Electoral division of Wanguri

Wanguri is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1983. Wanguri is an urban electorate, covering 29 km2, and taking in the north Darwin suburbs of Wanguri, Karama and Leanyer. There were 6,111 people enrolled within the electorate as of August 2020.

Wanguri
Northern TerritoryLegislative Assembly
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Interactive map of boundaries as of the 2024 election
TerritoryNorthern Territory
Created1983
MPOly Carlson
PartyCountry Liberal
NamesakeWanguri
Electors6,111 (2020)
Area29 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
DemographicUrban
Electorates around Wanguri:
Timor Sea Timor Sea Timor Sea
Casuarina Wanguri Nelson
Karama Nelson Nelson

Like most electorates in the Territory, Wanguri has a tendency to keep its incumbent members regardless of party. While the Country Liberal Party held it for six years after its creation in 1983, the Labor Party have held it since a 1989 by-election, and it is now reckoned as reasonably safe for that party. Paul Henderson was not expected to have much difficulty retaining Wanguri at the 2005 election, and ultimately held the seat with a strong swing in his favour.

When Henderson resigned in 2013, following his government's defeat in the 2012 election, the resulting by-election saw Nicole Manison hold the seat for Labor. Manison managed to pick up a 12.4 percent swing—according to ABC election analyst Antony Green, the largest against a first term government in Australia in over twenty years.[1] It was enough to revert Wanguri to its traditional status as a comfortably safe Labor seat. Manison consolidated her hold on the seat in the 2016 election, increasing her majority to 19.6 percent. As a result, Wanguri is the third-safest in the Territory and the second-safest seat in the Darwin area.

Members for Wanguri

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Member Party Term
  Don Dale Country Liberal 1983–1989
  John Bailey Labor 1989–1999
  Paul Henderson Labor 1999–2013
  Nicole Manison Labor 2013–2024
  Oly Carlson Country Liberal 2024–present

Election results

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Results as of 7:20 UTC, 27 August

2024 Northern Territory general election: Wanguri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Oly Carlson 2,061 47.8 +22.9
Labor Shlok Sharma 1,132 26.2 −36.6
Independent Graeme Sawyer 764 17.7 +17.7
Greens Andrew Coates 359 8.3 +8.3
Total formal votes 4,316 96.5 −0.8
Informal votes 158 3.5 +0.8
Turnout 4,474 79.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Oly Carlson 2,548 59.1 +26.3
Labor Shlok Sharma 1,768 40.9 −26.3
Country Liberal gain from Labor Swing +26.3

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony: Are there any Lessons from the Wanguri By-election Result?, Antony Green's Election Blog, ABC, 17 February 2013.
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