2024 Northern Territory general election

The 2024 Northern Territory general election is scheduled to be held on or before 24 August 2024 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament.

2024 Northern Territory general election
On or before 24 August 2024
All 25 seats in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
Leader Michael Gunner Lia Finocchiaro
Party Labor Country Liberal
Leader since 20 April 2015 1 February 2020
Leader's seat Fannie Bay Spillett
Last election 14 seats 8 seats
Current seats 15 seats 7 seats
Seats needed 6
Incumbent Chief Minister

Michael Gunner
Labor


Background

Members will be elected through full preferential instant-runoff voting in single-member electorates, in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 2019.[1] The election will be conducted by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission, an independent body answerable to Parliament.

The incumbent centre-left Labor Party (ALP) majority government, currently led by Chief Minister Michael Gunner, will attempt to win a third consecutive four-year term of government. It will be challenged by the centre-right Country Liberal Party (CLP) opposition, currently led by Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro.

A by-election was held for the Legislative Assembly seat of Daly on 11 September 2021, caused by the resignation of CLP member Ian Sloan, due to health and personal issues. Labor's candidate Dheran Young won the seat, against the CLP's Kris Civatarese. It is the first time that an incumbent government has won a seat from the opposition in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.[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]

References
  1. "Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 2019". Northern Territory Legislation. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. "Results - 2021 Division of Daly - by-election". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 24 September 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. "So when is the next election?". Aph.gov.au. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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