The 2020 Northern Territory general election was held on 22 August 2020 to elect all 25 members of the
Legislative Assembly in the
unicameral
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Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
Northern Territory Parliament
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory is the unicameral legislature of the Northern Territory of Australia. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members, each elected in single-member electorates for four-year terms. The voting method fo ...
.
Members were elected through
full preferential instant-runoff voting
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in
single-member electorates, after the
optional preferential voting
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* Full preferential voting (FPV) requir ...
system introduced for the 2016 election was abolished by the ''Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 2019'' in April 2019.
The election was conducted by the
Northern Territory Electoral Commission
The Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC) is an independent government agency of the Government of the Northern Territory with responsibility for the conduct of elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process ...
, an independent body answerable to Parliament.
The incumbent centre-left
Labor Party (ALP) majority
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
, led by
Chief Minister
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Michael Gunner, won a second consecutive four-year term of government. It defeated the centre-right
Country Liberal Party
The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...
(CLP) opposition, led by
Opposition Leader
The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...
Lia Finocchiaro
Lia Emele Finocchiaro (; born 20 September 1984) is an Australian politician. She has been a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for the seat of Electoral division of Spillett, Spillett since her 2016 Nor ...
, and the regionalist big-tent
Territory Alliance
Territory Alliance is an Australian political party based in the Northern Territory. It was founded in 2019 by Terry Mills, an incumbent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. H ...
(TA) party, led by former Chief Minister
Terry Mills.
ABC
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
election analyst
Antony Green
Antony John Green (born 2 March 1960) is an Australian psephologist and commentator. He is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's chief election analyst.
Early years and background
Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in northern England, Gree ...
called the election for the Labor Party nearly three hours after the polls closed. At the time it was not known if the party would claim a majority of seats, though on 24 August the ABC projected Labor had retained
majority government
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. When the counting of votes concluded, Labor finished with 14 seats, enough for a two-seat majority on the floor of the Assembly. The Country Liberals won 8 seats, a gain of six from their landslide loss in the previous election, whilst 2
independents and 1 Territory Alliance candidate were elected. The new
Gunner Ministry was sworn in on 8 September 2020.
Results
Results summary
The CLP regained a number of seats in traditional heartlands that it had lost to Labor in 2016, with the party winning back
Braitling,
Brennan and
Katherine
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and Catherina, other variations are feminine Given name, names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria ...
from the ALP. It also won the outback seats of
Barkly and
Namatjira by narrow margins. The ALP maintained its dominance of the Darwin/Palmerston area, holding all but two of the region's seats–accounting for almost all of its majority. The ALP managed to consolidate some of its gains from 2016. It retained
Port Darwin
Port Darwin is the port in Darwin, Northern Territory, in northern Australia. The port has operated in a number of locations, including Stokes Hill Wharf, Cullen Bay and East Arm Wharf. In 2015, a 99-year lease was granted to the Chinese-owned ...
and
Drysdale, two seats it had only won once before 2016, while gaining
Blain, a seat it had never won before. The ALP also won a majority of the two-party vote for only the third time ever in a Territory election.
Both incumbent independent MLAs running for reelection,
Yingiya Mark Guyula
Yingiya Mark Guyula is an Australian politician and a Yolŋu man of the Djambarrpuyŋu clan and the Liya-Dhälinymirr people. He is an independent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for the seat of Mulka in north-east Arnhe ...
and
Kezia Purick
Kezia Dorcas Tibisay Purick (born 12 May 1958) is an Australian politician. She is an Independent (politics), independent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having held her seat of Electoral division of Goyder, Goyder since ...
, retained their seats, but long-serving independent
Gerry Wood
Gerard Vincent Wood (born 5 April 1950) is an Australian politician. A former mayor of the Northern Territory shire of Litchfield, he was an independent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2020, representing the el ...
was succeeded by a CLP candidate in
Nelson
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* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
. The Territory Alliance won a single seat, with
Robyn Lambley
Robyn Jane Lambley (born 26 January 1965) is an Australian politician. She is an independent member representing the division of Araluen in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having been first elected in a 2010 by-election as a membe ...
narrowly holding her seat of
Araluen; party leader
Terry Mills and
Jeff Collins both lost their seats.
Seats changing hands
Members in italics did not re-contest their seats at this election. Margins are notional estimates by Antony Green.
* *Due to boundary changes, Namatjira was notionally CLP at the time of this election.
Background
Previous election
At the
2016 election, the one-term incumbent
Country Liberal Party (CLP) minority government
A minority government, minority cabinet, minority administration, or a minority parliament is a government and Cabinet (government), cabinet formed in a parliamentary system when a political party or Coalition government, coalition of parties do ...
, led by
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
Adam Giles
Adam Graham Giles (born 10 April 1973) is an Australian former politician and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (2013–2016) as well as the former leader of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) in the unicameral Northern Territory P ...
, was defeated by the
Labor Party Opposition
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, led by
Opposition Leader
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Michael Gunner. The CLP suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government in the history of the Territory, and one of the worst defeats of a sitting government in the history of Australia. It was the first time that a sitting Northern Territory government was defeated after only one term. From 11 seats at dissolution (and 16 after the
2012 election), the CLP suffered the worst election performance in its history, winning only two seats. Labor won 18 seats, in the process winning the third-largest majority government in Territory history.
Independents won five seats. With only two members in the CLP caucus,
Gary Higgins
Gary John Higgins (born 26 May 1954) is an Australian former politician. A member of the Country Liberal Party, he was elected to represent the seat of Daly in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2012 election. After the 2016 e ...
became opposition leader and CLP leader while
Lia Finocchiaro
Lia Emele Finocchiaro (; born 20 September 1984) is an Australian politician. She has been a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for the seat of Electoral division of Spillett, Spillett since her 2016 Nor ...
became deputy CLP leader on 2 September. Although the independent MPs outnumbered the CLP MPs, on official advice the CLP was recognised as the official opposition.
Additionally, Giles lost his seat of
Braitling to Labor, making him only the second Chief Minister/Majority Leader to lose their seat at an election. Along with the seat of
Katherine
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and Catherina, other variations are feminine Given name, names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria ...
, the election represented the first time Labor had won a seat in
Alice Springs
Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...
or
Katherine
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and Catherina, other variations are feminine Given name, names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria ...
.
With the overall result beyond doubt, Gunner had himself,
, and
Nicole Manison
Nicole Susan Manison (born 1979) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 2013, representing the electorate of Wanguri. She has been Deputy Chief Minister since the 20 ...
sworn in as an interim three-person government on 31 August until the full
Gunner Ministry could be sworn in on 12 September.
The position of
Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. Though the office had existed since the creation of the Assembly in 1974, it was given greater legislative force wh ...
had been held by former CLP-turned-independent MP
Kezia Purick
Kezia Dorcas Tibisay Purick (born 12 May 1958) is an Australian politician. She is an Independent (politics), independent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having held her seat of Electoral division of Goyder, Goyder since ...
since 23 October 2012. Despite Labor's massive majority following the 2016 election, the incoming Labor government re-appointed Purick as Speaker.
Labor expulsions
The composition of the Assembly was unchanged for over two years, with
Labor Party holding 18 seats, the
Country Liberal Party
The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...
two and the remaining five by
independents. In December 2018, the Labor Government dismissed three sitting members of the parliamentary party; the Aboriginal Affairs Minister
Ken Vowles
Kenneth Edward Vowles (born 29 September 1971) is an Australian politician and former cricketer from the Northern Territory. He was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2012 until 2020, representing the electorate of Joh ...
, Assistant Minister
Jeff Collins and backbencher
Scott McConnell
Scott McConnell (born 1952) is an American journalist best known as a founding editor of ''The American Conservative''.
Early life
McConnell was born in 1952. He is the great grandson of businessman David H. McConnell, the founder of Avon and ...
. The trio were dismissed after publicly criticising the government's handling of the territory's long-term economic situation, following a report finding the budget to be in "structural deficit" with expenditure struggling to cover previous borrowings and day-to-day costs. They consequently became independents and sat on the
crossbench
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. McConnell later announced he would not re-contest his seat at the election, though did end up running for the adjacent seat of
Braitling.
Territory Alliance founding
In August 2019, Terry Mills, the independent member for the seat of
Blain, announced the formation of a new
regionalist big tent
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party known as
Territory Alliance
Territory Alliance is an Australian political party based in the Northern Territory. It was founded in 2019 by Terry Mills, an incumbent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. H ...
. Mills had previously been the leader of the CLP and was
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
of the Northern Territory following the
Country Liberal Party
The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...
's (CLP) victory at the
2012 election. He was usurped for the leadership of the party by
Adam Giles
Adam Graham Giles (born 10 April 1973) is an Australian former politician and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (2013–2016) as well as the former leader of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) in the unicameral Northern Territory P ...
only six months into his Chief Ministership, defeated 11–5 in a party-room ballot. With Mills' presence in the Assembly, the new Territory Alliance held one seat. This increased to three seats in March 2020 when Jeff Collins (expelled by Labor in December 2018) and
Robyn Lambley
Robyn Jane Lambley (born 26 January 1965) is an Australian politician. She is an independent member representing the division of Araluen in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having been first elected in a 2010 by-election as a membe ...
(the former deputy CLP leader who was re-elected as an independent in 2016) announced they had joined the party, taking Territory Alliance's representation in the Assembly to three seats. With more members in the Assembly than the CLP, Alliance sought to claim official
opposition status, though they were defeated 5–3 in a secret Assembly ballot of non-Government MPs and the CLP retained opposition status, with
Lia Finocchiaro
Lia Emele Finocchiaro (; born 20 September 1984) is an Australian politician. She has been a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for the seat of Electoral division of Spillett, Spillett since her 2016 Nor ...
remaining as Opposition Leader.
Johnston by-election
With Scott McConnell having announced his retirement at the election and Jeff Collins becoming a member of the Territory Alliance,
Ken Vowles
Kenneth Edward Vowles (born 29 September 1971) is an Australian politician and former cricketer from the Northern Territory. He was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2012 until 2020, representing the electorate of Joh ...
, the remaining member of the Labor trio to be expelled by the party, announced his immediate resignation from the Assembly in November 2019. This decision necessitated a
by-election in the seat of Johnston to replace Vowles. The by-election was held on 29 February 2020 and was won by Labor candidate
Joel Bowden
Joel Francis Bowden (born 21 June 1978) is an Australian politician, former union leader and former professional Australian rules footballer. He was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2020 Johnston by-election, repres ...
, who claimed 52.6% of the
two-candidate preferred
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vote. Labor's primary vote collapsed more than 21 points, making the seat a marginal contest at the general election. The Territory Alliance candidate usurped the
Greens and CLP candidates into second place (47.4% of the two-candidate preferred vote), with the CLP primary vote dropping by more than 15 points and the party finishing in fourth place.
Election date
The parliament has fixed four-year terms, with elections to be held on the fourth Saturday of August every four years.
Key dates
Key dates in relation to the election were:
* 30 July 2020: Issue of the
writ
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* 30 July 2020: Nominations for candidates opened
* 31 July 2020:
Electoral roll
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for voters closed (5:00 pm)
* 6 August 2020: Nominations for candidates closed
* 6 August 2020: Declaration of nominations and candidate positions on ballot papers
* 10 August 2020:
Early voting
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and mobile voting commenced
* 10 August 2020: Applications for
postal voting
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opened
* 20 August 2020: Postal voting dispatches ceased
* 21 August 2020: Last day for early voting
* 22 August 2020: Polling Day
* 4 September 2020: Last day for receipt of postal votes
* 7 September 2020: Declaration of election result
* TBD: Return of writ
Redistribution
![NT Electoral Boundaries 2020](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/NT_Electoral_Boundaries_2020.png)
A
boundary redistribution for electoral divisions in the Northern Territory commenced on 27 February 2019, with the boundary commission releasing its report of the final boundaries on 4 September 2019.
*Two seats were renamed:
Nhulunbuy
Nhulunbuy () is a township that is the sixth largest population centre in the Northern Territory of Australia. Nhulunbuy was created on the Gove Peninsula in north-east Arnhem Land when a bauxite mine and a deep water port were established ...
became
Mulka, and
Stuart became
Gwoja
Gwoja is an electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in a 2019 redistribution for the 2020 general election, replacing the electoral division of Stuart.
The division is named after Gwoya Tj ...
(after
Gwoya Tjungurrayi
Gwoya Tjungurrayi (c. 1895 – 28 March 1965), also spelt Gwoya Jungarai, Gwoya Djungarai and Gwoja Tjungarrayi, was a Walpiri-Anmatyerre man of the Northern Territory of Australia. Also known by his nickname One Pound Jimmy, he became the fir ...
).
*The boundaries of the
electoral division of Katherine
Katherine is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. The electorate was first created in 1987, replacing the abolished Elsey seat, and derives its name from the Katherine River. Katherine encompasses ...
had historically been matched to those of the
Katherine Town Council
The Katherine Town Council is a local government area in the Northern Territory, established on 3 March 1978. It is situated south of Darwin, and covers an area of .
The Town of Katherine is an established residential township with a commer ...
for a number of years, although the direct enrolment update program by the
Australian Electoral Commission
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Responsibilities
The AEC's main responsibility is to ...
had increased enrolment numbers, bringing the division 11.5% over quota.
RAAF Base Tindal
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and the suburb of
Venn
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Given name
* Venn Eyre (died 1777), Archdeacon of Carlisle, Cumbria, England
* Venn Pilcher (1879–1961), Anglican bishop, writer, and translator of hymns
* Venn Young (1929–1993), New Zea ...
were consequently transferred to the division of
Arnhem
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.
*The seat of
Gwoja
Gwoja is an electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in a 2019 redistribution for the 2020 general election, replacing the electoral division of Stuart.
The division is named after Gwoya Tj ...
(formerly
Stuart) was extended south to the
South Australia
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n border, taking what was the western half of
Namatjira.
*
Namatjira gained electors from the town of
Alice Springs
Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...
, including the suburbs of
Larapinta and
Stuart, and parts of
Araluen,
Braitling,
Mount Johns and
Sadadeen. To compensate for the influx of Alice Springs electors, the boundaries of Namatjira contracted from the north and transferred to
Barkly, and contracted from the west and transferred into Gwoja.
Pendulum
Notes
* This pre-election pendulum is based on post-redistribution estimates of margins calculated by ABC election analyst
Antony Green
Antony John Green (born 2 March 1960) is an Australian psephologist and commentator. He is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's chief election analyst.
Early years and background
Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in northern England, Gree ...
.
* Members listed in italics are retiring at the 2020 election.
Post-election pendulum
Registered parties
At the time of the election, eight parties were registered with the
Northern Territory Electoral Commission
The Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC) is an independent government agency of the Government of the Northern Territory with responsibility for the conduct of elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process ...
(NTEC).
*
Animal Justice Party
Animal Justice Party (AJP) is a political party in Australia founded in 2009. The party was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 3 May 2011. The party is also registered in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, ...
*
Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)
The Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch), commonly known as Territory Labor, is the Northern Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party. It has been the governing party of the Northern Territory since winning the 2016 election ...
*
Ban Fracking Fix Crime Protect Water (formerly 1 Territory Party)
*
Country Liberal Party
The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...
of the Northern Territory
*
Federation Party Northern Territory (formerly
Australian Country Party)
*
NT Greens Inc.
*
Shooters and Fishers Party
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*
Territory Alliance
Territory Alliance is an Australian political party based in the Northern Territory. It was founded in 2019 by Terry Mills, an incumbent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. H ...
Opinion polling
Voting intention
Retiring MLAs
Labor
*
Gerry McCarthy
Gerald Francis McCarthy (born 30 June 1958) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory is the unicameral legislature of the Northern ...
(
Barkly) – announced 12 May 2020
*
Sandra Nelson
Sandra Nelson Winkler (born December 29, 1964), more commonly credited as Sandra Nelson, is an American actress. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and is best known for her role as Phyllis Summers on ''The Young and the Restless'' that she pl ...
(
Katherine
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and Catherina, other variations are feminine Given name, names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria ...
) – announced 20 March 2019
Country Liberal
*
Gary Higgins
Gary John Higgins (born 26 May 1954) is an Australian former politician. A member of the Country Liberal Party, he was elected to represent the seat of Daly in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2012 election. After the 2016 e ...
(
Daly Daly or DALY may refer to:
Places Australia
* County of Daly, a cadastral division in South Australia
* Daly River, Northern Territory, a locality
* Electoral division of Daly, an electorate in the Northern Territory
* Daly, Northern Territory, ...
) – announced 20 January 2020
Independent
*
Gerry Wood
Gerard Vincent Wood (born 5 April 1950) is an Australian politician. A former mayor of the Northern Territory shire of Litchfield, he was an independent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2020, representing the el ...
(
Nelson
Nelson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
) – announced 15 February 2019
Candidates
There were 111 candidates who nominated for the election—the second-highest number of candidates in a Territory election, just under the 115 who nominated in 2016.
Sitting members are listed in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used.
References
Notes
External links
Northern Territory Electoral Commission: 2020 Territory Election
ABC Elections: NT Votes 2020
{{Politics of Australia
Elections in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...