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Peter Bodkin

'Let's get to work': Labor claims vast NT seat

NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has congratulated Labor's Manuel Brown on his victory in Arafura. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Labor has declared victory in the by-election for a remote Northern Territory electorate after the former local member's unexpected death.

The party's candidate, Manuel Brown, had secured nearly 70 per cent of the two-candidate preferred vote for the territory seat of Arafura by late on Saturday evening, beating the Country Liberal Party's Leslie Tungatalum.

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