Electoral results for the division of Blain

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

Members for Blain

1997 Northern Territory general election: Blain^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Barry Coulter	2,491	73.8	+14.7
	Labor	Richard Bawden	884	26.2	−8.2
Total formal votes			3,375	92.9	N/A
Informal votes			257	7.1	N/A
Turnout			3,632	88.8	N/A
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+11.8

1999 Blain by-election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	1,599	46.4	−27.4
	Labor	Nicole Cridland	1,396	40.5	+14.3
	Independent	Peter Gandolfi	352	10.2	+10.2
	Greens	Beryl Brugmans	101	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			3,448	96.6	N/A
Informal votes			122	3.4	N/A
Turnout			3,570	77.4	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	1,838	53.3	−20.5
	Labor	Nicole Cridland	1,610	46.7	+20.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−20.5

2001 Northern Territory general election: Blain^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	2,342	64.0	−10.1
	Labor	Peter Shew	1,072	29.3	+3.4
	Territory Alliance (2001)	Joseph Mulqueeney	248	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			3,662	96.2	N/A
Informal votes			146	3.8	N/A
Turnout			3,808	87.5	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	2,444	66.7	−7.4
	Labor	Peter Shew	1,218	33.3	+7.4
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−7.4

2005 Northern Territory general election: Blain^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	1,933	51.9	−12.1
	Labor	Brendan Cabry	1,415	38.0	+8.7
	Greens	Sue McKinnon	273	7.3	+7.3
	Independent	Duncan Dean	104	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			3,725	96.5	N/A
Informal votes			136	3.5	N/A
Turnout			3,861	86.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	2,131	57.2	−9.5
	Labor	Brendan Cabry	1,594	42.8	+9.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−9.5

2008 Northern Territory general election: Blain^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	2,258	61.6	+5.8
	Labor	Ken Vowles	1,410	38.4	−5.8
Total formal votes			3,668	94.9	N/A
Informal votes			198	5.1	N/A
Turnout			3,866	80.1	N/A
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

2012 Northern Territory general election: Blain^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	2,462	61.6	±0.0
	Labor	Geoff Bahnert	1,343	33.6	−4.9
	First Nations	Daniel Fejo	194	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			3,999	96.6	N/A
Informal votes			142	3.4	N/A
Turnout			4,141	83.2	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry Mills	2,529	63.2	+1.7
	Labor	Geoff Bahnert	1,470	36.8	−1.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

2014 Blain by-election^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Nathan Barrett	1,768	45.5	−16.0
	Labor	Geoff Bahnert	1,448	37.3	+3.7
	Independent	Matthew Cranitch	336	8.7	+8.7
	Greens	Sue McKinnon	275	7.1	+7.1
	Citizens Electoral Council	Peter Flynn	56	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			3,883	95.5	N/A
Informal votes			184	4.5	N/A
Turnout			4,067	68.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Nathan Barrett	2,067	53.2	−10.0
	Labor	Geoff Bahnert	1,816	46.8	+10.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−10.0

2016 Northern Territory general election: Blain^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Damian Hale	1,597	37.3	+5.3
	Independent	Terry Mills	1,341	31.3	+31.3
	Country Liberal	Marie-Clare Boothby	1,102	25.7	−37.9
	Independent	Gregory Knowles	241	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			4,280	97.3	N/A
Informal votes			121	2.7	N/A
Turnout			4,402	78.9	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Damian Hale	2,056	54.8	+20.0
	Country Liberal	Marie-Clare Boothby	1,693	45.2	−20.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Terry Mills	1,953	51.4	+51.4
	Labor	Damian Hale	1,849	48.6	+13.8
	Independent gain from Country Liberal		Swing	N/A

2020 Northern Territory general election: Blain^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Turner	1,729	41.4	+4.0
	Country Liberal	Matthew Kerle	1,489	35.6	+10.2
	Territory Alliance	Terry Mills	959	23.0	−8.5
Total formal votes			4,177	96.8	N/A
Informal votes			138	3.2	N/A
Turnout			4,315	75.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Turner	2,095	50.2	+1.5
	Country Liberal	Matthew Kerle	2,082	49.8	−1.5
	Labor gain from Territory Alliance		Swing	+1.5

Results as of 2:30 UTC, 5 September

2024 Northern Territory general election: Blain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Matthew Kerle	1,887	46.6	+13.0
	Independent	Mark Turner	1,574	38.8	+38.8
	Labor	Danielle Eveleigh	591	14.6	−25.9
Total formal votes			4,052	96.2	−0.1
Informal votes			159	3.8	+0.1
Turnout				65.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Matthew Kerle	2,106	52.0	+2.2
	Independent	Mark Turner	1,946	48.0	+48.0
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.3

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