| Wanguri Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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  Interactive map of boundaries as of the2024 election | |||||||||||||||
| Territory | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Oly Carlson | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Country Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Wanguri | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 6,111 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 29 km2 (11.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Urban | ||||||||||||||
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Wanguri is anelectoral division of theLegislative Assembly in Australia'sNorthern Territory. It was first created in 1983. Wanguri is an urban electorate, covering 29 km2, and taking in the northDarwin suburbs ofWanguri,Karama andLeanyer. There were 6,111 people enrolled within the electorate as of August 2020.
Like most electorates in the Territory, Wanguri has a tendency to keep its incumbent members regardless of party. While theCountry Liberal Party held it for six years after its creation in 1983, theLabor Party have held it since a1989 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 the2005 election, and ultimately held the seat with a strong swing in his favour.
When Henderson resigned in 2013, following his government's defeat in the2012 election, theresulting by-election sawNicole Manison hold the seat for Labor. Manison managed to pick up a 12.4 percent swing—according to ABC election analystAntony 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 the2016 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.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| 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 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Country Liberal | Oly Carlson | 2,069 | 47.7 | +22.8 | |
| Labor | Shlok Sharma | 1,139 | 26.2 | −36.6 | |
| Independent | Graeme Sawyer | 769 | 17.7 | +17.7 | |
| Greens | Andrew Coates | 364 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,341 | 96.5 | −0.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 158 | 3.5 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,499 | 80.0 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Country Liberal | Oly Carlson | 2,561 | 59.0 | +26.3 | |
| Labor | Shlok Sharma | 1,780 | 41.0 | −26.3 | |
| Country Liberalgain fromLabor | Swing | +26.3 | |||
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