Counting has resumed in the Northern Territory election but it could be days before outgoing chief minister Adam Giles learns whether he has lost his own seat.

Although the Labor Party won Saturday's election in a landslide, at the close of counting at the weekend some seats were too close to call.

Mr Giles' is trailing Labor's Dale Wakefield by 21 votes in his Alice Springs seat of Braitling, which has never before fallen to the ALP.

Northern Territory electoral commissioner Iain Loganathan said about 200 absent votes would be counted in Braitling today, as well as any postal votes that arrived.

"If it goes down to the wire in a couple of seats, postal votes are still accepted until the ninth of September," Mr Loganathan told 105.7 ABC Darwin.

"If it is just down to a few votes we will have to wait right until the very end in a couple of seats."

Absent votes are votes cast by people on election day at booths outside their electorates.

Labor leading in Blain, Katherine

Labor is also leading the count narrowly in the Palmerston electorate of Blain, where former Country Liberal Party (CLP) chief minister Terry Mills, who is running as an independent, is in second spot.

In Katherine the results are also too close to call, with Labor's Sandra Nelson 31 votes ahead of former NT deputy chief minister Willem Westra van Holthe, and 200 absent votes expected to be counted today in the electorate.

Today's counting could also make clear whether former Labor leader Delia Lawrie has won a spot as an independent in her seat of Karama, located in Darwin's northern suburbs.

Ms Lawrie quit the ALP after its administrative committee endorsed Ngaree Ah Kit for her seat.

The counting will also likely give a stronger indication of whether senior CLP figure Gary Higgins has won his seat of Daly, where he is narrowly ahead of Labor candidate Anthony Venes.

"You would expect that by the close of business tomorrow we will have a much firmer idea of exactly where we are at with these close seats," Mr Loganathan said.

Chief Minister-elect lays out top priorities

Meanwhile, NT Chief Minister-elect Michael Gunner has told 105.7 ABC Darwin he would soon meet local organisations and government departments to lay the groundwork for the party's new policies.

His priority issues included youth detention, buying local, an anti-corruption commission and an inquiry into political donations.

Michael Gunner says he will start working on the party's new policies immediately. ( ABC News: James Oaten )

"I'll be seeking a meeting with the Corrections Commissioner and the CEO of Justice and the Aboriginal peak organisations and the NT Council of Social Services to be briefed on Don Dale," he said.

"I will be asking the Department of Chief Minister for the ability to start preparing an implementation plan for a independent anti-corruption commission and for a judicial inquiry into donations so we can start that early."

He said legalising ride-booking services such as Uber in the territory was also a top priority for his new Government.

"I have promised that I will be meeting with the Taxi Council this week to start talking about how we have them at the table and prepare with the reality of ride-sharing," he said.

On the future of Country Liberals Speaker Kezia Purick, the incoming Chief Minister said she "does a great job as Speaker".

"I can't get ahead of my caucus meeting," Mr Gunner said. "I have got no problems with Kezia being Speaker and I think she runs a very tight ship."