Election Name: | 2021 Daly by-election |
Country: | Northern Territory |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2020 Northern Territory general election |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Next Election: | 2024 Northern Territory general election |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Turnout: | 3,781 (66.3%) |
Registered: | 5,706 |
Seats For Election: | The division of Daly in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,629 |
Percentage1: | 45.2 |
Swing1: | 11.1 |
Candidate2: | Kris Civitarese |
Party2: | Country Liberal Party |
Popular Vote2: | 1,227 |
Percentage2: | 34.0 |
Swing2: | 1.7 |
Party3: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote3: | 545 |
Percentage3: | 15.1 |
Swing3: | 15.1 |
1Data1: | 56.1% |
1Data2: | 43.9% |
2Blank: | 2PP swing |
2Data1: | 7.3 |
2Data2: | 7.3 |
MLA | |
Before Party: | Country Liberal Party |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch) |
A by-election in the seat of Daly in the Northern Territory was held on 11 September 2021, following the resignation of Ian Sloan, the MLA for Daly, on 19 August 2021.[1] Labor candidate Dheran Young won the by-election, taking the seat from the Country Liberal Party. It is the first time in Northern Territory electoral history that an incumbent government has won a seat from the opposition in a by-election.[2]
Candidates in ballot paper order[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Background | |||
Independent | Wayne Connop | Former solicitor, former political candidate for Labor and CLP.[4] | |||
Labor | Dheran Young | Former adviser to Attorney-General Selena Uibo.[5] | |||
Independent | Rebecca Jennings | Territory Alliance candidate for Fannie Bay in 2020.[6] | |||
Country Liberal | Kris Civitarese | Alderman on Barkly Regional Council.[7] |