ALP 16.1%
Incumbent MP
Joel Bowden, since 2020.
Geography
North Darwin. Johnston covers the suburbs of Alawara, Millner and Moil, to the north of the airport.
Redistribution
Johnston shifted north, losing the remainder of Coconut Grove to Fannie Bay and gaining the remainder of Alawa from Casuarina.
History
The electorate of Johnston has existed since 2001, and has always been won by Labor.
Labor’s Chris Burns won Johnston in 2001. Burns was a minister in the Labor government from 2002 to 2012. He was re-elected in 2005 and 2008, and retired in 2012.
Labor’s Ken Vowles succeeded Burns in 2012. Vowles was re-elected in 2016. He served as a minister in the newly-elected Labor government but was sacked as a minister and kicked out of the Labor caucus in December 2018. He announced his retirement in November 2019.
Labor candidate Joel Bowden narrowly won the seat of Johnston at a February 2020 by-election. Bowden won a full term at the 2020 general election.
- Joel Bowden (Labor)
- Justine Davis (Independent)
Assessment
Johnston is a safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist % |
| Joel Bowden | Labor | 1,940 | 45.3 | -7.7 | 46.0 |
| Gary Haslett | Country Liberal | 843 | 19.7 | -10.7 | 20.3 |
| Aiya Goodrich Carttling | Greens | 736 | 17.2 | +1.9 | 15.9 |
| Steven Klose | Territory Alliance | 626 | 14.6 | +14.6 | 15.0 |
| Josh Thomas | Independent | 139 | 3.2 | +3.2 | 2.9 |
| Informal | 150 | 3.4 |
2020 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist % |
| Joel Bowden | Labor | 2,850 | 66.5 | +0.8 | 66.1 |
| Gary Haslett | Country Liberal | 1,434 | 33.5 | -0.8 | 33.9 |
Booth breakdown
There were two ordinary booths used in 2020 in Johnston. Part of Casuarina City has been redistributed in with the remainder of Alawa from Casuarina.
The ALP polled around 72% in Millner and Casuarina City, and 62% in Moil.
A majority of the vote was cast at pre-poll booths, and Labor polled 65% of the two-party-preferred vote on the pre-poll vote.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| Pre-poll | 65.0 | 2,378 | 53.5 |
| Other votes | 67.9 | 832 | 18.7 |
| Moil | 62.4 | 655 | 14.7 |
| Millner | 72.3 | 437 | 9.8 |
| Casuarina City | 71.9 | 142 | 3.2 |
Polling places surrounding Johnston at the 2020 NT election
Feel like Bowden retains pretty comfortably, especially with Greens voters coming back to Labor with the Greens seemingly not bothering here, though I’m interested to see how the teal Justine Davis does.
@Oguh I agree of all the seats the CLP could pick up this isn’t one of them.