2 Sept 2020

Northern Territory Election Results

Overview The Gunner Labor Government has been re-elected in the Northern Territory, successfully winning 13 seats required to form a majority as the counting of ballots continues. There are still 4 seats in doubt, including Araluen, Barkly, Blain, and Namatjira after the CLP won the Palmerston seat of Brennan from sitting Labor MLA Tony Sievers

Confirmed seats • NT Labor: 13 seats • Country Liberal Party: 6 seats • Independents: 2 seats

Territory Alliance has lost 2 of their 3 seats, including leader and former CLP Chief Minister Terry Mills, with Araluen the only possible seat for Territory Alliance to win. Robyn Lambley has confirmed “if I get re-elected I will be sitting in the Parliament as a member of the Territory Alliance” as counting continues in Araluen.

Seat by seat breakdown: AsElectorate counting continuesMember across the Territory,Party below is Swingthe current breakdownChange of each% ofseat. votes elected counted Arafura Lawrence Costa ALP -3.9% ALP ALP retain 52.5% Araluen Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in Still in doubt 77.6% doubt

Arnhem Selena Uibo ALP -8.0% ALP ALP retain 57.4% Barkly Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in Still in doubt 61.8% doubt Electorate Member Party Swing Change % of votes elected counted Blain Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt 75.3%

Braitling Joshua Burgoyne CLP +4.2% CLP CLP gain 76.7%

Brennan Marie-Clare CLP +3.8% CLP CLP gain 78.5% Boothby Casuarina Lauren Moss ALP +4.0% ALP ALP retain 83.0% Daly Ian Sloan CLP -0.6% CLP CLP retain 73.0%

Drysdale Eva Lawler ALP +2.8% ALP ALP retain 70.1% Fannie Bay Michael Gunner ALP -2.9% ALP ALP retain 80.4%

Fong Lim Mark Monaghan ALP -3.0% ALP ALP gain 77.0%

Goyder Kezia Purick IND -18.5% IND IND retain 86.9% Gwoja Chansey Paech ALP -5.7%ALP ALP retain 52.0% Johnston Joel Bowden ALP +1.3% ALP ALP retain 79.4% Karama Ngaree Ah Kit ALP -2.5%ALP ALP retain 77.9% Katherine Jo Hersey CLP +3.9% CLP CLP gain 69.6% Mulka Yingiya Mark IND +13.6% IND retain 68.1% Guyula Namatjira Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt 64.8% Nelson Gerard Maley CLP +31.2% CLP CLP gain 84.9% Nightcliff Natasha Fyles ALP -2.4% ALP ALP retain 79.7% Port Paul Kirby ALP -0.7% ALP ALP retain 76.6% Darwin Sanderson Kate Worden ALP +8.7% ALP ALP retain 82.2% Spillett Lia Finocchiaro CLP -0.3% CLP CLP retain 85.9% Wanguri Nicole Manison ALP -2.6% ALP ALP retain 83.1%

Formation of government: The declaration of election results will take place on Monday, 7 September, following the deadline for the receipt of postal votes on Friday, 4 September. The Electoral Commissioner will officially declare the election results, and return the writ to the Administrator, who will then formally appoint the Chief Minister.