Blain Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Territory | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1997 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Matthew Kerle | ||||||||||||||
Party | Country Liberal Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Adair Blain | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 5,695 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Urban | ||||||||||||||
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Blain is an electoral division of the Northern Territory. It was created in 1997.
Blain is in Palmerston.
2024 Northern Territory general election: Blain | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Country Liberal | Matthew Kerle | 1,887 | 46.6 | +13.0 | |
Independent | Mark Turner | 1,574 | 38.8 | +38.8 | |
Labor | Danielle Eveleigh | 591 | 14.6 | −25.9 | |
Total formal votes | 4,052 | 96.2 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 159 | 3.8 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 65.4 | ||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Matthew Kerle | 2,106 | 52.0 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Mark Turner | 1,946 | 48.0 | +48.0 | |
Country Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +3.3 |