Electoral results for the division of Arafura

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

Members for Arafura

Member		Party	Term
	Bob Collins	Australian Labor Party	1983–1987
	Stan Tipiloura	Australian Labor Party	1987–1992
	Maurice Rioli	Australian Labor Party	1992–2001
	Marion Scrymgour	Australian Labor Party	2001–2009
		Independent	2009
		Australian Labor Party	2009–2012
	Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu	Country Liberal Party	2012–2014
		Independent	2014
		Palmer United Party	2014
		Country Liberal Party	2014-present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Northern Territory general election, 2012: Arafura[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Francis Maralampuwi Xavier	1,308	43.1	+6.6
	Labor	Dean Rioli	1,104	36.4	−9.7
	Greens	George Pascoe	426	14.1	+14.1
	First Nations	Jeannie Gadambua	194	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			3,032	95.3	+1.3
Informal votes			148	4.7	−1.3
Turnout			3,180	58.1	−2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Francis Maralampuwi Xavier	1,547	51.0	+15.0
	Labor	Dean Rioli	1,485	49.0	−15.0
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+15.0

Elections in the 2000s

Northern Territory general election, 2008: Arafura[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Marion Scrymgour	1,300	46.1	−18.0
	Country Liberal	Tristan Mungatopi	544	19.3	−3.0
	Independent	Jone Lotu	487	17.3	+17.3
	Country Liberal	Angie Siebert	486	17.3	+17.3
Total formal votes			2,817	94.0	−1.1
Informal votes			179	6.0	+1.1
Turnout			2,996	60.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Marion Scrymgour	1,802	64.0	−9.6
	Country Liberal	Tristan Mungatopi	1,015	36.0	+9.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.6

References

1. http://www.ntec.nt.gov.au/ElectionLAgeneral/Results/Pages/default.aspx
2. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/nt/NT2008_Results.pdf