Electoral results for the division of Araluen

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

Members for Araluen

Member Party Term
  Jim Robertson Country Liberal 1983–1986
  Eric Poole Country Liberal 1986–2001
  Jodeen Carney Country Liberal 2001–2010
  Robyn Lambley Country Liberal 2010–2015
  Independent 2015–2020
  Territory Alliance March 2020– October 2020
  Independent 2020–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Northern Territory general election § Araluen.[edit]
2024 Northern Territory general election: Araluen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robyn Lambley 1,638 40.7 +11.5
Country Liberal Sean Heenan 1,062 26.4 −11.6
Greens Hugo Wells 666 16.6 +6.1
Labor Gagandeep Sodhi 536 13.3 −4.7
Independent Wayne Wright 119 3.0 +1.4
Total formal votes 4,021 96.5 −0.0
Informal votes 144 3.5 +0.0
Turnout 4,165 70.7 −8.0
Two-party-preferred result[a][1]
Country Liberal Sean Heenan 2,481 61.7 −0.9
Labor Gagandeep Sodhi 1,540 38.3 +0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Robyn Lambley 2,603 64.7 +14.3
Country Liberal Sean Heenan 1,418 35.3 −14.3
Independent hold Swing +14.3
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Northern Territory general election § Araluen.[edit]
2020 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Damien Ryan 1,659 38.0 +1.6
Territory Alliance Robyn Lambley 1,276 29.2 −10.5
Labor Jackson Ankers 789 18.1 −5.8
Greens Bernard Hickey 455 10.4 +10.4
Federation Domenico Pecorari 114 2.6 +2.6
Independent Wayne Wright 71 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 4,364 96.5 N/A
Informal votes 157 3.5 N/A
Turnout 4,521 78.7 N/A
Two-party-preferred result[b][4]
Country Liberal Damien Ryan 2,732 62.6 +6.9
Labor Jackson Ankers 1,632 37.4 −6.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Territory Alliance Robyn Lambley 2,203 50.5 −8.1
Country Liberal Damien Ryan 2,161 49.5 +8.1
Territory Alliance hold Swing −8.1

Elections in the 2010s

2016 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robyn Lambley 1,835 38.9 +38.9
Country Liberal Stephen Brown 1,720 36.4 −28.5
Labor Adam Findlay 1,165 24.7 +2.9
Total formal votes 4,720 97.8 N/A
Informal votes 106 2.2 N/A
Turnout 4,826 82.5 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Stephen Brown 2,308 55.3 −14.7
Labor Adam Findlay 1,868 44.7 +14.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Robyn Lambley 2,604 58.2 +58.2
Country Liberal Stephen Brown 1,873 41.8 −28.1
Independent gain from Country Liberal Swing N/A
2012 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Robyn Lambley 2,487 68.7 +0.4
Labor Adam Findlay 848 23.4 +6.3
First Nations Edan Baxter 285 7.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 3,620 96.4 N/A
Informal votes 137 3.6 N/A
Turnout 3,757 78.0 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Robyn Lambley 2,612 72.2 −2.5
Labor Adam Findlay 1,008 27.8 +2.5
Country Liberal hold Swing −2.5
2010 Araluen by-election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Robyn Lambley 1,935 68.0 −0.3
Labor Adam Findlay 909 32.0 +14.9
Total formal votes 2,844 95.6 N/A
Informal votes 131 4.4 N/A
Turnout 2,975 59.2 N/A
Country Liberal hold Swing −0.3

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Jodeen Carney 2,470 68.3 +14.4
Labor John Gaynor 618 17.1 −19.4
Greens Linda Chellew 526 14.6 +5.4
Total formal votes 3,614 97.6 N/A
Informal votes 90 2.4 N/A
Turnout 3,704 74.6 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Jodeen Carney 2,699 74.7 +17.2
Labor John Gaynor 915 25.3 −17.2
Country Liberal hold Swing +17.2
2005 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Jodeen Carney 1,945 53.9 +12.8
Labor John Gaynor 1,332 36.9 +4.5
Greens Alan Tyley 333 9.2 +9.2
Total formal votes 3,610 97.0 N/A
Informal votes 110 3.0 N/A
Turnout 3,720 82.1 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Jodeen Carney 2,067 57.3 +5.3
Labor John Gaynor 1,543 42.7 −5.3
Country Liberal hold Swing +5.3
2001 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Jodeen Carney 1,386 41.1 −27.1
Labor Michael Bowden 1,094 32.4 +2.3
Independent John Bohning 450 13.3 +13.3
Independent Meredith Campbell 444 13.2 +13.2
Total formal votes 3,374 95.6 N/A
Informal votes 154 4.4 N/A
Turnout 3,528 80.3 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Jodeen Carney 1,754 52.0 −17.1
Labor Michael Bowden 1,620 48.0 +17.1
Country Liberal hold Swing −17.1

Elections in the 1990s

1997 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Eric Poole 2,065 69.2 −0.9
Labor Lilliah McCulloch 919 30.8 +0.9
Total formal votes 2,984 93.1 N/A
Informal votes 223 6.9 N/A
Turnout 3,207 84.1 N/A
Country Liberal hold Swing −0.9
1994 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Eric Poole 2,091 70.1 +13.0
Labor Mescal Yates 892 29.9 +11.5
Total formal votes 2,983 95.5 N/A
Informal votes 140 4.5 N/A
Turnout 3,123 83.4 N/A
Country Liberal hold Swing −0.5
1990 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Eric Poole 1,634 57.1 +13.5
Labor Brian Doolan 702 24.5 −4.4
NT Nationals Enzo Floreani 527 18.4 −9.1
Total formal votes 2,863 97.5 N/A
Informal votes 73 2.5 N/A
Turnout 2,936 86.2 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Eric Poole 2,029 70.9 +6.7
Labor Brian Doolan 834 29.1 −6.7
Country Liberal hold Swing +6.7

Elections in the 1980s

1987 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Eric Poole 871 43.6 −18.1
Labor Di Shanahan 577 28.9 +11.0
NT Nationals Enzo Floreani 550 27.5 +27.5
Total formal votes 1,998 97.3 N/A
Informal votes 55 2.7 N/A
Turnout 2,053 77.3 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Eric Poole 1,284 64.2 −7.7
Labor Di Shanahan 714 35.7 +7.7
Country Liberal hold Swing −7.7
1986 Araluen by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Eric Poole 869 56.9 –4.8
Labor Di Shanahan 658 43.1 +25.2
Total formal votes 1,527 95.7 N/A
Informal votes 69 4.3 N/A
Turnout 1,596 66.0 N/A
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
1983 Northern Territory general election: Araluen[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,268 61.7 N/A
Independent Goff Letts 420 20.4 N/A
Labor Allen Joy 368 17.9 N/A
Total formal votes 2,056 98.6 N/A
Informal votes 30 1.4 N/A
Turnout 2,086 89.1 N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,479 66.2 N/A
Independent Goff Letts 755 33.8 N/A
Country Liberal win (new seat)
  • Two candidate preferred vote is estimated.

Notes

  1. ^ Estimated two-party count by Antony Green.
  2. ^ Estimated two-party count by Antony Green.

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "2024 Northern Territory Election – Analysis of Results". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Electorate summary: Araluen". NTEC. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Arafura". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "2020 Northern Territory Election – Analysis of Results". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ^ Araluen – Electorate summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 9 September 2016
  6. ^ Details of NT 2016 Election, ABC
  7. ^ Araluen – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 25 August 2012
  8. ^ 2010 Araluen by-election: Northern Territory Electoral Commission
  9. ^ Araluen – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 9 August 2008
  10. ^ Araluen – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 18 June 2005
  11. ^ Araluen – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 18 August 2001
  12. ^ Araluen – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 30 August 1997
  13. ^ Araluen – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 4 June 1994
  14. ^ Araluen – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 27 October 1990
  15. ^ Araluen – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
  16. ^ 1986 Araluen by-election: Northern Territory Electoral Commission
  17. ^ Araluen – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 3 December 1983
  18. ^ P. Loveday, Dean Jaensch (1983). A Landslide Election, the NT 1983. Darwin: ANU North Australia Research Unit. ISBN 0867844396.