Electoral results for the division of Port Darwin

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

Members for Port Darwin

Member		Party	Term
	Ron Withnall	Independent	1974–1977
	Tom Harris	Country Liberal	1977–1990
	Shane Stone	Country Liberal	1990–2000
	Sue Carter	Country Liberal	2000–2005
	Kerry Sacilotto	Labor	2005–2008
	John Elferink	Country Liberal	2008–2016
	Paul Kirby	Labor	2016–present

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	William Jettner	622	35.6	N/A
	Independent	Ron Withnall Brian Manning	605	34.7	N/A
	Labor	James Gallacher	519	29.7	N/A
Total formal votes			1,823	96.7	N/A
Informal votes			62	3.3	N/A
Turnout			1,885	73.9	N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ron Withnall	834	53.3	N/A
	Country Liberal	William Jettner	731	46.7	N/A
	Independent win		(new seat)

• The number of primary votes each individual Independent received is unknown.

1977 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Tom Harris	535	32.8	-2.8
	Labor	Michael Scott	448	27.5	-2.2
	Independent	Ron Withnall	440	27.3	N/A
	Progress	Ian Smith	146	9.0	N/A
	Communist	Brian Manning	61	3.8	N/A
Total formal votes			1,610	97.7	N/A
Informal votes			38	2.3	N/A
Turnout			1,648	74.7	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Tom Harris	984	60.5	+13.8
	Labor	Michael Scott	626	38.4	+38.4
	Country Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Tom Harris	885	57.3	+24.1
	Labor	Jack Haritos	541	35.0	+7.2
	Marijuana	Peter Taylor	73	4.7	+4.7
	Democrats	Len Myles	45	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			1,544	97.9	N/A
Informal votes			33	2.1	N/A
Turnout			1,577	80.5	N/A
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1983 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Tom Harris	1,510	68.6	+11.3
	Labor	Russel Kearney	690	31.4	-3.6
Total formal votes			2,200	96.4	N/A
Informal votes			81	3.6	N/A
Turnout			2,281	80.0	N/A
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

1987 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Tom Harris	975	53.2	-15.4
	Labor	Russell Kearney	509	27.8	-3.6
	NT Nationals	James Maclean	350	19.1	+19.1
Total formal votes			1,834	96.6	N/A
Informal votes			65	3.4	N/A
Turnout			1,899	64.0	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Tom Harris	1,231	67.1	-0.9
	Labor	Russell Kearney	603	32.9	+0.9
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-0.9

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Shane Stone	1,436	53.5	+0.3
	Labor	Peter Cavanagh	588	21.9	-5.9
	Greens	Jessie Kearney	568	21.2	+21.2
	NT Nationals	David Fuller	91	3.4	-15.7
Total formal votes			2,683	98.0	N/A
Informal votes			56	2.0	N/A
Turnout			2,739	82.4	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Shane Stone	1,654	61.6	-5.8
	Labor	Peter Cavanagh	1,029	38.4	+5.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-5.8

1994 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Shane Stone	1,909	60.3	+6.8
	Labor	Rodney Haritos	1,032	32.6	+10.7
	Greens	Andrea Jones	227	7.2	-14.0
Total formal votes			3,168	97.4	N/A
Informal votes			83	2.6	N/A
Turnout			3,251	83.0	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Shane Stone	1,988	62.7	-1.1
	Labor	Rodney Haritos	1,180	37.3	+1.1
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Shane Stone	2,083	64.5	+4.3
	Labor	Geoffrey Carter	827	25.6	-7.0
	Independent	Lex Martin	321	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			3,231	95.5	N/A
Informal votes			153	4.5	N/A
Turnout			3,384	84.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Shane Stone	2,164	67.0	+5.0
	Labor	Geoffrey Carter	1,067	33.0	-5.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 2000s

2000 Port Darwin by-election ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Sue Carter	1,694	51.0	-13.4
	Labor	Ian Fraser	873	26.3	+0.7
	Independent	Susan Bradley	551	16.6	+16.6
	Greens	Andy Gough	2-1	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			3,319	95.7	+1.2
Informal votes			113	4.3	-1.2
Turnout			3,432	70.5	-13.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Sue Carter	2,031	61.2	-5.8
	Labor	Ian Fraser	1,288	38.8	+5.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

2001 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Sue Carter	1,587	47.1	-17.6
	Labor	Chris Bond	1,220	36.2	+10.5
	Independent	Nick Dondas	563	16.7	+16.7
Total formal votes			3,370	97.0	N/A
Informal votes			106	3.0	N/A
Turnout			3,476	86.6	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Sue Carter	1,918	56.9	-10.3
	Labor	Chris Bond	1,452	43.1	+10.3
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-10.3

2005 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry Sacilotto	1,734	51.1	+15.6
	Country Liberal	Sue Carter	1,661	48.9	+1.7
Total formal votes			3,395	95.7	N/A
Informal votes			152	4.3	N/A
Turnout			3,547	78.2	N/A
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+8.4

2008 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^{[15] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	John Elferink	1,557	46.8	−0.9
	Labor	Kerry Sacilotto	1,231	37.0	−14.6
	Greens	Gary Abbott	538	16.2	+16.2
Total formal votes			3,326	96.9	N/A
Informal votes			105	3.1	N/A
Turnout			3,431	72.4	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	John Elferink	1,757	52.8	+4.8
	Labor	Kerry Sacilotto	1,569	47.2	−4.8
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.8

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	John Elferink	2,023	55.5	+8.7
	Labor	Alan James	1,205	33.0	−4.0
	Greens	David Andrews	233	18.5	−9.8
	Sex Party	Rowena Leunig	185	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			3,646	97.4	N/A
Informal votes			96	2.6	N/A
Turnout			3,742	79.1	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	John Elferink	2,173	59.6	+6.8
	Labor	Alan James	1,473	40.4	−6.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+6.8

2016 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Kirby	1,496	38.4	+5.4
	Country Liberal	Rohan Kelly	1,412	36.3	−19.3
	Independent	Matthew Baker	498	12.8	+12.8
	Independent	Carol Phayer	313	8.0	+8.0
	1 Territory	David Cameron	123	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Kenneth Wu	52	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			3,894	97.9	N/A
Informal votes			82	2.1	N/A
Turnout			3,976	75.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Kirby	1,875	52.8	+12.5
	Country Liberal	Rohan Kelly	1,676	47.2	−12.5
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+12.5

Elections in the 2020s

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

2020 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin ^{[21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Toby George	1,625	37.8	+1.5
	Labor	Paul Kirby	1,611	37.5	−1.0
	Territory Alliance	Gary Strachan	540	12.6	+12.6
	Greens	Timothy Parish	315	7.3	+7.3
	Independent	Leah Potter	210	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			4,301	97.5	N/A
Informal votes			112	2.5	N/A
Turnout			4,413	77.4	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Kirby	2,233	51.9	−0.9
	Country Liberal	Toby George	2,068	48.1	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.9

2024 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Robyn Cahill
	Labor	Brian Manning
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Manning
	Country Liberal	Robyn Cahill
	TBD win		Swing

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