1980 Northern Territory general election

1980 Northern Territory general election

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All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.0 (Increase 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 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 20,065 15,818
Percentage 50.0% 39.4%
Swing Increase 9.9 Increase 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.