Electoral Divisions Of The Northern Territory
The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is made up of 25 single-member electoral divisions.
The Electoral Act 2004 dictates the characteristics of each of these electorates, and requires, among other things, that each electorate has a similar amount of eligible voters and that the physical area of an electorate should be kept as small as is practicable. Mandatory redistributions take place in the middle of each term in order to respond to changing demographics. The boundaries of each division attempts to match a quota of the average divisional enrolment as closely as possible. As of 30 June 2011, the quota of electors was 4,838. Northern Territory divisions are the smallest such electorates in Australia, due to the Territory's small population.
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