Electoral results for the division of Barkly

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral division of Barkly in Northern Territory elections.

Members for Barkly

Member		Party	Term
	Ian Tuxworth	Country Liberal Party	1974–1987
		NT Nationals	1987–1990
	Maggie Hickey	Australian Labor Party	1990–2001
	Elliot McAdam	Australian Labor Party	2001–2008
	Gerry McCarthy	Australian Labor Party	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Northern Territory general election, 2016: Barkly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerry McCarthy	1,387	43.1	−2.0
	Independent	Elliot McAdam	869	27.1	+27.1
	Country Liberal	Tony Jack	595	18.5	−17.7
	Independent	Jack Green	367	11.4	+11.4
Total formal votes			3,218	98.4	+2.1
Informal votes			53	1.6	−2.1
Turnout			3,271	63.1	−4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Gerry McCarthy	1,739	58.0	+0.4
	Independent	Elliot McAdam	1,260	42.0	+42.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Northern Territory general election, 2012: Barkly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerry McCarthy	1,450	45.2	−15.8
	Country Liberal	Rebecca Healy	1,162	36.2	+8.7
	First Nations	Valda Shannon	467	14.5	+14.5
	Independent	Stewart Wiley	131	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			3,210	96.3	+1.0
Informal votes			122	3.7	−1.0
Turnout			3,332	64.9	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerry McCarthy	1,849	57.6	−8.0
	Country Liberal	Rebecca Healy	1,485	42.4	+8.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.0

Elections in the 2000s

Northern Territory general election, 2008: Barkly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerry McCarthy	1,777	60.9	−10.9
	Country Liberal	Mick Adams	801	27.5	+3.2
	Independent	Randall Gould	265	9.1	+9.1
	Independent	Barry Nattrass	73	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			2,916	95.3	−0.8
Informal votes			144	4.7	+0.8
Turnout			3,060	65.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerry McCarthy	1,914	65.6	−8.6
	Country Liberal	Mick Adams	1,002	34.4	+8.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.6