The 2021 Alice Springs Town Council election were held on 28 August 2021 to elect a mayor and eight councillors to the Town of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. The election was held as part of the

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held throughout the Northern Territory.

Background

Ahead of the

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, three Alice Springs councillors - Marli Banks, Eli Melky and Catherine Satour - joined the

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, with Melky as the party's NT leader. However, all three left the party by the time of the 2021 local elections. Additionally, Matt Paterson was a Territory Alliance candidate, however he left the party around the time it dissolved following the 2020 election.

Results

Mayor

Councillors

Aftermath

The mayoral election was decided by just two votes, the closest result that Northern Territory Electoral Commissioner Iain Loganathan said he had ever seen. Unsuccessful candidate Jimmy Cocking requested a new recount, but it was rejected by the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal in October 2021.

References

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Local elections in the Northern Territory