Northern Territory general election, 2008

Northern Territory general election, 2008

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25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
First party Second party   Leader Paul Henderson Terry Mills Party Labor Country Liberal Leader since 26 November 2007 29 January 2008 Leader's seat Wanguri Blain Last election 19 seats 4 seats Seats won 13 seats 11 seats Seat change 6 7 Popular vote 39,415 40,614 Percentage 49.3% 50.7% Swing 9.2 9.2
Results by electoral division.
Chief Minister before election Paul Henderson Labor Elected Chief Minister Paul Henderson Labor

Paul Henderson
Labor

Paul Henderson
Labor

General elections were held in the Northern Territory of Australia on 9 August 2008. Of the 25 seats in the Legislative Assembly, 23 were contested; two safe Labor seats were uncontested. The incumbent centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Chief Minister Paul Henderson won a narrow third term victory against the opposition centre-right Country Liberal Party (CLP), led by Terry Mills. Labor suffered a massive and unexpected swing against it, to hold a one-seat majority in the new parliament.

Independents: Gerry Wood

Arnhem and MacDonnell were won by the ALP by default as no other candidates nominated, and therefore do not contribute to votes in the above result table. The Greens ran in six of the 25 seats, averaging around 16 percent. Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage, Minister for Parks and Wildlife Len Kiely was defeated as was Minister for Sport and Recreation, Corporate and Information Services Matthew Bonson.