2008 Northern Territory general election

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 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.

2008 Northern Territory general election
9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)
All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.7 ( 4.4 pp)
  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 11
Seat change 6 7
Popular vote 34,557 36,334
Percentage 43.18% 45.40%
Swing 8.76 9.67
TPP 49.3% 50.7%
TPP 9.2 9.2
Chief Minister before election

Paul Henderson
Labor

 Elected Chief Minister

Paul Henderson
Labor

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