Northern Territory general election, 1980

Northern Territory general election, 1980
Northern Territory general election, 1980
Northern Territory
1977 ←
7 June 1980 (1980-06-07)
→ 1983

All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Paul Everingham Jon Isaacs
Party Country Liberal Party Labor
Leader since 13 August 1977 21 September 1977
Leader's seat Jingili Millner
Last election 12 seats 6 seats
Seats won 11 seats 7 seats
Seat change decrease1 increase1
Percentage 45.0% 36.0%
Swing increase9.8 increase1.2

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 on Saturday June 7, 1980, 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.


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