1997 Northern Territory general election

A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday August 30, 1997, and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP).

1997 Northern Territory general election
30 August 1997 (1997-08-30)
All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout79.0 ( 1.7 pp)
  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 17 seats 7 seats
Seats before 16 8
Seats won 18 7
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 41,722 29,365
Percentage 54.5% 38.5%
Swing 2.6 2.9
TPP 57.9% 42.1%
TPP 1.6 1.6
Chief Minister before election

Shane Stone
Country Liberal

 Elected Chief Minister

Shane Stone
Country Liberal

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 after Independent Noel Padgham-Purich retired.

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