Northern Territory general election, 1990

Northern Territory general election, 1990

1987 ← 27 October 1990 (1990-10-27) → 1994

All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly   First party Second party   Leader Marshall Perron Terry Smith Party Country Liberal Party Labor Leader since 14 July 1988 19 August 1986 Leader's seat Fannie Bay Millner Last election 16 seats 6 seats Seats won 14 seats 9 seats Seat change 2 3 Percentage 48.8% 36.6% Swing 9.4 0.7

Chief Minister before election Marshall Perron Country Liberal Party Elected Chief Minister Marshall Perron Country Liberal Party

A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 27 October 1990, and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Marshall Perron.

Despite a swing in the CLP's favour, the government lost two seats—again not sufficient to cost the government its majority in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. Though the Northern Territory Nationals again contested the election, they lost much of their vote, along with both their assembly seats. The 1990 election also saw the Australian Greens emerge as a force in territory politics, with 3.05% of the vote—fourth behind the CLP, Labor and the Nationals.

Independents Noel Padgham-Purich and Denis Collins were both re-elected.

The NT Nationals lost both seats of Barkly and Flynn.