2028 Northern Territory general election
The 2028 Northern Territory general election will be held on 26 August 2028 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament.[1] Members will be elected through full preferential instant-runoff voting in single-member electorates. The election will be conducted by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC).
Background
This will be the second election for the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly where both major political parties are led by women, and the fourth in any Australian state or territory, after the 1995 ACT election, 2020 Queensland election and 2024 Northern Territory election.
Previous election
At the 2024 election, the Labor government led by Chief Minister Eva Lawler was defeated by Lia Finocchiaro's Country Liberal Party, who won 17 of the 25 seats in the parliament. Labor was reduced to 4 seats, whilst the NT Greens won their first seat and a further 3 seats were won by independents.
Redistribution
A redistribution will take place during the term of the parliament.[2]
Election date
The parliament has fixed four-year terms, with elections to be held on the fourth Saturday of August every four years.[3]
Pendulum
Post-election pendulum
Results as of 17:30 AEST, 4 September. Not final.
| Government seats (17) | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Fannie Bay | Laurie Zio | CLP | 0.4 v GRN |
| Casuarina | Khoda Patel | CLP | 0.8 |
| Barkly | Steve Edgington | CLP | 1.8 |
| Blain | Matthew Kerle | CLP | 2.0 v IND |
| Sanderson | Jinson Charls | CLP | 2.2 |
| Braitling | Joshua Burgoyne | CLP | 3.9 v GRN |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Fong Lim | Tanzil Rahman | CLP | 7.4 |
| Wanguri | Oly Carlson | CLP | 9.0 |
| Safe | |||
| Karama | Brian O'Gallagher | CLP | 11.4 |
| Namatjira | Bill Yan | CLP | 11.5 |
| Port Darwin | Robyn Cahill | CLP | 11.7 |
| Katherine | Jo Hersey | CLP | 12.1 v IND |
| Goyder | Andrew Mackay | CLP | 12.6 v IND |
| Drysdale | Clinton Howe | CLP | 14.9 |
| Brennan | Marie-Clare Boothby | CLP | 23.9 |
| Nelson | Gerard Maley | CLP | 25.0 v IND |
| Spillett | Lia Finocchiaro | CLP | 29.5 |
| Opposition seats (4) | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Daly | Dheran Young | ALP | 2.5 |
| Safe | |||
| Arnhem | Selena Uibo | ALP | 14.4 |
| Gwoja | Chansey Paech | ALP | 16.0 |
| Arafura | Manuel Brown | ALP | 19.7 |
| Crossbench seats (4) | |||
| Nightcliff | Kat McNamara | GRN | 0.5 v ALP |
| Johnston | Justine Davis | IND | 7.7 v CLP |
| Araluen | Robyn Lambley | IND | 14.7 v CLP |
| Mulka | Yingiya Mark Guyula | IND | 25.4 v CLP |
Opinion polling
Voting intention
| Date | Firm | Primary vote | TPP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLP | ALP | IND | GRN | OTH | CLP | ALP | ||
| 2024 election | 49.0% | 28.7% | 14.2% | 8.1% | − | 58.0% | 42.0% | |
References
- ^ Government, Northern Territory (2023-06-15). "Timetable". ntec.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ Government, Northern Territory (2023-10-11). "Legislative Assembly redistribution". ntec.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "So when is the next election?". Aph.gov.au. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
