Northern Territory general election, 2016

Northern Territory general election, 2016

27 August 2016

All 25 seats in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority   Leader Adam Giles Michael Gunner Party Country Liberal Labor Leader since 14 March 2013 20 April 2015 Leader's seat Braitling Fannie Bay Last election 16 seats 8 seats Current seats 14 seats 8 seats Seats needed 0 5

Incumbent Chief Minister Adam Giles Country Liberal

The next Northern Territory general election is scheduled for 27 August 2016^[1] to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament. An earlier election is possible in the event that a motion of no confidence in the government is passed by the assembly. The possibility of a confidence motion being put to the assembly was raised in February 2015 during the aborted attempt by Willem Westra van Holthe to take over the leadership of the governing Country Liberal Party from incumbent Chief Minister Adam Giles.^[2]

All 25 seats in the Legislative Assembly whose current members were elected at the 2012 election will become vacant. Like the Australian House of Representatives, members are elected through full-preference instant-runoff voting in single-member electorates. The election will be conducted by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission, an independent body answerable to Parliament.

Opinion Polling

*13.7% of voters were undecided as to their primary vote. The poll does not reallocate these voters, but 30.8% were leaning towards the CLP, 27.9% to the ALP, 13.7% to the Greens and 27.7% to Others. As a proportion of 13.7%, this equates to CLP 4.2%, ALP 3.8%, Green 1.9%, Other 3.8%.

See also

• Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 2012–2016

References

External links

• Northern Territory Electoral Commission

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