MONDAY AUGUST 24 2020 NEWS 05 EVERY vote counts Number every square in NT LEGISLATIVEVoting is compulsory ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2020 the TerritoryHave your say votes this election day the order of your choice VOTE 1 Four seats still hang in the balance

MADURA MCCORMACK AND Neither Chief Minister Mi- NATASHA EMECK IN THIS ELECTION THE chael Gunner nor INTRODUCTION OF A THIRD Leader made THE political future of Labor MAJOR PARTY MADE THE an appearance yesterday and frontbencher and it’s understood the CLP leader candidates in three other key ''DETERMINATION OF THE has not yet called Mr Gunner seats could be decided today as TCP FOR ELECTION NIGHT to concede defeat. the NT Electoral Commission MORE DIFFICULT At the moment Labor has shifts into full count mode. comfortably claimed Fannie The NTEC will be correct- Bay, Wanguri, Nightcliff, Cas- NTEC enjoys the ing the two candidate pre- uarina, Karama, Gwoja, Sand- Nightcliff markets on Sunday ferred counts across five seats, erson, Johnston, Port Darwin chatting with Anne Kleinitz and four of which remained in NTEC staff able to finish up in and Drysdale. and Arafura has her niece Billie Boyer, 4. doubt yesterday, as ballot pa- less than three hours. more than likely been won by Picture: CHE CHORLEY pers are recounted. Overall, the postal vote flow Labor’s . Algorithms in Arnhem will has had minimal impact on the Labor has maybe lost Brait- switch to projected flows be- outcome thus far, though elec- ling’s Dale Wakefield, though tween Ms Uibo, who is ahead tion boffins, including Tas- Charles Darwin University on first preferences, and inde- mania’s Kevin Bonham and Professor Rolf Gerritsen thinks pendent Ian Gumbula while ABC’s Antony Green, have there’s a slim chance she could Katherine, Fong Lim and Blain tipped Labor’s Sid Vashist to pull through on preference. will switch to a two-way fight retain Barkly and frontbencher Regardless, the retirement between Labor and the CLP. to historically re- of Gerry McCarthy in Barkly, An NTEC spokesman said tain Port Darwin. will require a cabinet reshuffle. the election night two-party Dr Bonham said postal Sanderson MLA Kate Wor- preferred was only indicative votes had “somewhat unex- den’s spectacular swing of 8 and had been determined prior pectedly” increased Ms Lam- per cent to Labor in the bell- to the start of counting. bley’s lead in the nailbiting wether seat, where she now sits “The two-candidate pre- race for Araluen and she on 60 per cent of first preferen- ferred is wrong in some divi- “should now survive barring ces, could see her move to the sions in virtually every counting errors”. frontbench. election, all states and federal,” Namatjira, which earlier The CLP has comfortably he said. “In this election the in- yesterday was tipping ever so retained Spillett and will claim troduction of a third major slightly to Labor’s Sheralee Nelson. Both parties are hope- party made the determination Taylor, could go to CLP’s Bill ful in Blain and Brennan. of the TCP for election night Yan. Labor’s Anthony Venes The two certain indepen- more difficult.” and CLP’s are neck dent candidates are Goyder’s Almost 4000 postal votes and neck on first preferences and Yingiya Gu- , Paul Kirby and at the Waratah Football Club. Picture: CHE CHORLEY were counted yesterday, with in Daly. yula in Mulka. Lambley clinging on to Alliance

JASMINE BURKE before I think about anything election is really not up to one Lambley removed the Terri- The CLP is likely to win [email protected] else,” she said. individual. If I get re-elected I tory Alliance logo from her Namatjira according to ana- “My speculation around will be sitting in the parliament posters, sparking rumours that lysts, after the NT Electoral ARALUEN MLA Robyn Lam- what I may or may not do with as a member of the Territory was falling Commission finished counting bley has confirmed her com- regard to my membership of a Alliance.” apart and she wanted out of postal votes on Sunday. mitment to Territory Alliance, party or whatever is just so far Ms Lambley said she was the party, accusations the for- is currently leading despite the party being in beyond where I’m thinking at prepared for the tight race be- mer deputy chief minister de- Labor’s Sheralee Taylor in the trouble across the NT. the moment. tween herself and the former nied. two-party preferred vote by 25. Ms Lambley is currently 26 “I just need to sit patiently mayor Mr Ryan. “I had three batches of signs Psephologist Kevin Bon- votes ahead of the CLP’s Dam- and wait for the final result, “I always knew that the and they’re all slightly differ- ham said postal votes in Nam- ien Ryan in the two-party pre- which is a long way away. contest between Damien and ent,” Ms Lambley said. atjira had seen “a very strong ferred vote. “I haven’t considered any- myself would be very big, very “If you looked around town flow of postals to Bill Yan “I’m going to get through thing. It is a full political party, close, and this is exactly how I had mixed them all up. There (CLP), who is now 25 in front this phase and find out what there’s a lot of people involved, it’s playing out,” she said. was no sort of agenda there at and would seem unlikely to be the outcome of the election is so what happens beyond the During campaigning, Ms all. It was meaningless.” caught”. . V1 - NTNE01Z01MA