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1983 Northern Territory general election

Field	Value
election_name	1983 Northern Territory general election
country	Northern Territory
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1980 Northern Territory general election
previous_year	1980
next_election	1987 Northern Territory general election
next_year	1987
seats_for_election	All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	13
election_date
turnout	81.6% ( 3.6 pp)
image1
leader1	Paul Everingham
leader_since1	13 August 1977
party1	Country Liberal Party
leaders_seat1	Jingili
popular_vote1	28,637
percentage1	58.2%
swing1	8.2
last_election1	11 seats
seats1	19
seat_change1	8
image2
leader2	Bob Collins
leader_since2	2 November 1981
party2	Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)
leaders_seat2	Arafura
popular_vote2	17,505
percentage2	35.6%
swing2	3.8
last_election2	7 seats
seats2	6
seat_change2	1
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	61.1%
1data2	38.9%
map_image	1983 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, 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.

Retiring MPs

CLP

Les MacFarlane MLA (Elsey)

Results

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Candidates

Sitting members are listed in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor	CLP	Other
Arafura	New		Bob Collins	Robert Woodward	Kevin Doolan (Dem)
Araluen	New	Allen Joy		Jim Robertson	Goff Letts (Ind)
Arnhem	Labor		Wes Lanhupuy	David Amos
David Daniels	Klaus Rogers (Dem)
Barkly	CLP	Charles Hallett		Ian Tuxworth
Berrimah	New	Colin Young		Barry Coulter
Braitling	New	Ross Kerridge		Roger Vale
Casuarina	CLP	Lionel Crompton		Nick Dondas
Elsey	CLP	Trevor Surplice		Roger Steele	James Forscutt (Ind)
Fannie Bay	Labor	Pam O'Neil		Marshall Perron	Gerald Luck (Ind)
Flynn	New	Peter Hughes		Ray Hanrahan	Pamela Gardiner (Ind)
Jingili	CLP	Martin Jacob		Paul Everingham
Koolpinyah	New	Robert Wesley-Smith		Noel Padgham-Purich	Murray Leeder (Dem)
Michael Sanderson (Ind)
Leanyer	New	John Waters		Mick Palmer
Ludmilla	CLP	Allan O'Neil		Col Firmin
Macdonnell	Labor		Neil Bell	Ian McKinlay	Ted Hampton (Dem)
Millner	Labor		Terry Smith	Lorraine Palfy	Christopher Fenner (Ind)
Nhulunbuy	Labor		Dan Leo	Kevin Graetz
Nightcliff	Independent	Colin Dyer		Stephen Hatton	Dawn Lawrie (Ind)
Port Darwin	CLP	Russel Kearney		Tom Harris
Sadadeen	New	Morgan Flint		Denis Collins
Sanderson	Labor	June D'Rozario		Daryl Manzie
Stuart	CLP		Brian Ede	Bobby Liddle
Victoria River	Labor	Dennis Bree		Terry McCarthy*
Ronald Wright	Jack Doolan (Ind)
Maurie Ryan (Dem)
Wagaman	New	Brian Reid		Fred Finch
Wanguri	New	Pat Burke		Don Dale	Edward Miller (Ind)

Post-election pendulum

The following pendulum is known as the Mackerras pendulum, invented by psephologist Malcolm Mackerras. The pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in the Legislative Assembly according to the percentage point margin they are held by on a two-party-preferred basis. This is also known as the swing required for the seat to change hands. Given a uniform swing to the opposition or government parties, the number of seats that change hands can be predicted.

Braitling	Roger Vale	CLP	27.8

Stuart	Brian Ede	ALP	14.3

References

(1994). "Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994". Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory.
(1983). "A Landslide Election, the NT 1983". ANU North Australia Research Unit.

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