Arafura Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Arafura in the Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
Territory | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Manuel Brown | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Arafura Sea | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 5,536 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 57,410 km2 (22,166.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Remote | ||||||||||||||
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Arafura is an electoral division of the Northern Territory. It was created in 1983.
2023 Arafura by-election[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Manuel Brown | 2,038 | 66.7 | +17.7 | |
Country Liberal | Leslie Tungatalum | 897 | 29.4 | −10.7 | |
Australian Federation | Alan Middleton | 120 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 3,055 | 95.1 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 159 | 4.9 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,214 | 58.1 | +5.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Manuel Brown | 2,113 | 69.2 | +15.6 | |
Country Liberal | Leslie Tungatalum | 942 | 30.8 | −15.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +15.6 |
2020 Northern Territory general election: Arafura[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Lawrence Costa | 1,269 | 49.0 | +0.6 | |
Country Liberal | Gibson Illortaminni | 1,041 | 40.2 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Tristan Mungatopi | 199 | 7.7 | +3.5 | |
Territory Alliance | George Laughton | 82 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 2,591 | 94.8 | N/A | ||
Informal votes | 142 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,733 | 52.7 | N/A | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Lawrence Costa | 1,388 | 53.6 | −3.7 | |
Country Liberal | Gibson Illortaminni | 1,203 | 46.4 | +3.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.7 |