6:32 – I’m on deck now, but we have no results yet.
The NTEC has reported on the number of votes recorded, which gives us a sense of scale for tonight. There are about 4,000 votes.
907 eligible voters in the Division of Nightcliff cast their vote today at the election day voting centre located at Nightcliff High School.
During the early voting period 2,657 votes have been cast at the early voting centre or mobile voting service. 441 postal votes have been issued.
6:00 – Polls have now closed in the by-election for the Northern Territory Assembly seat of Nightcliff.
Nightcliff covers parts of the northern suburbs of Darwin. There was just one election-day booth today, along with one pre-poll booth. So I would expect it will take some time to count these two booths, along with other results types, but when results come in they will be quite complete quite quickly.
If you want something to read while waiting for some results, you can check out my by-election guide.
I’ve been out this afternoon at an AFL game in Sydney but I’m hoping to begin tracking results around 6:30pm Darwin time (8pm Sydney time).