1983 Northern Territory general election

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.

1983 Northern Territory general election
3 December 1983 (1983-12-03)
All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout81.6% ( 3.6 pp)
  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%
Chief Minister before election

Paul Everingham
Country Liberal

 Elected Chief Minister

Paul Everingham
Country Liberal

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.

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