Northern Territory general election, 1997

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30 August 1997 (1997-08-30)

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All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

	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	16 seats	7 seats
Seats won	18 seats	6 seats
Seat change	2	1
Percentage	54.5%	38.5%
Swing	2.6	2.9

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 from Independent Noel Padgham-Purich.

Northern Territory general election, 30 August 1997
Legislative Assembly
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Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

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