Electoral results for the division of Blain

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

Members for Blain

Member		Party	Term
	Barry Coulter	Country Liberal	1997–1999
	Terry Mills	Country Liberal	1999–2014
	Nathan Barrett	Country Liberal	2014–2016
		Independent	2016
	Terry Mills	Independent	2016–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Northern Territory general election, 2016: Blain^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Damian Hale	1,597	37.3	+5.3
	Independent	Terry Mills	1,341	31.3	+31.3
	Country Liberal	Marie-Clare Boothby	1,102	25.7	−37.9
	Independent	Gregory Knowles	241	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			4,280	97.3	+0.6
Informal votes			121	2.7	−0.6
Turnout			4,402	78.9	+16.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Terry Mills	1,953	51.4	+51.4
	Labor	Damian Hale	1,849	48.6	+13.8
	Independent gain from Country Liberal		Swing	N/A

Northern Territory by-election, 2014: Blain^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country Liberal	Nathan Barrett	1,768	45.5	−16.0
	Labor	Geoff Bahnert	1,448	37.3	+3.7
	Independent	Matthew Cranitch	336	8.7	+8.7
	Greens	Sue McKinnon	275	7.1	+7.1
	CEC	Peter Flynn	56	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			3,883	95.5	−1.1
Informal votes			184	4.5	+1.1
Turnout			4,067	68.8	−14.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Nathan Barrett	2,067	53.2	−10.0
	Labor	Geoff Bahnert	1,816	46.8	+10.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−10.0

Northern Territory general election, 2012: Blain^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	2,462	61.6	0.0
	Labor	Geoff Bahnert	1,343	33.6	−4.9
	First Nations	Daniel Fejo	194	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			3,999	96.6	+1.7
Informal votes			142	3.4	−1.7
Turnout			4,141	83.2	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	2,529	63.2	+1.7
	Labor	Geoff Bahnert	1,470	36.8	−1.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 2000s

Northern Territory general election, 2008: Blain^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	2,258	61.6	+5.8
	Labor	Ken Vowles	1,410	38.4	−5.8
Total formal votes			3,668	94.9	−1.4
Informal votes			198	5.1	+1.4
Turnout			3,866	80.1
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

References

1. Blain – Electorate summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 9 September 2016
2. Legislative Assembly By-Election – Blain, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 13 April 2014.
3. 2014 Blain by-election results, ABC, 13 April 2014.
4. http://www.ntec.nt.gov.au/ElectionLAgeneral/Results/Pages/default.aspx
5. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/nt/NT2008_Results.pdf