1980 Northern Territory general election

7 June 1980 (1980-06-07)
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 28,637 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.

Results

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

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Country Liberal	28,637	58.77	18.64	11	1
	Labor	15,818	32.46	5.77	7	1
	Independents	3,251	6.67	5.02	1
	Democrats	352	0.72	0.72	0
	Marijuana	272	0.56	0.56	0
	Progress	210	0.43	9.33	0
	Christian Democrat	188	0.39	0.39	0
Total		48,728	100.00	–	19	–
Valid votes		48,728	97.35
Invalid/blank votes		1,328	2.65	0.53
Total votes		50,056	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		53,218	94.06	18.14

Candidates

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

Seats changing hands

References

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