2020 Johnston by-election

2020 Johnston by-election

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The division of Johnston in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Turnout	68.5% 11.9
First party Second party Third party   TA Candidate Joel Bowden Steven Klose Aiya Goodrich Carttling Party Labor Territory Alliance Greens Popular vote 983 728 565 Percentage 29.9 22.1 17.2 Swing 21.5 22.1 TCP 52.6% 47.4% TCP swing 12.1 47.4   Fourth party Fifth party   BAN Candidate Josh Thomas Braedon Earley Party Country Liberal Ban Fracking Popular vote 536 343 Percentage 16.3 10.4 Swing 16.3 10.4
Map of the electoral division of Johnston in the Darwin/Palmerston area
MLA before election Ken Vowles Labor Elected MLA Joel Bowden Labor

A by-election in the seat of Johnston in the Northern Territory was held on 29 February 2020,^[1] following the resignation of Ken Vowles, the MLA for Johnston, on 31 January 2020.^[2] Vowles was first elected in the 2012 Northern Territory general election, winning 45% of first preference votes and 55.7% of the two-party-preferred vote.^[3] At the 2016 Northern Territory general election, Vowles was re-elected with 51% of first preference votes and 64.7% of the two-party-preferred vote.^[4]

Former AFL footballer Joel Bowden won the by-election, representing the Labor Party.^[5] In a highly unusual move, the Greens preferenced Labor last on their how-to-vote cards (HTVs), even behind the Country Liberal Party (CLP), due to Labor's support for fracking.^[6]