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Welcome to Elections NWT


This website is intended to help voters, candidates, election officials, and researchers learn more about how territorial elections and plebiscites are conducted in the Northwest Territories.

We are an independent, non-partisan public agency responsible to the Legislative Assembly for the administration of territorial general elections, by-elections, and plebiscites in accordance with territorial election law.

Find out more about how our electoral system works, the results from past elections, or how you might participate in the electoral process.
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Summary of 2011 Candidate Financial Reports Published

Campaign financial summaries for the 2011 election candidates have now been published.
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Did you work for Elections NWT during the 2011 general election?

If you worked the polls during the election, you received payment from the GNWT. The amount you received is considered taxable income under the Income Tax Act
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Four Candidates Penalized for Late Filing

The Chief Electoral Officer has fined four candidates $250 and given them 30 days to file candidate financial reports.
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