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The 2028 Northern Territory general election will be held on 22 August 2028 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament. Members will be elected using full preferential instant-runoff voting in single member electoral divisions. The election will be conducted by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC).
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The incumbent centre-right Country Liberal government, led by Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, will be seeking to win a second consecutive term in government. They will be challenged by the Labor opposition, led by Opposition Leader Selena Uibo.
Both Finocchiaro (who is of Italian descent) and Uibo (who is of Aboriginal, Estonian, Irish and South African descent) come from non-Anglo-Celtic backgrounds, making it the first Northern Territory election in which both leaders have non-Anglo-Celtic heritage and the first in Australian history which both leaders are women of non-Anglo-Celtic descent. Additionally, should Uibo be elected, she would become the first Aboriginal woman to become an Australian head of government and the first Aboriginal Labor head of government.
