Northern Territory general election, 1983

Northern Territory general election, 1983

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All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
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 seats 6 seats Seat change 8 1 Percentage 58.2% 35.6% Swing 8.2 3.8
Chief Minister before election Paul Everingham Country Liberal Elected Chief Minister Paul Everingham Country Liberal

Paul Everingham
Country Liberal

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.

Northern Territory general election, 3 December 1983
Legislative Assembly
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Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

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