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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]
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Registered | 5,536 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 58.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location of Arafura in the Northern Territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Background | |
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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] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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