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 edit

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

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

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

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

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

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