Electoral results for the division of Drysdale

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

Members for Drysdale

Member		Party	Term
	Stephen Dunham	Country Liberal	1997–2005
	Chris Natt	Labor	2005–2008
	Ross Bohlin	Country Liberal	2008–2012
		Independent	2012–2012
	Lia Finocchiaro	Country Liberal	2012–2016
	Eva Lawler	Labor	2016–present

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1997 Northern Territory general election: Drysdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Stephen Dunham	1,844	57.0	-3.1
	Labor	Paul Nieuwenhoven	908	28.0	-11.9
	Democrats	Stuart Edwards	484	14.9	+14.9
Total formal votes			3,236	95.5	N/A
Informal votes			154	4.5	N/A
Turnout			3,390	85.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Stephen Dunham	2,048	63.3	+3.0
	Labor	Paul Nieuwenhoven	1,188	36.7	-3.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Northern Territory general election: Drysdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Stephen Dunham	2,265	65.4	-3.8
	Labor	Inger Peirce	1,199	34.6	+10.5
Total formal votes			3,464	94.2	N/A
Informal votes			213	5.8	N/A
Turnout			3,677	83.9	N/A
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-6.4

2005 Northern Territory general election: Drysdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Natt	1,829	51.3	+17.4
	Country Liberal	Stephen Dunham	1,739	48.7	-16.6
Total formal votes			3,568	95.3	N/A
Informal votes			177	4.7	N/A
Turnout			3,745	82.1	N/A
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+17.0

2008 Northern Territory general election: Drysdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Ross Bohlin	2,020	55.3	+6.3
	Labor	Chris Natt	1,262	34.5	-12.8
	Independent	Justin Tutty	374	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			3,656	96.4	N/A
Informal votes			135	3.6	N/A
Turnout			3,791	79.9	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Ross Bohlin	2,199	60.1	+9.7
	Labor	Chris Natt	1,457	39.9	−9.7
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.7

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Northern Territory general election: Drysdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Lia Finocchiaro	2,336	56.5	+1.2
	Labor	James Burke	1,142	27.6	−6.9
	Independent	Ross Bohlin	657	15.9	+15.9
Total formal votes			4,135	96.8	N/A
Informal votes			137	3.2	N/A
Turnout			4,272	82.5	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Lia Finocchiaro	2,699	65.3	+5.1
	Labor	James Burke	1,436	34.7	−5.1
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+5.1

2016 Northern Territory general election: Drysdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eva Lawler	1,593	41.0	+9.1
	Country Liberal	Ben Hosking	1,341	34.5	−20.3
	Independent	Lyle Mackay	395	10.2	+10.2
	Greens	Hayden Bray	250	6.4	+6.4
	1 Territory	David Cartwright	165	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Margy Kerle	141	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			3,885	97.2	N/A
Informal votes			111	2.8	N/A
Turnout			3,996	73.2	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eva Lawler	1,964	55.2	+16.6
	Country Liberal	Ben Hosking	1,597	44.8	−16.6
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+16.6

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Northern Territory general election § Drysdale.[edit]

2020 Northern Territory general election: Drysdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eva Lawler	1,648	42.2	+1.2
	Country Liberal	Leanne Butler	1,023	26.2	−8.3
	Territory Alliance	Fiona Lynch	533	13.6	+13.6
	Ban Fracking Fix Crime Protect Water	Lash Lisson	226	5.8	+5.8
	Independent	Danielle Eveleigh	211	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Raj Samson	179	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	Brendan Killalea	85	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			3,905	95.0	N/A
Informal votes			204	5.0	N/A
Turnout			4,109	70.5	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eva Lawler	2,263	58.0	+2.7
	Country Liberal	Leanne Butler	1,642	42.0	−2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7