We expected election day to be a smaller factor in the Northern Territory election, and now we have the data to back it up.
Most, if not all, votes from election day have now been counted, along with most pre-poll votes. We are still waiting for straggling postal votes to be reported, but most seats have counted most of the postal votes which had arrived by last Friday (although weirdly no postal votes have been counted for Mulka).
Ben chatted with Stewart Jackson about the results of last weekend’s NT election.
6:00 – Polls have just closed in the Northern Territory election. I’ll be back with updates throughout the evening.
8:00am – Polls have just opened for election day in the Northern Territory.
There has been a tremendous number of votes cast before election day. As of Friday evening, over 75,000 votes have been cast – that includes pre-poll votes, mobile polling in small communities, and postal votes received so far. There will be more postal votes to report.
Ben was joined today by Duncan McDonnell from Griffith University and podcast regular Kevin Bonham to discuss tomorrow’s election in the Northern Territory.
Check out Ben’s guide to the NT election.
The NT Electoral Commission (NTEC) has been publishing daily updates with the number of voters who have cast an early vote.
As of last night, 51,680 voters had cast an early vote, either at pre-poll centres or via mobile booths in remote communities. This is 36.6% of the total enrolment in the territory.
The Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission of South Australia (EDBC) this morning released their draft electoral map for the 2022 South Australian election.
We’re about to enter another busy period in Australian elections. The Northern Territory votes next Saturday, followed by the ACT, Queensland and Victorian local councils in October. We also have a Western Australian state election in March, and a federal election could be held as early as August 2021.
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Ben is joined by Robyn Smith, historian of the Northern Territory, to discuss the upcoming NT election – recent political events, the party system, some seats to watch, and the peculiar nature of NT elections.
Robyn mentioned Weekends with Walshy, which features in the podcast feed for Territory Story.
Check out Ben’s guide to the NT election.
Nominations closed yesterday for the upcoming Northern Territory election. 115 candidates have nominated, with three parties running in most seats. I’ve put together a dataset with all the candidates, and some analysis on who is running, and where.