Electoral results for the division of Johnston

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

Members for Johnston

Member		Party	Term
	Chris Burns	Labor	2001–2012
	Ken Vowles	Labor	2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ken Vowles	2,019	51.4	+3.6
	Country Liberal	Steven Klose	1,234	31.4	−7.6
	Greens	Melanie Ross	676	17.2	+9.3
Total formal votes			3,929	98.1	+1.6
Informal votes			77	1.9	−1.6
Turnout			4,006	80.4	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Vowles	2,453	64.7	+8.1
	Country Liberal	Steven Klose	1,339	35.3	−8.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.1

Northern Territory general election, 2012: Johnston^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ken Vowles	1,799	45.0	−13.1
	Country Liberal	Jo Sangster	1,552	38.8	−3.1
	Greens	Alana Parrott-Jolly	389	9.7	+9.7
	Sex Party	Krystal Metcalf	169	4.2	+4.2
		Peter Bussa	89	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			3,998	96.2	+1.2
Informal votes			160	2.5	−1.2
Turnout			4,158	85.2	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Vowles	2,225	55.7	−2.5
	Country Liberal	Jo Sangster	1,773	44.3	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.5

Elections in the 2000s

Northern Territory general election, 2008: Johnston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Chris Burns	2,246	58.1	−8.7
	Country Liberal	Jo Sangster	1,618	41.9	+8.7
Total formal votes			3,864	95.0	−2.3
Informal votes			205	5.0	+2.3
Turnout			4,069	82.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.7

References

1. Johnston – Electorate summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 9 September 2016
2. http://www.ntec.nt.gov.au/ElectionLAgeneral/Results/Pages/default.aspx