Electoral results for the division of Karama

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

Members for Karama

Member		Party	Term
	Mick Palmer	Country Liberal	1987–2001
	Delia Lawrie	Labor	2001–2015
		Independent	2015–2016
	Ngaree Ah Kit	Labor	2016–present

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1987 Northern Territory general election: Karama[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,076	42.7	N/A
	Labor	Robyn Crompton	959	38.1	N/A
	NT Nationals	Lionel Preston	483	19.2	N/A
Total formal votes			2,518	94.4	N/A
Informal votes			149	5.6	N/A
Turnout			2,667	79.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,423	56.5	N/A
	Labor	Robyn Crompton	1,095	43.5	N/A
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−9.5

Elections in the 1990s

1990 Northern Territory general election: Karama[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,533	55.3	+12.6
	Labor	Margaret Gillespie	1,037	37.4	−0.7
	NT Nationals	Janet Durling	200	7.2	−12.0
Total formal votes			2,770	97.0	N/A
Informal votes			87	3.0	N/A
Turnout			2,857	86.1	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,683	60.8	+3.6
	Labor	Margaret Gillespie	1,087	39.2	−3.6
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+3.6

1994 Northern Territory general election: Karama[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,533	50.8	−4.5
	Labor	John Tobin	1,320	43.7	+6.3
	Independent	Christopher Inskip	107	3.6	+3.6
	Democrats	Goncalo Pinto	58	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			3,018	96.6	N/A
Informal votes			107	3.4	N/A
Turnout			3,125	86.7	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,640	54.3	−6.5
	Labor	John Tobin	1,378	45.7	+6.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−6.5

1997 Northern Territory general election: Karama[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,811	51.7	+0.9
	Labor	John Tobin	1,692	48.3	+4.6
Total formal votes			3,503	95.8	N/A
Informal votes			154	4.2	N/A
Turnout			3,657	85.5	N/A
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−1.3

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Northern Territory general election: Karama[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Delia Lawrie	1,990	53.7	+6.4
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,713	46.3	−6.4
Total formal votes			3,703	95.8	N/A
Informal votes			161	4.2	N/A
Turnout			3,864	90.2	N/A
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+6.3

2005 Northern Territory general election: Karama[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Delia Lawrie	2,445	67.0	+13.3
	Country Liberal	Trevor Sellick	1,205	33.0	−13.3
Total formal votes			3,650	94.9	N/A
Informal votes			198	5.1	N/A
Turnout			3,848	89.1	N/A
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.3

2008 Northern Territory general election: Karama[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Delia Lawrie	2,234	56.1	−9.5
	Country Liberal	Tony Bacus	1,398	35.1	+1.5
	Independent	Natalie Hunter	192	4.8	+4.8
	Independent	Dorothy Fox	156	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			3,980	96.0	N/A
Informal votes			167	4.0	N/A
Turnout			4,147	84.0	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Delia Lawrie	2,420	60.8	−5.2
	Country Liberal	Tony Bacus	1,560	39.2	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.2

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Northern Territory general election: Karama[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Delia Lawrie	2,072	52.7	−3.5
	Country Liberal	Rohan Kelly	1,634	41.5	+6.6
	Greens	Frances Elcoate	229	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			3,935	96.4	N/A
Informal votes			145	3.6	N/A
Turnout			4,080	86.6	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Delia Lawrie	2,219	56.4	−4.4
	Country Liberal	Rohan Kelly	1,716	43.6	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.4

2016 Northern Territory general election: Karama[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ngaree Ah Kit	1,373	34.0	−18.7
	Independent	Delia Lawrie	1,316	32.6	+32.6
	Country Liberal	Jarred Ilett	923	22.8	−18.7
	1 Territory	Edward D'Solo	249	6.2	+6.2
	Independent	Trevor Jenkins	79	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Sonja Jebbink	56	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Jimmy Gimini	44	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			4,040	97.7	N/A
Informal votes			93	2.3	N/A
Turnout			4,133	79.1	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ngaree Ah Kit	2,037	63.0	+6.6
	Country Liberal	Jarred Ilett	1,196	37.0	−6.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Ngaree Ah Kit	1,702	50.8	−5.6
	Independent	Delia Lawrie	1,647	49.2	+49.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2020s

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

2020 Northern Territory general election: Karama[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ngaree Ah Kit	2,129	51.1	+17.2
	Country Liberal	Brian O'Gallagher	1,166	28.0	+4.4
	Territory Alliance	Caleb Cardno	874	21.0	+21.0
Total formal votes			4,169	97.1	N/A
Informal votes			124	2.9	N/A
Turnout			4,293	78.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ngaree Ah Kit	2,491	59.8	−2.5
	Country Liberal	Brian O'Gallagher	1,678	40.2	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.5

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

2024 Northern Territory general election: Karama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Brian O'Gallagher	2,060	49.7	+20.7
	Labor	Ngaree Ah Kit	1,096	26.4	−22.8
	Independent	Justine Glover	669	16.1	+16.1
	Greens	Andy Rowan	322	7.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			4,127	96.1	−0.9
Informal votes			167	3.9	+0.9
Turnout			4,314	72.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Brian O'Gallagher	2,542	61.3	+19.6
	Labor	Ngaree Ah Kit	1,605	38.7	−19.6
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+19.6

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