1980 Northern Territory general election

1980 Northern Territory general election

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All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.0 ( 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 1 1 Popular vote 20,065 15,818 Percentage 50.0% 39.4% Swing 9.9 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.

Summary of the results of the 1980 Northern Territory general election. Legislative Assembly^[1]

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Country Liberal	20,065	49.97	9.84	11	1
	Labor	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

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

• Jaensch, Dean; Wade-Marshall, Deborah (1984). Northern Territory Electoral Atlas 1974–1984. Australian National University/Flinders University. ISBN 0959924698.