Labor wins NT election in landslide
THE Labor Party has won the Northern Territory election, with Chief Minister Adam Giles blaming disunity in his party for an electoral "thumping".
With 54 per cent of the vote counted the ABC was predicting Labor would likely win 18 seats in the NT's 25-seat parliament and the ruling Country Liberals party (CLP) would win only three seats.
Based on those predictions there would be four independents.
Chief Minister Adam Giles, who is struggling to retain his own seat of Braitling, conceded defeat shortly before 9:00pm (ACST).
"About five minutes ago I had the opportunity of ringing [Labor leader] Michael Gunner and congratulating him on taking Government," Mr Giles said from a CLP event in Alice Springs.
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"Tonight, no doubt, is a landslide, it's a thumping" says outgoing NT chief minister @adamgiles #ntvotes #ntpol pic.twitter.com/namlIDSqrB
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