northern Territory general election: Nelson ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerry Wood	1,988	54.0	−18.2
	Country Liberal	Judy Cole	1,436	39.0	+19.9
	Labor	Sharon McAlear	255	6.9	−1.7
Total formal votes			3,679	98.1	N/A
Informal votes			72	1.9	N/A
Turnout			3,751	79.6	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Judy Cole	2,477	67.3	−1.3
	Labor	Sharon McAlear	1,203	32.7	+1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Gerry Wood	2,177	59.2	−19.5
	Country Liberal	Judy Cole	1,502	40.8	+19.5
	Independent hold		Swing	−19.5

2016 Northern Territory general election: Nelson ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerry Wood	2,804	60.5	+11.5
	Country Liberal	Gerard Maley	1,029	22.2	−18.7
	Labor	Kirsty Hunt	510	11.0	+1.9
	Shooters and Fishers	Marty Reinhold	245	5.3	+5.3
	CEC	Brigid McCullough	47	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			4,635	98.7	N/A
Informal votes			61	1.3	N/A
Turnout			4,696	80.4	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Gerard Maley	1,803	57.0	−10.1
	Labor	Kirsty Hunt	1,360	43.0	+10.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Gerry Wood	3,209	73.0	+17.5
	Country Liberal	Gerard Maley	1,189	27.0	−17.5
	Independent hold		Swing	+17.5

Elections in the 2020s

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

2020 Northern Territory general election: Nelson ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Gerard Maley	2,302	50.5	+28.3
	Independent	Beverley Ratahi	1,351	29.6	−30.9
	Labor	Steve Asher	488	10.7	−0.3
	Territory Alliance	Andy Harley	420	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			4,561	96.9	N/A
Informal votes			146	3.1	N/A
Turnout			4,707	85.5	N/A
Two-party-preferred result [lower-alpha 1] [18]
	Country Liberal	Gerard Maley	3,320	72.8	+15.8
	Labor	Steve Asher	1,241	27.2	−15.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Gerard Maley	2,657	58.3	+31.2
	Independent	Beverley Ratahi	1,904	41.7	+41.7
	Country Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+31.2

Notes

1. Estimated two-party count by Antony Green.

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