ALP 2.1%
Incumbent MP
Mark Monaghan, since 2020.
Geography
Central Darwin. Fong Lim covers suburbs immediately to the north-east of the port of Darwin, including Bagot, Ludmilla, Stuart Park, Wishart, Woolner and Bayview.
Redistribution
Fong Lim expanded west, taking in Wishart from Spillett.
History
The electorate of Fong Lim was created in 2008, largely replacing the seat of Millner. Millner had been held by Labor from 1977 until 1994, when it was won by the Country Liberal Party’s Phil Mitchell.
Mitchell held Millner until 2001, when he was defeated by Labor’s Matthew Bonson. Bonson held Millner for two terms.
Millner was renamed Fong Lim in 2008, due to the suburb of Millner being removed from the seat. In 2008, Bonson was defeated by CLP candidate Dave Tollner, who had previously served two terms as federal MP for Solomon before losing in 2007.
Tollner held Fong Lim for two terms. Tollner was appointed as a minister after the CLP won the 2012 election, and served as deputy chief minister from 2013 to 2014.
A redistribution before the 2016 election slashed Tollner’s margin in Fong Lim as the seat moved away from Palmerston. He attempted to move to the new neighbouring seat of Spillett, but failed to win CLP preselection, and retired.
Labor candidate Jeff Collins won Fong Lim in 2016. Collins was excluded from the ALP caucus in late 2018 after he criticised the government. He resigned from the party in 2019 to sit as an independent, and in 2020 joined the Territory Alliance.
Labor’s Mark Monaghan won Fong Lim in 2020.
- Simon Niblock (Greens)
- Tanzil Rahman (Country Liberal)
- Amye Un (Independent)
- Mark Monaghan (Labor)
Assessment
Fong Lim is a marginal seat, but Monaghan will likely help Labor with an incumbency boost that was unavailable to the party in 2020.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist % |
| Mark Monaghan | Labor | 1,756 | 42.1 | -1.9 | 41.8 |
| Kylie Bonanni | Country Liberal | 1,488 | 35.6 | -2.3 | 36.5 |
| Jeff Collins | Territory Alliance | 497 | 11.9 | +11.9 | 11.8 |
| Amye Un | Independent | 434 | 10.4 | +10.4 | 10.0 |
| Informal | 130 | 3.0 |
2020 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist % |
| Mark Monaghan | Labor | 2,197 | 52.6 | -3.0 | 52.1 |
| Kylie Bonanni | Country Liberal | 1,978 | 47.4 | +3.0 | 47.9 |
Booth breakdown
There were three ordinary booths in Fong Lim in 2020.
Labor won Stuart Park and Ludmilla with 58-59% of the two-party-preferred vote, while the CLP polled 53.8% in Berrimah.
Over 55% of the vote was cast at pre-poll booths, with the CLP polling 50.8% in the pre-poll.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| Pre-poll | 49.2 | 2,468 | 55.1 |
| Other votes | 54.2 | 1,159 | 25.9 |
| Stuart Park | 59.0 | 604 | 13.5 |
| Ludmilla | 58.0 | 180 | 4.0 |
| Berrimah | 46.2 | 70 | 1.6 |
Polling places surrounding Fong Lim at the 2020 NT election
The CLP candidate and the independent candidate both have foreign-sounding names. Amye Un is Indonesian but I’m not sure where Tanzil Rahman is from, but it sounds like an Islamic name.
Does this area have a large Indonesian community or is this purely coincidental?
Not sure about that Nether Portal but I have family in the seat who say the CLP candidate sought preselection for Labor weeks before being announced for the CLP. Not a good look for a winnable seat for CLP.
@TET he is an ex-Labor member, correct. But I doubt that can change much.
Likely CLP gain.
The independent is on the city council and owns a laksa shop in the area
The CLP candidate ran for Labor preselection (not sure what seat) and wasn’t selected so has run for CLP.
Allegedly his family are labour supporters and were not happy
2.1% that is highly marginal.. but this was an unusual contest. . I would not say the result was a lnp shoe in
This was one of the seats where TA preferences hurt the CLP last time. Even though the party was centre to centre-right the member for Fong Lim (Jeff Collins) joined the TA after leaving Labor and his HTV cards preferenced Labor over the CLP. This didn’t happen in most other seats where the TA preferenced the CLP but a couple of key Darwin contests were exceptions to the general preference flow.
How did the independent Amye Un recommend preferences and split the vote last time? Could she scoop up the anti-majors vote that went to TA?
CLP HTV card:
1. CLP
2. Independent
3. Labor
4. Greens
CLP candidate defected from Labor. That may look bad as it makes him look like a seat shopper. On the other hand, the Greens may split the progressive vote. Amye Un has put Labor last.
@Votante I’m pretty sure he nominated for Labor at the last election if I recall correctly. Yes it may be an odd move but still.