Chief Minister Eva Lawler has conceded the election, with polls showing a complete electoral bloodbath for Territory Labor, which was predicted as of 8:30pm to hold only five seats.

It went into Saturday morning holding 14 seats.

Ms Lawler is getting annihilated at the polls in her own seat of Drysdale and is not expected to be re-elected to Parliament.

“It’s not the result we wanted to see, but we know some of those decisions [by voters] were made long ago,” she said.

“I’ve lost my seat, but I know my colleagues that remain will be constructive in Opposition.”

Former chief minister Natasha Fyles is at risk of losing her seat in what is becoming a Labor electoral bloodbath.

Ms Fyles holds what was believed to be one of the safest Labor seats in all of the Northern Territory.

She appeared panicked when the early counting was displayed on ABC’s coverage, where she was a panellist for some reason.

“I’ve been told to hold steady,” Ms Fyles said. “We know this is a small electorate.”

Chief Minister Eva Lawler looks like she will not be re-elected to Parliament and is getting destroyed by the CLP Clinton Howe with a 22 per cent swing against her.

The seat of Drysdale was expected to be in play.

Early votes are still to be counted but the lead is almost insurmountable.

Lawler would become the third sitting Chief Minister to lose her seat after Adam Giles and Gough Letts

And the results so far for Wanguri.

And the latest figures for Johnston.

UPDATED: Early numbers are in and show a massive swing towards the CLP.

By 7:45pm, ABC elections analyst has called the election for the CLP, but the number of seats they pick up is still in question.

Some interesting seats in the northern suburbs are still too close to call, but there is no doubt the swing is on in that area.

The CLP appears to be picking up more seats than expected, even in areas where their candidates were not well-known to the community.

The Greens are leading in Fannie Bay, where Labor’s Brent Potter is currently in third.

Early figures bode well for the CLP in Barkly and Namatjira, which were expected to be close.

Labor behind in Fong Lim with the combined Greens and Labor less than the CLP.

Early results for Fannie Bay and Karama. There large swings against Labor in some of the early results.

The polls have closed and Territorians have had their say on who they want to govern them for the next four years.

The NT Electoral Commission is reporting that it expects a 65 per cent total voter turnout for the 2024 election, down significantly from the 75 per cent who voted in 2020. How that will affect the outcome is unclear at present.

This is despite a large voter turnout at early voting stations that has seen more than 82,000 take part in pre-polling and postal votes as of Friday.

More to come as it develops….