2023 Arafura by-election

The 2023 Arafura by-election was held on Saturday, 18 March 2023 to elect the next member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for the electoral division of Arafura. The by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent Labor MP Lawrence Costa, who died on 17 December 2022 and had a state funeral held for him on 1 March. The election was won by Labor candidate Manuel Brown. Chief Minister and NT Labor leader Natasha Fyles declared victory after two hours of counting.

2023 Arafura by-election

18 March 2023
Registered5,536
Turnout58.1%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Manuel Brown Leslie Tungatalum
Party Labor Country Liberal
Popular vote 2,038 897
Percentage 66.7% 29.4%
Swing 17.7 10.8
TPP 69.2% 30.8%
TPP 15.6 15.6

Location of Arafura in the Northern Territory

MP before election

Lawrence Costa
Labor

Elected MP

Manuel Brown
Labor

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