Editing Northern Territory (section)

=== Political parties ===
The two historically dominant political parties in the Northern Territory are the conservative [[Country Liberal Party]] which governed the Territory from 1974 to 2001, from 2012 to 2016 and since 2024, and the social-democratic [[Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)|Australian Labor Party]] which governed the Territory from 2001 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2024. Minor parties that are also active in the NT include the [[Northern Territory Greens]], the [[Shooters and Fishers Party]] and various others. It is common for [[independent politician]]s to win elections.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The CLP's rule was once so tight, that a former minister once said the CLP had a "'rightful inheritance of being the party that runs this place'".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-09/nt-election-clp-seeking-return-after-two-terms-in-opposition/104185102 | title=After eight years in the political wilderness, the CLP hopes it can return to power in the NT | newspaper=ABC News | date=8 August 2024 | archive-date=26 August 2024 | access-date=27 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826124139/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-09/nt-election-clp-seeking-return-after-two-terms-in-opposition/104185102 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://territorystories.nt.gov.au/10070/462324/0/89 | title=Arcadian populism. The Country Liberal Party and Self-Government in the Northern Territory | access-date=27 August 2024 | archive-date=27 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827092455/https://territorystories.nt.gov.au/10070/462324/0/89 | url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[2024 Northern Territory general election]] saw the [[NT Greens]] win a seat in the Legislative Assembly, with [[Kat McNamara]] defeating former Chief Minister [[Natasha Fyles]] in the seat of [[Electoral division of Nightcliff|Nightcliff]]; this marked the first time the Greens entered the Legislative Assembly in the history of the Northern Territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tallyroom.com.au/56505|title=Greens win Nightcliff from third place|author=Ben Raue|work=The Tally Room|date=4 September 2024 }}</ref> 

As fewer parties and candidates contest Northern Territory general elections than they do Australian federal elections in the Northern Territory, the CLP, Labor and independents usually have a higher vote share at territory elections than at federal elections in the Northern Territory due to the absence of right-wing minor parties such as [[Pauline Hanson's One Nation]] and the fact that the Greens do not run in every seat at territory elections.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}