2028 Northern Territory general election

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All 25 seats in theLegislative Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Lia Finocchiaro Selena Uibo Kat McNamara Party Country Liberal Labor Greens Leader since 1 February 2020 3 September 2024 De facto[a] Leader's seat Spillett Arnhem Nightcliff Last election 17 seats, 48.9% 4 seats, 28.8% 1 seat, 8.13% Current seats 17 4 1 Seats needed 9 13
IncumbentChief Minister Lia Finocchiaro Country Liberal

The2028 Northern Territory general election will be held on 22 August 2028 to elect all 25 members of theLegislative Assembly in theunicameralNorthern Territory Parliament. Members will be elected usingfull preferentialinstant-runoff voting insingle memberelectoral divisions. The election will be conducted by theNorthern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC).

Theincumbentcentre-rightCountry Liberalgovernment, led byChief MinisterLia Finocchiaro, will be seeking to win a second consecutive term in government. They will be challenged by theLaboropposition, led byOpposition LeaderSelena Uibo.

Both Finocchiaro (who is ofItalian descent) and Uibo (who is ofAboriginal,Estonian,Irish andSouth African descent) come from non-Anglo-Celtic backgrounds, making it the first Northern Territory election in which both leaders have non-Anglo-Celtic heritage and the first in Australian history which both leaders are women of non-Anglo-Celtic descent. Additionally, should Uibo be elected, she would become the first Aboriginal woman to become an Australian head of government and the first Aboriginal Labor head of government.

The Legislative Assembly has fixed four-year terms, with elections to be held on the fourth Saturday of August every four years.^[1]

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