[1][2] 303 candidates contested the elections to fill a total of 159 council and mayoral positions.

Two councils did not have enough nominations to fill all vacancies, causing supplementary elections to be held.

[3] A record number of voters were on the electoral roll, with an increase of more than 5,000 people compared to the 2017 elections.

The Alice Springs mayoral election was decided by just two votes, the closest result that Northern Territory Electoral Commissioner Iain Loganathan said he had ever seen.

[6] Unsuccessful candidate Jimmy Cocking requested a new recount, but it was rejected by the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal in October 2021.