Electoral results for the Australian Senate in the Northern Territory

This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in the Northern Territory since 1975.

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

This section is an excerpt from 2022 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 34,540
Labor 1. Malarndirri McCarthy (elected 1)
2. Kate Ganley 		34,163 32.97 –4.50
Country Liberal 1. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (elected 2)
2. Kris Civitarese 		32,846 31.70 −4.97
Greens 1. Jane Anzelark
2. Dianne Stokes 		12,707 12.26 +2.02
Liberal Democrats 1. Sam McMahon
2. Jed Hansen 		9,609 9.27 +9.27
Legalise Cannabis 1. Lance Lawrence
2. Kelly-Anne Hibbert 		6,455 6.23 +2.40
Great Australian 1. Steve Arrigo
2. Angela Marcus 		4,573 4.41 +4.41
Sustainable Australia 1. Lamaan White
2. Richard Belcher 		1,715 1.66 +1.66
Australian Citizens 1. Trudy Campbell
2. Peter Flynn 		956 0.92 +0.48
United Australia Raj Rajwin 593 0.57 -0.66
Total formal votes 103,617 96.92 +0.56
Informal votes 3,290 3.08 −0.56
Turnout 106,907 73.30 −4.91
Party total seats Seats ±
Labor 1 Steady
Country Liberal 1 Steady
 
# Senator Party
1 Malarndirri McCarthy   Labor
2 Jacinta Nampijinpa Price   CLP

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from 2019 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 35,010
Labor 1. Malarndirri McCarthy (elected 1)
2. Wayne Kurnorth 		39,353 37.47 +0.03
Country Liberal 1. Sam McMahon (elected 2)
2. Joshua Burgoyne 		38,513 36.67 +0.25
Greens 1. Anna Sri
2. Lia Gill 		10,752 10.24 −0.54
United Australia 1. Michael Wolf
2. Ross McRobert 		6,469 6.16 +6.16
HEMP 1. Andrew Kavasilas
2. Lance Lawrence 		4,027 3.83 +3.83
Conservative National 1. Jan Pile
2. Leslie Harris 		2,207 2.10 +2.10
Rise Up Australia 1. Carol Ordish
2. John Ordish 		1,955 1.86 −4.77
Group D 1. Braedon Early
2. Crystal Johnson 		1,290 1.23 +1.23
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Trudy Campbell
2. Ian Barry 		461 0.44 −0.79
Total formal votes 105,027 96.36 −0.31
Informal votes 3,967 3.64 +0.31
Turnout 108,994 78.21 −1.07
Elected # Senator Party
2019 1 Malarndirri McCarthy   Labor
2019 2 Sam McMahon   CLP

2016

This section is an excerpt from 2016 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
2016 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 34,010
Labor 1. Malarndirri McCarthy (elected 1)
2. Pat Honan 		38,197 37.44 +4.69
Country Liberal 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 2)
2. Jenni Lillis 		37,156 36.42 −4.92
Greens 1. Michael Connard
2. Kathy Bannister 		11,003 10.78 +2.11
Rise Up Australia 1. Jan Pile
2. Jimmy Gimini 		6,768 6.63 +5.69
Sex Party/HEMP joint ticket 1. Andrew Kavasilas
2. Timothy Jones 		4,956 4.86 +4.86
Christian Democrats 1. Carol Ordish
2. John Ordish 		1,660 1.63 +1.63
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Trudy Campbell
2. Ian Barry 		1,255 1.23 +0.93
Ungrouped TS Lee
Tristan Marshall
Maurie Japarta Ryan
Marney MacDonald
Greg Strettles 		1,032 1.01 +1.01
Total formal votes 102,027 96.67 −0.66
Informal votes 3,512 3.33 +0.66
Turnout 105,539 79.34 −3.03
# Senator Party
1 Malarndirri McCarthy   Labor
2 Nigel Scullion   CLP

2013

This section is an excerpt from 2013 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
2013 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 34,494
Country Liberal 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 1)
2. Linda Fazldeen 		42,781 41.34 +0.73
Labor 1. Nova Peris (elected 2)
2. Rowan Foley 		33,889 32.75 −1.64
Greens 1. Warren H Williams
2. Michael Brand 		8,974 8.67 −4.88
Palmer United 1. Douglas Te Wake
2. John McCabe 		7,386 7.14 +7.14
Shooters and Fishers 1. Matt Graham
2. Christopher Righton 		2,814 2.72 −2.08
Sex Party 1. Joanne Edwards
2. Tracey Randall 		2,203 2.13 −2.97
Australian Independents 1. Phil Walcott
2. Lisa Futcher 		1,544 1.49 +1.49
First Nations 1. Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
2. Jeannie Gadambua 		1,495 1.44 +1.44
Rise Up Australia 1. Jan Pile
2. Michael Cox 		975 0.94 +0.94
Uniting Australia 1. Gary Bell
2. Kathryn Watt 		656 0.63 +0.63
Stable Population 1. Jim Miles
2. Mark Russell 		455 0.44 +0.44
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Vernon Work
2. Mile Stankovic 		307 0.30 −0.62
Total formal votes 103,479 97.33 +1.02
Informal votes 2,837 2.67 −1.02
Turnout 106,316 82.29 −0.64
Elected # Senator Party
2013 1 Nigel Scullion   CLP
2013 2 Nova Peris   Labor

2010

This section is an excerpt from 2010 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
2010 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 32,230
Country Liberal 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 1)
2. Rhianna Harker 		39,268 40.61 +0.58
Labor 1. Trish Crossin (elected 2)
2. Matthew Gardiner 		33,253 34.39 -12.55
Greens 1. Warren H. Williams
2. Debbie Hudson 		13,105 13.55 +4.73
Sex Party 1. Seranna Shutt
2. Shana Leitens 		4,930 5.10 +5.10
Shooters and Fishers 1. Phillip Hoare
2. Matt Graham 		4,640 4.80 +4.80
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Vernon Work
2. Graham Setterberg 		888 0.92 -1.09
Independent Ian Lee 314 0.32 +0.32
Democrats Duncan Dean 170 0.18 +0.18
  First Nations Liam Flenady 119 0.12 +0.12
Total formal votes 96,687 96.31 -1.75
Informal votes 3,708 3.69 +1.75
Turnout 100,395 82.93 -3.95

Elected # Senator Party
2010 1 Nigel Scullion   CLP
2010 2 Trish Crossin   Labor
Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion, who is also deputy leader of the National Party of Australia, was re-elected with well over a quota of votes. Labor Senator Trish Crossin was also re-elected, with just over (1.04x) a quota of votes. Although the Greens received the next highest number of votes, the two NT Senators were elected on quotas, leaving no room for preference flows.[3]

Elections in the 2000s

2007

This section is an excerpt from 2007 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
2007 1 Trish Crossin   Labor
2007 2 Nigel Scullion   CLP
2007 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 33,524
Labor 1. Trish Crossin (elected 1)
2. Kim Hill 		47,205 46.94 +5.57
Country Liberal 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 2)
2. Bernadette Wallace 		40,253 40.03 -5.37
Greens 1. Alan Tyley
2. Gregory Goodluck 		8,870 8.82 +1.22
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Peter Flynn
2. Vernon Work 		2,019 2.01 +2.01
Democrats 1. Duncan Dean
2. Joe Faggion 		1,949 1.94 -2.79
Independent Bernardine Atkinson 273 0.27
Total formal votes 100,569 98.06 +1.18
Informal votes 1,994 1.94 -1.18
Turnout 102,563 86.88 +2.47

2004

This section is an excerpt from 2004 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
2004 1 Nigel Scullion   CLP
2004 2 Trish Crossin   Labor
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 30,785
Country Liberal 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 1)
2. Bernadette Greg 		41,923 45.40 +1.69
Labor 1. Trish Crossin (elected 2)
2. Wayne Connop 		38,204 41.37 +2.15
Greens 1. Mark Wakeham
2. Shan McKenzie 		7,016 7.60 +3.33
Democrats 1. Janeen Bulsey
2. Fay Lawrence 		4,368 4.73 -2.57
Socialist Alliance 1. Ray Hayes
2. Kathy Newnam 		569 0.62 +0.62
Independent Wayne Wright 270 0.29 +0.29
Total formal votes 92,350 96.88 -0.36
Informal votes 2,973 3.12 +0.36
Turnout 95,323 84.73 -1.47

2001

This section is an excerpt from 2001 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
2001 1 Nigel Scullion   CLP
2001 2 Trish Crossin   Labor
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 31,021
Country Liberal 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 1)
2. John Lopes 		40,680 43.71 +4.9
Labor 1. Trish Crossin (elected 2)
2. Olga Havnen 		36,500 39.22 -2.0
Democrats 1. David Curtis
2. Joe Faggion 		6,796 7.30 +2.8
One Nation 1. Rob Phillips
2. Jim King 		4,353 4.68 -4.6
Greens 1. Melanie Ross
2. Charlotte McCabe 		3,978 4.27 +0.2
Group D 1. June Mills
2. Gary Meyerhoff 		650 0.70 +0.70
Citizens Electoral Council Peter Flynn 105 0.11 +0.11
Total formal votes 93,062 97.24 -0.76
Informal votes 1,901 2.76 +0.76
Turnout 95,702 86.20 -4.40

Elections in the 1990s

1998

This section is an excerpt from 1998 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1998
1998 1 Trish Crossin   Labor
1998 2 Grant Tambling   CLP
1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 31,001
Labor 1. Trish Crossin (elected 1)
2. Charlie Phillips 		38,259 41.2 -3.9
Country Liberal 1. Grant Tambling (elected 2)
2. Maisie Austin 		36,063 38.8 -7.9
One Nation 1. Ted Hagger
2. Dee Mills 		8,657 9.3 +9.3
Democrats 1. Victor Edwards
2. Peter Clements 		5,119 5.5 +3.7
Greens 1. Lex Martin
2. Andy Gough 		4,232 4.5 -1.9
Independent Jonathan Polke 672 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 93,002 98.0 +0.8
Informal votes 1,901 2.0 -0.8
Turnout 94,903 90.6 +1.4

1996

This section is an excerpt from 1996 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1996
1996 1 Grant Tambling   Liberal
1996 2 Bob Collins   Labor
1996 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 28,569
Country Liberal 1. Grant Tambling (elected 1)
2. Kym Cook 		40,050 46.7 +2.0
Labor 1. Bob Collins (elected 2)
2. Susan Bradley 		38,667 45.1 -10.2
Greens 1. Margie Friel
2. Ilana Eldridge 		5,453 6.4 +6.4
Democrats Geoff Carr 1,535 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 85,705 97.2 0.0
Informal votes 2,422 2.8 0.0
Turnout 88,127 89.2 +0.2

1993

This section is an excerpt from 1993 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1993 1 Bob Collins   Labor
2 Grant Tambling   CLP
1993 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 26,382
Labor 1. Bob Collins (elected 1)
2. Patty Ring 		43,740 55.3 +1.0
Country Liberal 1. Grant Tambling (elected 2)
2. Bob Truman 		35,405 44.7 +2.5
Total formal votes 79,145 97.2 0.0
Informal votes 2,312 2.8 0.0
Turnout 81,457 89.0 -0.5

1990

This section is an excerpt from 1990 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1990
1990 1 Bob Collins   Labor
1990 2 Grant Tambling   CLP
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 22,908
Labor 1. Bob Collins (elected 1)
2. Di Shanahan 		37,343 54.3 +4.0
Country Liberal 1. Grant Tambling (elected 2)
2. Richard Lim 		29,045 42.2 +9.7
Nuclear Disarmament Citizen Limbo 1,197 1.7 +1.7
Independent Ilana Eldridge 1,138 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 68,723 97.2 +0.9
Informal votes 1,977 2.8 -0.9
Turnout 70,700 89.5 +9.6

Elections in the 1980s

1987

This section is an excerpt from 1987 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 20,506
Labor 1. Bob Collins (elected 1)
2. Lyn Reid 		30,872 50.2 +4.5
Country Liberal 1. Grant Tambling (elected 2)
2. Ian Towns 		19,970 32.5 -16.6
NT Nationals 1. Jim Petrich
2. Joan Small 		8,892 14.5 +14.5
Group C 1. Lyn Allen
2. Catherin Paul 		1,632 2.7 +2.7
Independent Yuri Juriev 151 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 61,517 96.3 -0.5
Informal votes 2,374 3.7 +0.5
Turnout 63,891 79.9 -5.6
# Senator Party
1 Bob Collins   Labor
2 Grant Tambling   CLP

1984

This section is an excerpt from 1984 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1984
1984 1 Bernie Kilgariff   CLP
1984 2 Ted Robertson   Labor
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 19,004
Country Liberal 1. Bernie Kilgariff (elected 1)
2. Patricia Davies 		27,972 48.9 +0.8
Labor 1. Ted Robertson (elected 2)
2. Warren Snowdon 		26,040 45.4 -0.6
Democrats 1. Betty Pearce
2. Fay Lawrence 		2,449 4.2 -1.1
Independent Vincent Forrester 548 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 57,009 96.8 +1.5
Informal votes 1,862 3.2 -1.5
Turnout 58,871 85.5 +4.1

1983

This section is an excerpt from 1983 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
1983 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 14,826
Country Liberal 1. Bernie Kilgariff (elected 1)
2. Dallas Drake 		21,406 48.1 +2.6
Labor 1. Ted Robertson (elected 2)
2. Denise Fincham 		20,467 46.0 +7.1
Democrats Fay Lawrence 2,359 5.3 -4.5
Independent Harold Brown 245 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 44,477 95.3 +2.6
Informal votes 2,186 4.7 -2.6
Turnout 46,663 81.4 -0.9
# Senator Party
1 Bernie Kilgariff   Country Liberal
2 Ted Robertson   Labor

1980

This section is an excerpt from 1980 Australian Senate election § Northern Territory.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1980
1980 1 Bernie Kilgariff   Country Liberal
1980 2 Ted Robertson   Labor
1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 14,027
Country Liberal 1. Bernard Kilgariff (elected 1)
2. Graeme Lewis 		19,129 45.5 -0.5
Labor 1. Ted Robertson (elected 2)
2. Hunter Harrison 		16,384 38.9 -1.5
Democrats 1. Jack Hunt
2. William Evans 		4,113 9.8 +1.6
  Christian Democrat 1. Ronald Mann
2. Charles Coombs 		1,648 3.9 +3.9
Marijuana 1. Jennifer Smether
2. Lance Lawrence 		804 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 42,078 92.7 -0.8
Informal votes 3,325 7.3 +0.8
Turnout 45,403 82.3 +1.1

See also

References

  1. ^ "First preferences by Senate group: Northern Territory". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "First preferences by Senate group: Northern Territory". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Senate Results: Northern Territory - Federal Election 2010 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC. 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2011-05-16.