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1980 Northern Territory general election
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All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.0 (Increase 2.1 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Paul Everingham Jon Isaacs
Party Country Liberal Labor
Leader since 13 August 1977 21 September 1977
Leader's seat Jingili Millner
Last election 12 seats 6 seats
Seats won 11 7
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 20,065 15,818
Percentage 50.0% 39.4%
Swing Increase 9.9 Increase 1.2
Chief Minister before election

Paul Everingham
Country Liberal

Elected Chief Minister

Paul Everingham
Country Liberal

A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday June 7, 1980. It was the first to be held since self-government was attained two years earlier, and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Paul Everingham.

Although the CLP's share of the vote increased by almost 10 percentage points, it lost one seat.

The only independent member of the Legislative Assembly, Dawn Lawrie, retained her seat of Nightcliff.

Results

See also: Results of the Northern Territory general election, 1980
Summary of the results of the 1980 Northern Territory general election. Legislative Assembly
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Country Liberal20,06549.97Increase 9.8411Decrease 1
Labor15,81839.39Increase 1.167Increase 1
Independents3,2518.10Decrease 3.541Steady
Democrats3520.88Increase 0.880Steady
Marijuana2720.68Increase 0.680Steady
Progress2100.52Decrease 9.240Steady
Christian Democrat1880.47New0Steady
Total40,156100.00–19–
Valid votes40,15696.80
Invalid/blank votes1,3283.20Decrease 0.53
Total votes41,484100.00–
Registered voters/turnout53,21877.95Increase 18.14
Popular vote
Country Liberal   50.0%
Labor   39.4%
Democrats   0.9%
Marijuana   0.7%
Progress   0.5%
Others   0.5%
Independents   8.1%
Seats
Country Liberal   57.9%
Labor   36.8%
Independents   5.3%

Candidates

Sitting members are listed in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate Held by Labor candidate CLP candidate Other candidates
 
Alice Springs CLP Ted Hampton Denis Collins Rod Oliver (Ind)
Dave Pollock (Ind)
Arnhem Labor Bob Collins Gatjil Djerrkura Mark McAleer (AMP)
Barkly CLP William Thomson Ian Tuxworth Neville Andrews (PP)
Casuarina CLP Dennis Bree Nick Dondas Klaus Roth (Dem)
Elsey CLP Maged Aboutaleb Les MacFarlane Patricia Davies (Ind)
James Forscutt (Ind)
Lawrence Hughes (Ind)
R. T. Reilly (Ind)
Fannie Bay Labor Pam O'Neil Ella Stack
Gillen CLP Rosalie McDonald Jim Robertson
Jingili CLP Peter Hansen Paul Everingham Peter Read (Dem)
Ludmilla CLP Kay Spurr Roger Steele Roy Barden (Ind)
Macdonnell Labor Neville Perkins Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Millner Labor Jon Isaacs John Robinson
Nhulunbuy CLP Dan Leo Milton Ballantyne Michael O'Reilly (Ind)
Nightcliff Independent Anne Amos Charles Coombs (CDP)
Dawn Lawrie (Ind)
Port Darwin CLP Jack Haritos Tom Harris Len Myles (Dem)
Peter Taylor (AMP)
Sanderson Labor June D'Rozario Daryl Manzie Ron Mann (CDP)
Stuart CLP John Thomas Roger Vale
Stuart Park CLP Peter Cavanagh Marshall Perron John Duffy (AMP)
Terry Wilson (Ind)
Tiwi CLP Harry Maschke Noel Padgham-Purich Len McAlear (Ind)
Jenny Smither (AMP)
Victoria River Labor Jack Doolan John Millhouse Bronte Douglass (Ind)
Jack McCarthy (Ind)

Seats changing hands

Seat Pre-1980 Swing Post-1980
Party Member Margin Margin Member Party
Nhulunbuy   Country Liberals Milton Ballantyne 6.1 N/A 4.4 Dan Leo Labor  

References

  1. "1980 General election (PDF 731KB)" (PDF). ntec.nt.gov.au. Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 1980. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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