1997 Northern Territory general election

1997 Northern Territory general election

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All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	79.0 ( 1.7 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Shane Stone Maggie Hickey Party Country Liberal Labor Leader since 26 May 1995 16 April 1996 Leader's seat Port Darwin Barkly Last election 17 seats 7 seats Seats before 16 8 Seats won 18 7 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 41,722 29,365 Percentage 54.5% 38.5% Swing 2.6 2.9 TPP 57.9% 42.1% TPP 1.6 1.6
Chief Minister before election Shane Stone Country Liberal Elected Chief Minister Shane Stone Country Liberal

A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday August 30, 1997, and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP).

Shane Stone continued as Chief Minister.

During the previous term, the CLP had lost the seat of Fannie Bay to Labor in a by-election. The CLP did not win the seat back, but managed to take MacDonnell from Labor and Nelson after Independent Noel Padgham-Purich retired.