Lingiari NT

Wheelchair / step-free access at federal polling places, from the AEC’s own per-polling-place data. A literal count and percentage breakdown only — not a score, not a ranking against other divisions.

Benchmark: JSCEM’s own standard, not RioLabs’ judgment

The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) recommended in its June 2026 interim report (Recommendation 13) that “the majority of polling places in each electorate are physically accessible.” This site uses that recommendation as a published baseline for comparison — it is JSCEM’s benchmark, not a RioLabs accessibility judgment, and it is not a compliance target: nothing exists to comply with until the government responds. Government response to Recommendation 13: pending as of 2026-07-17.

Current polling places in Lingiari

Wheelchair-access rating of the 17 polling places gazetted for Lingiari (Status: Current or Appointment), from the AEC's own WheelchairAccess field.
RatingPolling places
Full5 of 17 (29.4%)
Assisted11 of 17 (64.7%)
None1 of 17 (5.9%)
Not stated0 of 17 (0.0%)

This division has a small total number of polling places. We show literal counts (“k of n”) alongside every percentage for exactly this reason — treat the percentage as an approximation, not a precise figure.

1 of 17 (5.9%) polling places in Lingiari are rated None for wheelchair access in the AEC’s own data. We report that as a literal count only. We do not convert it into a distance-based headline (e.g. a “nearest accessible booth is N km away” framing), we do not name or single out the venue, and we do not rank Lingiari against any other division on this basis. Where a None-rated venue may be a voter’s only practical local option, the honest way to say that is plainly, in words, not as a raw kilometre figure — see About for the full house style on this.

2022 baseline (reference only — not a trend)

Our archive also holds a 2022 federal-election snapshot for Lingiari. We show its literal breakdown below on its own, not side-by-side with the current figures above as a change or trend. The compact’s trend gate is closed: the apparent national shift in the Full-access share between 2022 and now is larger than the AEC’s own public wording of “around 20% increase,” which suggests a possible category or assessment-framework change between snapshots rather than a real-world change of that size. See About for the full explanation. Nothing here computes or claims a delta between the two years.

Wheelchair-access rating of the 15 polling places gazetted for Lingiari at the 2022 federal election (Status: Current or Appointment at that time).
RatingPolling places
Full6 of 15 (40.0%)
Assisted9 of 15 (60.0%)
None0 of 15 (0.0%)
Not stated0 of 15 (0.0%)

This division has a small total number of polling places. We show literal counts (“k of n”) alongside every percentage for exactly this reason — treat the percentage as an approximation, not a precise figure.

What this page does not claim

Provenance

Every figure on this site traces to one of these two AEC source files. Roster rule: Status in {Current, Appointment}.