2012 Northern Territory general election

A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 25 August 2012, which elected all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament.

2012 Northern Territory general election
25 August 2012
All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout76.9 ( 1.3 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Terry Mills Paul Henderson
Party Country Liberal Labor
Leader since 29 January 2008 26 November 2007
Leader's seat Blain Wanguri
Last election 11 seats 13 seats
Seats before 11 12
Seats won 16 8
Seat change 5 4
Popular vote 46,653 33,594
Percentage 50.6% 36.5%
Swing 5.2 6.7
TPP 55.8% 44.2%
TPP swing 5.1 5.1
Chief Minister before election

Paul Henderson
Labor

 Elected Chief Minister

Terry Mills
Country Liberal

The 11-year Labor Party government led by Chief Minister Paul Henderson was decisively defeated in their attempt to win a fourth term against the opposition Country Liberal Party led by opposition leader Terry Mills with a swing of five seats, losing the normally safe Labor remote seats of Arafura, Arnhem, Daly, Namatjira and Stuart, whilst retaining their urban seats picked up at the 2001 election.

The election was the beginning of an ongoing political realignment in the Northern Territory. Traditionally, remote Indigenous communities had strongly voted Labor. However, at this election, there was a large swing against Labor in Indigenous communities, resulting in the CLP gaining five remote seats usually considered safe Labor seats.

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