2025 Northern Territory local elections

2025 Northern Territory local elections

23 August 2025

16 of the 18 local government areas in the Northern Territory
(144 of the 164 councillors in the Northern Territory)
Registered151,035
Turnout71,992 (54%)

The 2025 Northern Territory local elections were held on 23 August 2025 to elect the councils of 16 of the 18 local government areas (LGAs) in the Northern Territory. Five councils also held mayoral elections.

One LGA, the Groote Archipelago Region, was formed in September 2024 and held its inaugural election on 16 March 2025. Barkly Regional Council, which was dismissed in June 2024, held an election in November 2024 and did not go to the polls in 2025.