ALP 6.6%
Incumbent MP
Ken Vowles, since 2012.
Geography
North Darwin. Johnston covers the suburbs of Millner and Moil, along with part of Alawa, to the north of the airport.
Redistribution
Johnston gained part of Alawa from Casuarina, and lost part of Coconut Grove to Fannie Bay. These changes increased the Labor margin from 5.7% to 6.6%.
History
The electorate of Johnston has existed since 2001, and has always been held 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.
Candidates
- Melanie Ross (Greens)
- Steven Klose (Country Liberal)
- Ken Vowles (Labor)
Assessment
Labor should have no trouble retaining Johnston.
2012 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Ken Vowles | Labor | 1,799 | 45.0 | -11.9 | 45.7 |
| Jo Sangster | Country Liberal | 1,552 | 38.8 | -4.3 | 39.1 |
| Alana Parrott-Jolly | Greens | 389 | 9.7 | +9.7 | 9.2 |
| Krystal Metcalf | Sex Party | 169 | 4.2 | +4.2 | 3.9 |
| Peter Bussa | Independent | 89 | 2.2 | +2.2 | 2.1 |
| Informal | 160 | 3.9 |
2012 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Ken Vowles | Labor | 2,224 | 55.6 | -1.3 | 56.6 |
| Jo Sangster | Country Liberal | 1,774 | 44.4 | +1.3 | 43.4 |
Booth breakdown
There are two booths in Johnston: Millner in the west and Moil in the east. Labor polled around 57% after prefrences in both areas.
The CLP narrowly won the pre-poll vote.
The Greens polled just under 10% at the two booths and 7% of the pre-poll vote.
| Voter group | GRN % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| Millner | 9.7 | 57.0 | 1,506 | 37.8 |
| Moil | 9.8 | 56.8 | 1,394 | 35.0 |
| Pre-poll | 6.8 | 49.3 | 442 | 11.1 |
| Other votes | 8.5 | 55.1 | 639 | 16.1 |