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NT election sees Adam Giles, former chief minister, lose seat of Braitling

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Adam Giles Source: AAP Image/Elise Scot

Adam Giles has become the first Chief Minister in the Northern Territory to lose his seat while in government, after final postal votes counted showed a Labor victory in the Alice Springs seat of Braitling.Labor have never won an urban Alice Springs seat since self-government, but Labor's Dale Wakefield secured victory with a 20 per cent swing.Danny Chow reports.


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Adam Giles has become the first Chief Minister in the Northern Territory to lose his seat while in government, after final postal votes counted showed a Labor victory in the Alice Springs seat of Braitling.Labor have never won an urban Alice Springs seat since self-government, but Labor's Dale Wakefield secured victory with a 20 per cent swing.Danny Chow reports.



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