Electoral results for the division of Karama

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

Members for Karama

Member		Party	Term
	Mick Palmer	Country Liberal	1987–2001
	Delia Lawrie	Labor	2001–2015
		Independent	2015–2016
	Ngaree Ah Kit	Labor	2016–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ngaree Ah Kit	1,373	34.0	−18.7
	Independent	Delia Lawrie	1,316	32.6	+32.6
	Country Liberal	Jarred Ilett	923	22.8	−18.7
	1 Territory	Edward D'Solo	249	6.2	+6.2
	Independent	Trevor Jenkins	79	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Sonja Jebbink	56	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Jimmy Gimini	44	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			4,040	97.7	+1.3
Informal votes			93	2.3	−1.3
Turnout			4,133	79.1	−1.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Ngaree Ah Kit	1,702	50.8	−5.6
	Independent	Delia Lawrie	1,647	49.2	+49.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Delia Lawrie	2,072	52.7	−3.5
	Country Liberal	Rohan Kelly	1,634	41.5	+6.6
	Greens	Frances Elcoate	229	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			3,935	96.4	+0.5
Informal votes			145	3.6	−0.5
Turnout			4,080	86.6	+2.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Delia Lawrie	2,219	56.4	−4.4
	Country Liberal	Rohan Kelly	1,716	43.6	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.4

Elections in the 2000s

Northern Territory general election, 2008: Karama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Delia Lawrie	2,234	56.1	−9.5
	Country Liberal	Tony Bacus	1,398	35.1	+1.5
	Independent	Natalie Hunter	192	4.8	+4.8
	Independent	Dorothy Fox	156	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			3,980	96.0	+1.0
Informal votes			167	4.0	−1.0
Turnout			4,147	84.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Delia Lawrie	2,420	60.8	−5.2
	Country Liberal	Tony Bacus	1,560	39.2	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.2

References

1. Karama – Electorate summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 5 September 2016
2. http://www.ntec.nt.gov.au/ElectionLAgeneral/Results/Pages/default.aspx