Northern Territory general election, 2001

Northern Territory general election, 2001

1997 ← 18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) → 2005

All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly   First party Second party   Leader Clare Martin Denis Burke Party Labor Country Liberal Party Leader since 3 February 1999 8 February 1999 Leader's seat Fannie Bay Brennan Last election 7 seats 18 seats Seats won 13 seats 10 seats Seat change 6 8 Percentage 40.6% 45.4% Swing 2.1 9.3

Chief Minister before election Denis Burke Country Liberal Party Elected Chief Minister Clare Martin Labor

A general election was held in the Northern Territory, Australia, on 18 August 2001. The centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Clare Martin, won a surprising victory over the then-majority Country Liberal Party (CLP). Before this, the CLP had held 18 out the 25 seats in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly to the ALP's 7. After this election, the ALP held the majority with 13 seats to the CLP's 10. This gave Clare Martin the Chief Ministership over the incumbent Denis Burke.

Two independents won seats at this election. Former CLP member Loraine Braham won the seat of Braitling and Gerry Wood won the seat of Nelson.

External links

• Northern Territory Election 2001 Department of the Parliamentary Library