2020 Territory Election Report ISBN: 978-0-9942521-6-6 © 2021
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2020 Territory Election Report ISBN: 978-0-9942521-6-6 © 2021. This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process, except in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968. For requests concerning reproduction and rights please direct all enquiries to the Northern Territory Electoral Commission Darwin office. DARWIN Level 3, TCG Centre 80 Mitchell Street DARWIN NT 0800 GPO Box 2419 DARWIN NT 0801 Phone: (08) 8999 5000 1800 MYVOTE Fax: (08) 8999 7630 Website: www.ntec.nt.gov.au Email: [email protected] Level 3, TCG Centre | 80 Mitchell Street | GPO Box 2419 DARWIN NT 0801 T: 08 8999 5000 | F: 08 8999 7630 | E: [email protected] | ABN 8408 5734 992 The Hon N Ah Kit MLA Speaker Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Parliament House Darwin NT 0800 Madam Speaker In accordance with Section 313 of the Electoral Act 2004, I am pleased to provide a report on the conduct of the 2020 Northern Territory Legislative Assembly general election. The Electoral Act 2004 requires this report to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly within three sitting days after its receipt. Additional copies have been provided for this purpose. Iain Loganathan Electoral Commissioner 4 June 2021 This page has been intentionally left blank. Contents Letter Contents Glossary Part 1: Election Report and Appendices Section 1: Election Overview ............................................................................................. 1 Section 2: Recommendations ........................................................................................... 11 Section 3: The Legislation ................................................................................................ 13 Section 4: 2019 NT Electoral Boundary Redistribution ....................................................... 19 Section 5: Public Awareness ............................................................................................. 22 Section 6: Enrolment ....................................................................................................... 34 Section 7: Candidate and Party Liaison ............................................................................. 41 Section 8: Voting Services ................................................................................................ 48 Section 9: Voting Outcomes ............................................................................................. 74 Section 10: Post Election Management .............................................................................. 83 Section 11: Corporate ...................................................................................................... 85 Appendicies Appendix A: Elector transfers - 2019 NT Electoral Boundary Redistribution ............................ 92 Appendix B: NT quarterly enrolment statistics ............................................................................ 93 Appendix C: Electors on roll per division 2001-2020 ................................................................... 94 Appendix D: Candidates and affiliation by division ..................................................................... 95 Appendix E: Candidates, enrolment, turnout and vote type by division .................................... 98 Appendix F: Postal votes summary - applications, votes issued and returned .......................... 99 Appendix F2: Postal votes - applications rejected ................................................................... 100 Appendix F3: Postal votes - rejected .......................................................................................... 101 Appendix G1: Northern Territory early voting centres .............................................................. 102 Appendix G2: Interstate early voting centres ............................................................................ 104 Appendix H: Early votes issued by voting centre and division .................................................. 105 Appendix I: Mobile schedule by division .................................................................................... 106 Appendix J: Votes taken at mobile voting locations .................................................................. 112 Appendix K: Election day voting centres - urban ....................................................................... 116 Appendix L: Declaration votes - admitted and rejected ............................................................ 117 Appendix M: Two candidate preferred full distribution margin ................................................ 118 Appendix N: First preference votes by division and affiliation ................................................. 119 Appendix O: First preference votes by affiliation, seats won - elections 1990 to 2020 ........................................................................................................................ 120 Appendix P: Elector turnout by ballot papers counted .............................................................. 121 Appendix Q1:Informal ballot papers at 2016 and 2020 elections ............................................ 122 Appendix Q2: Informal ballot papers at 2016 and 2020 elections: remote divisions ..................... 122 Appendix Q3: Informal ballot papers at 2016 and 2020 elections: urban divisions................ 123 Appendix R1: Informal ballot papers – all divisions summary .................................................. 124 Appendix R2: Informal ballot papers – remote divisions .......................................................... 124 Appendix R3: Informal ballot papers – urban divisions ........................................................... 125 Appendix S: Informal ballot papers (%) by type and division .................................................. 127 Division Snapshots and Results Division of Arafura ......................................................................................................................... 130 Division of Araluen ........................................................................................................................ 132 Division of Arnhem ........................................................................................................................ 134 Division of Barkly ........................................................................................................................... 136 Division of Blain ............................................................................................................................ 138 Division of Braitling ....................................................................................................................... 140 Division of Brennan ....................................................................................................................... 142 Division of Casuarina ..................................................................................................................... 144 Division of Daly ............................................................................................................................. 146 Division of Drysdale ....................................................................................................................... 148 Division of Fannie Bay ................................................................................................................... 150 Division of Fong Lim ...................................................................................................................... 152 Division of Goyder ......................................................................................................................... 154 Division of Gwoja .......................................................................................................................... 156 Division of Johnston ...................................................................................................................... 158 Division of Karama ........................................................................................................................ 160 Division of Katherine ..................................................................................................................... 162 Division of Mulka ........................................................................................................................... 164 Division of Namatjira ..................................................................................................................... 166 Division of Nelson .......................................................................................................................... 168 Division of Nightcliff ....................................................................................................................... 170 Division of Port Darwin .................................................................................................................. 172 Division of Sanderson .................................................................................................................... 174 Division of Spillett .......................................................................................................................... 176 Division of Wanguri ....................................................................................................................... 178 List of Tables and Graphs Table 1: Ballot papers counted by vote type 2012, 2016 and 2020 Territory elections ...............................................................................................