2008 Northern Territory general election

2008 Northern Territory general election
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All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.7 (Decrease 4.4 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Paul Henderson Terry Mills
Party Labor Country Liberal
Leader since 26 November 2007 29 January 2008
Leader's seat Wanguri Blain
Last election 19 seats 4 seats
Seats won 13 11
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 7
Popular vote 34,557 36,334
Percentage 43.18% 45.40%
Swing Decrease 8.76 Increase 9.67
TPP 49.3% 50.7%
TPP Decrease 9.2 Increase 9.2
Chief Minister before election

Paul Henderson
Labor

Elected Chief Minister

Paul Henderson
Labor

General elections were held in the Northern Territory of Australia on 9 August 2008.[1] Of the 25 seats in the Legislative Assembly, 23 were contested; two safe Labor seats were uncontested. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party (ALP), led by Chief Minister Paul Henderson won a narrow third term victory against the opposition centre-right Country Liberal Party (CLP), led by Terry Mills. Labor suffered a massive and unexpected swing against it, to hold a one-seat majority in the new parliament.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "NT election on 9 August". Ntnews.com.au. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Mills concedes defeat in NT election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  3. ^ 5 Minutes 10 Minutes. "Opposition concedes NT election". Theaustralian.news.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Labor narrowly wins NT election". News.smh.com.au. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2012.