Electoral divisions of the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is made up of 25 single-member electoral divisions.

The Electoral Act 2004 dictates the characteristics of each of these electorates, and requires, among other things, that each electorate has a similar amount of eligible voters and that the physical area of an electorate should be kept as small as is practicable. Mandatory redistributions take place in the middle of each term in order to respond to changing demographics. The boundaries of each division attempts to match a quota of the average divisional enrolment as closely as possible.

As of 30 June 2011, the quota of electors was 4,838.[1] Northern Territory divisions are the smallest such electorates in Australia, due to the Territory's small population. With so few constituents, an MLA can easily get to know all of the enrolled voters in his or her electorate. This was a major reason why no sitting member was unseated at an election from 1980 to 2001.[2]

List of electoral divisions

List of abolished electoral divisions

There are 17 electoral divisions that have been abolished:

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