CLP 14.0%
Incumbent MP
Adam Giles, since 2008.
Geography
Alice Springs. Braitling covers the northern suburbs of Alice Springs, including Braitling, Ciccone, Eastside, Larapinta and parts of central Alice Springs and Sadadeen.
Redistribution
The eastern boundary of Braitling previously followed the Todd River. This boundary has been broken, losing areas on the western side to Araluen, while gaining Eastside and parts of Sadadeen on the eastern side of the river from the abolished seat of Greatorex.
History
The electorate of Braitling has existed since 1983. Apart from two terms from 2001 to 2008 when the seat was held by an independent, Braitling has been dominated by the Country Liberal Party.
The CLP’s Roger Vale won Braitling in 1983. Vale had held the seat of Stuart since 1974. He held Braitling until his retirement in 1994.
Vale was succeeded in Braitling by Loraine Braham, also of the CLP. Braham was re-elected in 1997, and then served as Speaker from 1997 to 1999, and then as a minister until 2000. She was denied CLP preselection for the 2001 election, which led to Braham winning Braitling as an independent.
Braham again served as Speaker from 2001 to 2005, and was re-elected as an independent in 2005.
Braham retired in 2008, and Braitling was won by Country Liberal candidate Adam Giles.
Giles was re-elected in 2012, and was appointed as a minister in the CLP government. He became CLP leader and chief minister in 2013 after a party room ballot.
Candidates
- Dale Wakefield (Labor)
- Eli Melky (Independent)
- Adam Giles (Country Liberal)
- Dalton Dupuy (Greens)
- Alfred Gould (Independent)
- Jane Clark (Independent)
- Phil Walcott (Independent)
Assessment
Unless the result is truly catastrophic, the Country Liberal Party should have no trouble holding Braitling.
2012 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Adam Giles | Country Liberal | 2,372 | 67.6 | +9.3 | 63.7 |
| Deborah Rock | Labor | 613 | 17.5 | +4.7 | 18.3 |
| Barbara Shaw | Greens | 321 | 9.2 | -5.8 | 9.2 |
| Colin Furphy | Independent | 204 | 5.8 | +5.8 | 8.9 |
| Informal | 88 | 2.5 |
2012 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Adam Giles | Country Liberal | 2,592 | 73.9 | +0.2 | 69.6 |
| Deborah Rock | Labor | 918 | 26.2 | -0.2 | 30.4 |
Booth breakdown
There are three booths in Braitling: Braitling, Larapinta and Sadadeen. Sadadeen was previously in Greatorex, and has now been split between Araluen and Braitling.
The CLP’s vote ranged from 60% in Sadadeen to 77.6% in Larapinta.
| Voter group | CLP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| Braitling | 71.3 | 1,228 | 24.5 |
| Sadadeen | 60.4 | 969 | 19.4 |
| Larapinta | 77.6 | 907 | 18.1 |
| Pre-poll | 74.1 | 1,190 | 23.8 |
| Other votes | 67.7 | 711 | 14.2 |