Labor on track to win Nightcliff by-election, taking NT’s single Greens seat | ABC NEWS
Labor is on track to win the Nightcliff by-election, taking the Greens’ first and only seat held in the Northern Territory parliament. ABC Elections Analyst Casey Briggs said at the close of counting on Saturday night, Labor’s Ed Smelt led by 141 votes after preferences, and was likely to win. It puts him ahead of Suki Dorras-Walker from the Greens, independent Phil Scott, and Anjan Paudel from the CLP. By Jack Hislop for ABC News Northern Territory.
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