1980 Northern Territory general election
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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: 
Legislative Assembly[1]
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Country Liberal 20,065 49.97 
9.8411 
1Labor 15,818 39.39 1.16 7 1 Independents 3,251 8.10 3.54 1 
Democrats 352 0.88 0.88 0 Marijuana 272 0.68 0.68 0 Progress 210 0.52 9.24 0 Christian Democrat 188 0.47 New 0 Total 40,156 100.00 – 19 – Valid votes 40,156 96.80 Invalid/blank votes 1,328 3.20 0.53 Total votes 41,484 100.00 – Registered voters/turnout 53,218 77.95 18.14
9.84
1 1.16 1 3.54
0.88 0.68 9.24 0.53 18.14Candidates
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 | 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 )
|
| 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 ( 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 ( Ind )
|
| Tiwi | CLP | Harry Maschke | Noel Padgham-Purich | Len McAlear ( Ind) )
Jenny Smither (AMP |
| Victoria River | Labor |
Jack Doolan | John Millhouse | Bronte Douglass ( 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
- ^ "1980 General election (PDF 731KB)" (PDF). ntec.nt.gov.au. Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 1980. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- Jaensch, Dean; Wade-Marshall, Deborah (1984). Northern Territory Electoral Atlas 1974–1984. ISBN 0959924698.