Electoral division of Johnston

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Johnston
Northern TerritoryLegislative Assembly
Location of Johnston in the Darwin/Palmerston area
TerritoryNorthern Territory
Created2001
MPJoel Bowden
PartyLabor
NamesakeEric Johnston
Electors5,556 (2020)
Area5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
DemographicUrban
Electorates around Johnston:
Nightcliff Casuarina Sanderson
Nightcliff Johnston Sanderson
Nightcliff Sanderson Sanderson

Johnston is an electoral division of the Northern Territory. It was created in 2001.

Johnston is in Darwin.

Election results[change | change source]

2020 Northern Territory general election: Johnston[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joel Bowden 1,940 45.3 +15.4
Country Liberal Gary Haslett 843 19.7 +3.4
Greens Aiya Goodrich Carttling 736 17.2 0.0
Territory Alliance Steven Klose 626 14.6 –7.5
Independent Joshua Thomas 139 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 4,284 96.6 +0.2
Informal votes 150 3.4 –0.2
Turnout 4,434 79.8 +11.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joel Bowden 2,851 66.5 +13.9
Country Liberal Gary Haslett 1,433 33.5 +33.5
Labor hold Swing +13.9

Note that the swings above are calculated from the 2020 Johnston by-election.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Electorate summary: Johnston". NTEC. Retrieved 4 September 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. "Johnston". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2020.