Election Results
See also: Electoral results for the division of Port Darwin| Northern Territory general election, 2012: Port Darwin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Country Liberal | John Elferink | 2,023 | 55.5 | +8.7 | |
| Labor | Alan James | 1,205 | 33.0 | −4.0 | |
| Greens | David Andrews | 233 | 18.5 | −9.8 | |
| Sex Party | Rowena Leunig | 185 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 3,646 | 97.4 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 96 | 2.6 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,742 | 79.1 | +6.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Country Liberal | John Elferink | 2,173 | 59.6 | +6.8 | |
| Labor | Alan James | 1,473 | 40.4 | −6.8 | |
| Country Liberal hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
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