Electoral division of Braitling
| Braitling Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly | |
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Location of Braitling in the Alice Springs area | |
| Territory | Northern Territory |
| Created | 1983 |
| MP | Adam Giles |
| Party | Country Liberal Party |
| Namesake | Braitling family |
| Electors | 4,687 (2012) |
| Area | 60 km2 (23.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Urban |
Braitling is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 1983, when the electorate of Alice Springs was abolished as part of an enlargement of the Assembly. Braitling is an almost entirely urban electorate, covering 60 km² in north-western Alice Springs. The electorate takes its name from the Braitling family, an early pioneering family in the district. There were 4,687 people enrolled in the electorate as of August 2012.
The city of Alice Springs has, along with the Darwin satellite city of Palmerston, traditionally been one of two conservative bastions in the Northern Territory. This has generally made the Braitling electorate a safe seat for the Country Liberal Party. The seat's first member, Roger Vale, transferred here after his former electorate of Stuart was made somewhat less friendly for the CLP. Indeed, Braitling included most of the Alice Springs share of the old Stuart. Vale retired in 1994 and handed the seat to Loraine Braham of the CLP. Braham, who served as Speaker and later a cabinet minister, was stripped of her CLP preselection before the 2001 election amid accusations of branch-stacking. She won re-election as an independent. She was narrowly re-elected in a very close race against the CLP in 2005. The seat reverted to form when Braham opted to retire at the 2008 election and Adam Giles won the seat back for the CLP. Giles became the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory in March 2013.
Members for Braitling
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Roger Vale | Country Liberal Party | 1983–1994 | |
| Loraine Braham | Country Liberal Party | 1994–2001 | |
| Independent | 2001–2008 | ||
| Adam Giles | Country Liberal Party | 2008–present | |
Election results
| Northern Territory general election, 2012: Braitling[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Country Liberal | Adam Giles | 2,372 | 67.6 | +9.3 | |
| Labor | Deborah Rock | 613 | 17.5 | +4.7 | |
| Greens | Barbara Shaw | 321 | 9.1 | −5.8 | |
| Independent | Colin Furphy | 204 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 3,510 | 97.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 88 | 2.4 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,598 | 76.8 | +3.4 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Country Liberal | Adam Giles | 2,585 | 73.6 | +0.2 | |
| Labor | Deborah Rock | 925 | 26.4 | −0.2 | |
| Country Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||