Northern Territory general election, 1983
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All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A general election was held in the Northern Territory, Australia on Saturday 3 December 1983. The result was a landslide victory for the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Paul Everingham over the Australian Labor Party (ALP) opposition under Opposition leader Bob Collins.
For this election, the size of the assembly was increased from 19 to 25.
The only independent of the Legislative Assembly, Dawn Lawrie, lost her seat of Nightcliff at this election to the CLP.
Retiring MPs
CLP
- Les MacFarlane MLA (Elsey)
Results
Northern Territory general election, 3 December 1983[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 62,178 | |||||
Votes cast | 50,716 | Turnout | 81.6% | +3.6% | ||
Informal votes | 1,532 | Informal | 3.0% | –0.2% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Country Liberal | 28,637 | 58.2% | +8.2% | 19 | + 8 | |
Labor | 17,505 | 35.6% | –3.8% | 6 | – 1 | |
Independent | 2,155 | 4.4% | –3.7% | 0 | – 1 | |
Democrats | 887 | 1.8% | +0.9% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 49,184 | 25 | ||||
Candidates
Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
References
- Jaensch, Dean; Wade-Marshall, Deborah (1984). Northern Territory Electoral Atlas 1974–1984. Australian National University/Flinders University. ISBN 0959924698.
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