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 2010s

Northern Territory general election, 2016: Port Darwin^[1]

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	+0.5
Informal votes			82	2.1	−0.5
Turnout			3,976	75.3	+2.8
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

Northern Territory general election, 2012: Port Darwin^[2]

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	+0.5
Informal votes			96	2.6	−0.5
Turnout			3,742	79.1	+6.7
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

Elections in the 2000s

Northern Territory general election, 2008: Port Darwin

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	+1.1
Informal votes			105	3.1	−1.1
Turnout			3,431	72.4
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

References

1. Port Darwin – Electorate summary, Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 9 September 2016
2. http://www.ntec.nt.gov.au/ElectionLAgeneral/Results/Pages/default.aspx