Electoral results for the division of Nightcliff

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

Members for Nightcliff

Member		Party	Term
	Dawn Lawrie	Independent	1974–1983
	Stephen Hatton	Country Liberal	1983–2001
	Jane Aagaard	Labor	2001–2012
	Natasha Fyles	Labor	2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dawn Lawrie	786	42.1	N/A
	Country Liberal	Alfred Hooper	701	37.5	N/A
	Labor	Edward Ellis	382	20.4	N/A
Total formal votes			1,869	96.9	N/A
Informal votes			60	3.1	N/A
Turnout			1,929	78.9	N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dawn Lawrie	1,021	57.7	N/A
	Country Liberal	Alfred Hooper	747	42.3	N/A
	Independent win		(new seat)

1977 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dawn Lawrie	1,110	61.9	+19.8
	Country Liberal	Ronald Nobbs	455	25.4	-12.1
	Progress	Uldis Blums	228	12.7	+12.7
Total formal votes			1,793	98.0	N/A
Informal votes			37	2.0	N/A
Turnout			1,830	80.5	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dawn Lawrie	1,066	51.5	-10.4
	Country Liberal	Anne Amos	941	45.5	+20.1
	Christian Democrats (NT)	Charles Coombs	63	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			2,070	97.2	N/A
Informal votes			59	2.8	N/A
Turnout			2,129	79.3	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1983 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,069	54.2	+8.7
	Independent	Dawn Lawrie	613	31.1	-20.4
	Labor	Colin Dyer	292	14.8	+14.8
Total formal votes			1,974	98.7	N/A
Informal votes			27	1.3	N/A
Turnout			2,001	82.7	N/A
	Country Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1987 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,181	58.5	+4.3
	Labor	John Rowell	567	28.1	+14.3
	NT Nationals	Brian Brent	272	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			2,020	96.2	N/A
Informal votes			79	3.8	N/A
Turnout			2,099	67.7	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,381	68.4	+3.4
	Labor	John Rowell	630	31.6	-3.4
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1990s

1990 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,573	60.4	+1.9
	Labor	David Pettigrew	595	22.8	-5.1
	Greens	John Dunham	436	16.7	+16.7
Total formal votes			2,604	97.5	N/A
Informal votes			68	2.5	N/A
Turnout			2,672	81.6	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,617	62.1	-3.0
	Labor	David Pettigrew	987	37.9	+3.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-3.0

1994 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,692	56.3	-4.1
	Labor	Paul Henderson	1,135	37.8	+15.3
	Democrats	Robert Adams	180	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			3,007	97.1	N/A
Informal votes			89	2.9	N/A
Turnout			3,096	84.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,792	59.6	-2.5
	Labor	Paul Henderson	1,215	40.4	+2.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-2.5

1997 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,792	49.1	-7.2
	Labor	Paul Henderson	1,411	38.7	+1.0
	Independent	Betty McCleary	360	9.9	+9.9
	Independent	Theo Katapodis	84	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			3,647	97.0	N/A
Informal votes			114	3.0	N/A
Turnout			3,761	87.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,991	54.6	-4.4
	Labor	Paul Henderson	1,656	45.4	+4.4
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-4.4

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jane Aagaard	1,898	51.9	+13.3
	Country Liberal	Jason Hatton	1,485	40.6	-8.6
	Socialist Alliance	Gary Meyerhoff	157	4.3	+4.3
	Territory Alliance Party	Peter Ivinson	114	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			3,654	96.9	N/A
Informal votes			118	3.1	N/A
Turnout			3,772	8.7	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jane Aagaard	2,088	57.1	+11.7
	Country Liberal	Jason Hatton	1,566	42.9	-11.7
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+11.7

2005 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jane Aagaard	1,815	49.8	-2.1
	Country Liberal	Anthony Reiter	1,063	29.2	-11.4
	Greens	Ilana Eldridge	571	15.7	+15.7
	Independent	Andrew Arthur	134	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Stuart Highway	61	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			3,644	97.5	N/A
Informal votes			92	2.5	N/A
Turnout			3,736	84.2	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jane Aagaard	2,385	65.5	+8.4
	Country Liberal	Anthony Reiter	1,259	34.5	-8.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.4

2008 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jane Aagaard	1,625	43.0	−6.8
	Country Liberal	Peter Manning	1,257	33.3	+4.1
	Greens	Emma Young	896	23.7	+8.0
Total formal votes			3,778	96.9	N/A
Informal votes			119	3.1	N/A
Turnout			3,897	78.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jane Aagaard	2,293	60.7	−4.7
	Country Liberal	Peter Manning	1,485	39.3	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.0

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Natasha Fyles	1,389	35.7	−7.3
	Country Liberal	Kim Loveday	1,260	32.4	−0.9
	Independent	Stuart Blanch	722	18.5	+18.5
	Greens	Owen Gale	263	6.8	−17.0
	Independent	Peter Rudge	170	4.4	+4.4
	Sex Party	Felicity Wardle	74	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Andrew Arthur	16	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			3,894	96.6	N/A
Informal votes			136	3.4	N/A
Turnout			4,030	84.0	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Natasha Fyles	2,304	59.2	−1.5
	Country Liberal	Kim Loveday	1,590	40.8	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

2016 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^{[18] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Natasha Fyles	2,485	60.9	+25.3
	Country Liberal	Ted Dunstan	868	21.3	−11.1
	Greens	Matt Haubrick	726	17.8	+11.0
Total formal votes			4,079	98.1	N/A
Informal votes			78	1.9	N/A
Turnout			4,157	77.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Natasha Fyles	3,049	76.9	+17.8
	Country Liberal	Ted Dunstan	918	23.1	−17.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2020s

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

2020 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff ^{[20] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Natasha Fyles	2,353	53.2	−8.0
	Country Liberal	Steve Doherty	836	18.9	−2.4
	Greens	Billee McGinley	822	18.6	+1.7
	Territory Alliance	Melita McKinnon	336	7.6	+7.6
	Animal Justice	Shelley Landmark	78	1.8	+1.2
Total formal votes			4,425	98.0	N/A
Informal votes			90	2.0	N/A
Turnout			4,515	80.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Natasha Fyles	3,286	74.3	−2.5
	Country Liberal	Steve Doherty	1,139	25.7	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.5

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