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A general election was held in the [[Northern Territory]] on Saturday 25 August 2012, which elected all 25 members of the [[Northern Territory Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] in the [[unicameral]] [[Northern Territory Parliament]].
The 11-year [[Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)|Labor Party]] government led by [[Chief Minister of the Northern Territory|Chief Minister]] [[Paul Henderson (politician)|Paul Henderson]] was decisively defeated in their attempt to win a fourth term against the opposition [[Country Liberal Party]] led by [[Leader of the Opposition (Northern Territory)|opposition leader]] [[Terry Mills (Australian politician)|Terry Mills]] with a swing of four seats, losing the normally safe Labor remote seats of [[Electoral division of Arafura|Arafura]], [[Electoral division of Arnhem|Arnhem]], [[Electoral division of Daly|Daly]] and [[Electoral division of Stuart|Stuart]], whilst retaining their urban seats picked up at the [[2001 Northern Territory general election|2001 election]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nt/2012/guide/sop.htm |title = State of the Parties - Northern Territory Votes 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-25/nt-votes-live-blog/4222578 |title = As it happened: NT votes 2012|date = 25 August 2012}}</ref>
The election was the beginning of an ongoing [[political realignment]] in the Northern Territory. Traditionally, remote [[Indigenous Australians|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 four remote seats usually considered [[safe seat|safe]] Labor seats.
==Results==
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