Electoral results for the division of Jingili

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

Members for Jingili

Member		Party	Term
	Paul Everingham	Country Liberal	1974–1984
	Rick Setter	Country Liberal	1984–1997
	Steve Balch	Country Liberal	1997–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Jingili[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Paul Everingham	928	51.8
	Labor	Thomas Bell	863	48.2
Total formal votes			1,791	94.1
Informal votes			112	5.9
Turnout			1,903	82.9
	Country Liberal win		(new seat)

1977 Northern Territory general election: Jingili[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Diana Rickard	662	36.4
	Country Liberal	Paul Everingham	639	35.1
	Progress	David Cooper	338	18.6
	Independent	John McCormack George Tarasidis	182	10.0
Total formal votes			1,821	97.2
Informal votes			52	2.8
Turnout			1,873	83.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Paul Everingham	972	53.4
	Labor	Diana Rickard	849	46.6
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Jingili[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Paul Everingham	1,555	60.7	+25.6
	Labor	Peter Hansen	858	33.5	-7.7
	Democrats	Peter Read	151	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			2,564	98.2
Informal votes			47	1.8
Turnout			2,611	82.2
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1983 Northern Territory general election: Jingili[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Paul Everingham	1,577	71.8
	Labor	Martin Jacob	619	28.2
Total formal votes			2,196	98.5
Informal votes			33	1.5
Turnout			2,229	89.1
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

1984 Jingili by-election[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Rick Setter	1,059	54.9	-16.9
	Labor	Barry Cavanagh	869	45.1	+16.9
Total formal votes			1,928	96.8	-1.7
Informal votes			64	3.2	+1.7
Turnout			1,992	76.0	-13.1
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-16.9

1987 Northern Territory general election: Jingili[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Rick Setter	1,108	44.5	-27.3
	Labor	Bob Wharton	936	37.6	+9.4
	NT Nationals	Harry Maschke	444	17.9	+17.9
Total formal votes			2,488	96.5
Informal votes			89	3.5
Turnout			2,577	80.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Rick Setter	1,429	57.4	-11.6
	Labor	Bob Wharton	1,059	42.6	+11.6
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+11.6

Elections in the 1990s

1990 Northern Territory general election: Jingili[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Rick Setter	1,731	58.6	+14.1
	Labor	Fiona Stuchbery	1,040	35.2	-2.4
	Greens	Penelope Thomson	182	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			2,953	97.1
Informal votes			89	2.9
Turnout			3,042	86.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Rick Setter	1,749	59.2	+2.6
	Labor	Fiona Stuchbery	1,204	40.8	-2.6
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

1994 Northern Territory general election: Jingili[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Rick Setter	1,745	54.3	-4.3
	Labor	Ted Warren	1,467	45.7	+10.5
Total formal votes			3,212	94.8
Informal votes			175	5.2
Turnout			3,387	86.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-4.9

1997 Northern Territory general election: Jingili[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Steve Balch	1,570	50.9	-3.4
	Labor	Catherine Phillips	1,093	35.4	-10.3
	Independent	Stephen Barnes	310	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	Ross Forday	110	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			3,083	96.1
Informal votes			124	3.9
Turnout			3,207	84.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Steve Balch	1,748	56.7	+2.7
	Labor	Catherine Phillips	1,335	43.3	-2.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+2.7

References

1. Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. ISBN 0731520769.
2. 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980
3. "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
4. "Jingili By-election result" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
5. 1987 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
6. Jaensch, Dean (1990). The 1990 elections in the Northern Territory : a statistical analysis. Klemzig, S. Aust.: Polity Publications. ISBN 0949094803.
7. 1990 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
8. 1994 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
9. "General assembly results" (PDF). ntec.nt.gov.au. 1997. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
10. "General assembly results" (PDF). psephos.adam-carr.net. 30 August 1997. Retrieved 2020-08-28.