1983 Northern Territory general election
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← 1980 | 3 December 1983 (1983-12-03) | 1987 → |
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All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority |
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Turnout | 81.6% ( 3.6 pp) |
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| 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% | |
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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
Results
Summary of the results of the 1983 Northern Territory general election, Legislative Assembly[1][2] |
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| Country Liberal | 28,637 | 58.22 | 8.25 | 19 | 8 |
| Labor | 17,505 | 35.59 | 3.80 | 6 | 1 |
| Independents | 2,155 | 4.38 | 3.72 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrats | 887 | 1.80 | 0.92 | 0 | |
Total | 49,184 | 100.00 | – | 25 | – |
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Valid votes | 49,184 | 96.98 | | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 1,532 | 3.02 | 0.37 | |
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Total votes | 50,716 | 100.00 | – | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 62,185 | 81.56 | 12.49 | |
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| Country Liberal | | 61.1 |
| Labor | | 38.9 |
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Popular vote | | | | Country Liberal | | 58.22% | Labor | | 35.59% | Democrats | | 1.80% | Independents | | 4.38% | |
Two-party-preferred vote | | | | Country Liberal | | 61.10% | Labor | | 38.90% | |
Seats | | | | Country Liberal | | 76.00% | Labor | | 24.00% | |
Candidates
Sitting members are listed in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used.
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.
References
- ^ Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. ISBN 0731520769.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ P. Loveday, Dean Jaensch (1983). A Landslide Election, the NT 1983. Darwin: ANU North Australia Research Unit. ISBN 0867844396.