1980 Northern Territory general election
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.
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All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 78.0 ( 2.1 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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Northern Territory general election, 7 June 1980[1] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 53,218 | |||||
| Votes cast | 41,484 | Turnout | 78.0% | +2.1% | ||
| Informal votes | 1,328 | Informal | 3.2% | 0.0% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Country Liberal | 28,637 | 50.0% | +9.9% | 11 | – 1 | |
| Labor | 15,818 | 39.4% | +1.2% | 7 | + 1 | |
| Independent | 3,251 | 8.1% | –3.6% | 1 | ± 0 | |
| Democrats | 352 | 0.9% | +0.9% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Marijuana | 272 | 0.7% | +0.7% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Progress | 210 | 0.5% | –9.3% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Christian Democrat | 188 | 0.5% | +0.5% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Total | 40,156 | 19 | ||||
Candidates
Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
Seats changing hands
| Seat | Pre-1980 | Swing | Post-1980 | ||||||
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| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
| Nhulunbuy | Country Liberals | Milton Ballantyne | 6.1 | N/A | 4.4 | Dan Leo | Labor | ||
References
- Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. ISBN 0731520769.
- Jaensch, Dean; Wade-Marshall, Deborah (1984). Northern Territory Electoral Atlas 1974–1984. Australian National University/Flinders University. ISBN 0959924698.
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