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2016 Northern Territory general election

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2016 Northern Territory general election

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All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout74.0 (Decrease 2.9 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Michael Gunner Adam Giles
Party Labor Country Liberal
Leader's seat Fannie Bay Braitling
(lost seat)
Last election 8 seats 16 seats
Seats before 7 12
Seats won 18 2
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 10
Popular vote 41,476 31,263
Percentage 42.2% 31.8%
Swing Increase 5.7 Decrease 18.8
TPP 57.5% 42.5%
TPP swing Increase 13.3 Decrease 13.3

The left side map shows the first party preference by electorate. The right side map shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate.

Chief Minister before election

Adam Giles
Country Liberal

Elected Chief Minister

Michael Gunner
Labor

The 2016 Northern Territory general election was held on 27 August 2016. It elected all 25 members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. The Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC) held the election.

Chief Minister Adam Giles led the incumbent Country Liberal government. The Country Liberal Party (CLP) tried to win a second term. However, they were defeated by the Labor Party in a landslide. They were led by Opposition Leader Michael Gunner. It was a wipeout loss for the CLP, who lost ten seats. They only had two seats after the election. Giles became the second Chief Minister in Northern Territory history to lose their seat at an election. It was the first time that Labor won seats in the cities of Alice Springs and Katherine. These cities normally vote for the CLP.

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