Northern Territory general election, 1983

Northern Territory general election, 1983

1980 ← 3 December 1983 (1983-12-03) → 1987

All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly   First party Second party   Leader Paul Everingham Bob Collins Party Country Liberal Party Labor Leader since 13 August 1977 2 November 1981 Leader's seat Jingili Arafura Last election 11 seats 7 seats Seats won 19 seats 6 seats Seat change 8 1 Percentage 58.2% 35.6% Swing 8.3 3.8

Chief Minister before election Paul Everingham Country Liberal Party Elected Chief Minister Paul Everingham Country Liberal Party

A general election was held in the Northern Territory state of Australia on Saturday December 3, 1983. The result was a landslide victory for the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Paul Everingham.

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.