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1980 Northern Territory general election

Field	Value
election_name	1980 Northern Territory general election
country	Northern Territory
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1977 Northern Territory general election
previous_year	1977
next_election	1983 Northern Territory general election
next_year	1983
seats_for_election	All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	10
election_date
turnout	78.0 ( 2.1 pp)
image1
leader1	Paul Everingham
leader_since1	13 August 1977
party1	Country Liberal Party
leaders_seat1	Jingili
popular_vote1	20,065
percentage1	50.0%
swing1	9.9
last_election1	12 seats
seats1	11
seat_change1	1
image2
leader2	Jon Isaacs
leader_since2	21 September 1977
party2	Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)
leaders_seat2	Millner
popular_vote2	15,818
percentage2	39.4%
swing2	1.2
last_election2	6 seats
seats2	7
seat_change2	1
map_image	1980 Northern Territory Election.svg
map_size	300px
title	Chief Minister
before_election	Paul Everingham
before_party	Country Liberal Party
after_election	Paul Everingham
after_party	Country Liberal Party

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.

Results

Candidates

Sitting members are listed in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate	Held by	Labor	CLP	Other
Alice Springs	CLP	Ted Hampton		Denis Collins	Rod Oliver (Ind)
Dave Pollock (Ind)
Arnhem	Labor		Bob Collins	Gatjil Djerrkura	Mark McAleer (AMP)
Barkly	CLP	William Thomson		Ian Tuxworth	Neville Andrews (PP)
Casuarina	CLP	Dennis Bree		Nick Dondas	Klaus Roth (Dem)
Elsey	CLP	Maged Aboutaleb		Les MacFarlane	Patricia Davies (Ind)
James Forscutt (Ind)
Lawrence Hughes (Ind)
R. T. Reilly (Ind)
Fannie Bay	Labor		Pam O'Neil	Ella Stack
Gillen	CLP	Rosalie McDonald		Jim Robertson
Jingili	CLP	Peter Hansen		Paul Everingham	Peter Read (Dem)
Ludmilla	CLP	Kay Spurr		Roger Steele	Roy Barden (Ind)
Macdonnell	Labor		Neville Perkins	Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Millner	Labor		Jon Isaacs	John Robinson
Nhulunbuy	CLP		Dan Leo	Milton Ballantyne	Michael O'Reilly (Ind)
Nightcliff	Independent		Anne Amos		Charles Coombs (CDP)
Dawn Lawrie (Ind)
Port Darwin	CLP	Jack Haritos		Tom Harris	Len Myles (Dem)
Peter Taylor (AMP)
Sanderson	Labor		June D'Rozario	Daryl Manzie	Ron Mann (CDP)
Stuart	CLP	John Thomas		Roger Vale
Stuart Park	CLP	Peter Cavanagh		Marshall Perron	John Duffy (AMP)
Terry Wilson (Ind)
Tiwi	CLP	Harry Maschke		Noel Padgham-Purich	Len McAlear (Ind)
Jenny Smither (AMP)
Victoria River	Labor		Jack Doolan	John Millhouse	Bronte Douglass (Ind)
Jack McCarthy (Ind)

Seats changing hands

Seat	Pre-1980	Swing	Post-1980	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Nhulunbuy			Country Liberals	Milton Ballantyne	6.1	N/A	4.4	Dan Leo	Labor

References

. (1980). ["1980 General election (PDF 731KB)"](https://ntec.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1238018/1980_LA_general_election.pdf). *Northern Territory Electoral Commission*.

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