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

Results as of 2:30 UTC, 5 September

2024 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Robyn Cahill 2,135 52.1 +14.4
Labor Brian Manning 970 23.9 −13.8
Greens Greg Dickson 676 16.5 +9.2
Independent Leah Potter 231 5.7 +0.9
Independent Janey Davies 83 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 4,095 97.2 −0.3
Informal votes 120 2.8 +0.3
Turnout 4,215 73.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Robyn Cahill 2,527 61.7 +13.6
Labor Brian Manning 1,568 38.3 −13.6
Country Liberal gain from Labor Swing +13.6

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