Voice to Parliament referendum results in each NT polling centre

While the majority of Territorians went against the referendum, a breakdown of polling data shows the bush overwhelmingly voted in favour of the Voice. See how your community voted.

While the Voice to parliament referendum was voted down across the country and the Territory’s two electorates, polling place results show a different story in the bush.

All but one of the 22 electoral mobile teams that took votes across Northern Territory communities came back with a Yes majority.

Australian Electoral Commission data so far shows 84 per cent of the Tiwi Islands, 91 per cent of Wadeye and 87 per cent of Maningrida voted Yes.

Central Australian communities of Amoonguna, Papunya and Ntaria had a Yes vote of 78 per cent, while three-quarters were in favour of the Voice in Yuendumu – the home community of Jacinta Price’s family.

Harold Fernando was one of about a 1000 voters who formed a 84 per cent Yes majority in the Tiwi Islands. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour said results showed the bush voted “overwhelmingly for Yes”.

“Yesterday was not the outcome we wanted – and it was not what many Australians and Indigenous people wanted,” she said.

“But it’s not what the rest of the country voted for – and I respect that.”

Ms Scrymgour said the referendum setback would become “one moment in a long, perseverant history of Indigenous Australia” as she called for Voice opponents to now put their own solutions on the table.

“It will not dampen or hinder our conviction,” she said.

Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour was at the Wurrumiyanga polling station on Tuesday for early remote voting in the Voice referendum. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

“Price and Dutton have an obligation not just to say No – but to come up with real, tangible outcomes. I will also be putting forward solutions – just as I always have.

“To those who have given so much to this opportunity for change – to our Prime Minister, our Minister Linda Burney, Senator Dodson, Senator McCarthy, the Indigenous leaders of Yes23 and the Uluṟu Dialogue and the countless volunteers – thank you.

“We fought for change – now we regroup.”

The polling centre data shows Tennant Creek was almost evenly split with a 50.1 per cent Yes majority, while Jabiru had a 58 per cent Yes majority.

Darwin, Palmerston and other Top End polling stations generally returned higher No majorities than other remote centres. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

The No vote came out on top across Katherine’s three polling stations with a majority as high as 72 per cent in the regional town’s main polling centre.

The Yes vote was higher in Alice Springs compared to the overall Territory vote at 45 per cent and 39 per cent respectively.

The bush seat of Lingiari returned a 56 per cent No majority while Solomon, which covers Darwin and most of Palmerston, had a significantly higher No margin at 65 per cent.

The Australian Electoral Commission is determining the final results, including voter turnouts.

Originally published as Voice to Parliament referendum results in each NT polling centre