1983 Northern Territory general election

1983 Northern Territory general election

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All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	81.6% ( 3.6 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Paul Everingham Bob Collins Party Country Liberal Labor Leader since 13 August 1977 2 November 1981 Leader's seat Jingili Arafura Last election 11 seats 7 seats Seats won 19 6 Seat change 8 1 Popular vote 28,637 17,505 Percentage 58.2% 35.6% Swing 8.2 3.8 TPP 61.1% 38.9%
Chief Minister before election Paul Everingham Country Liberal Elected Chief Minister Paul Everingham Country Liberal

A general election was held in the Northern Territory, Australia on Saturday 3 December 1983. The result was a landslide victory for the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Paul Everingham over the Australian Labor Party (ALP) opposition under Opposition leader Bob Collins.

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.