24 Aug 2020

Northern Territory Election Results

Overview Labor is set to form government in the , as counting of ballots continues today. Labor has secured 12 seats in the Legislative Assembly so far, ahead of the CLP’s 3. Labor requires 13 seats to form majority government. Confirmed seats • NT Labor: 12 seats • : 4 seats • Independents: 2 seats There are still 7 seats in doubt, including Araluen, Barkly, Blain, Braitling, Brennan, Fong Lim and Namatjira. The Northern Territory Electoral Commission will also be correcting the two candidate preferred counts across Blain, Fong Lim, Johnston and Katherine as ballot papers are recounted. 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. 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: As counting continues across the Territory, below is the current breakdown of each seat. Electorate Member Party Swing Change % of votes elected counted Arafura ALP -4.0% ALP ALP retain 44% Araluen Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in Still in doubt 68.6% doubt

Arnhem ALP -8% ALP ALP retain 48.9% Barkly Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in Still in doubt 51.2% doubt Blain Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt 65%

Braitling Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt 69.2%

Brennan Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt 68.9%

Casuarina ALP +5.7% ALP ALP retain 74.2% Daly CLP -0.4% CLP CLP retain 69.0%

Drysdale ALP +3.1% ALP ALP retain 56.7% Fannie Bay ALP -3.5% ALP ALP retain 68.1%

Fong Lim Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt 60.1%

Goyder IND -18% IND IND retain 78% Gwoja ALP -4.1% ALP ALP retain 42.7% Johnston ALP +0.6% ALP ALP retain 67.3% Karama ALP -4.5% ALP ALP retain 65.9% Katherine Jo Hersey CLP +4.2% CLP CLP gain 62.6% Mulka Yingiya Mark IND +14.4% IND retain 56.5% Guyula Namatjira Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt Still in doubt 54.9% Nelson Gerard Maley CLP +31% CLP CLP gain 76.1% Nightcliff ALP -2.2% ALP ALP retain 67.1% Port ALP +0.1% ALP ALP retain 66.2% Darwin Sanderson ALP +8.3% ALP ALP retain 67.7% Spillett CLP -0.5% CLP CLP retain 73.4% Wanguri ALP -2.8% ALP ALP retain 68.5%

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. If no single party has formed a majority by that time, negotiations will take place between the major parties and independents to determine which group holds a majority.