2023 Arafura by-election

The 2023 Arafura by-election was held on Saturday, 18 March 2023 to elect the next member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for the electoral division of Arafura. The by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent Labor MP Lawrence Costa, who died on 17 December 2022 and had a state funeral held for him on 1 March.[2] The election was won by Labor candidate Manuel Brown. Chief Minister and NT Labor leader Natasha Fyles declared victory after two hours of counting.[3]

2023 Arafura by-election
18 March 2023[1]
Registered5,536
Turnout58.1%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Manuel Brown Leslie Tungatalum
Party Labor Country Liberal
Popular vote 2,038 897
Percentage 66.7% 29.4%
Swing Increase 17.7 Decrease 10.8
TPP 69.2% 30.8%
TPP Increase 15.6 Decrease 15.6
Location of Arafura in the Northern Territory
MP before election

Lawrence Costa
Labor

 Elected MP

Manuel Brown
Labor

Background

2020 election results
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Northern Territory general election § Arafura.[edit]
2020 Northern Territory general election: Arafura[4][5]
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

Candidates
Party Candidate Background
  Country Liberal Leslie Tungutalum Deputy Mayor of the Tiwi Islands Regional Council. Son of former member for Tiwi Hyacinth Tungutalum.[2]
  Labor Manuel Brown Former liaison officer for Costa.[2]
  Federation Alan Middleton Party officer.[6]

Results
2023 Arafura by-election[7]
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

References
  1. "2023 Division of Arafura by-election". 2 February 2023.
  2. "Territory Labor, CLP announce Tiwi Islands candidates for NT's Arafura by-election after former member's sudden death - ABC News".
  3. "Labor declares victory for Manuel Brown in Arafura by-election". ABC News. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  4. "Electorate summary: Arafura". NTEC. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. "Arafura". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  6. Bowles, Annabel; Haigh, Sierra (9 March 2023). "NT politics: Mobile voting teams start travelling Top End ahead of Arafura by-election". Courier-Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  7. "2023 Division of Arafura by-election results". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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