Northern Territory general election, 1997

Northern Territory general election, 1997

1994 ← 30 August 1997 (1997-08-30) → 2001

All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly   First party Second party   Leader Shane Stone Maggie Hickey Party Country Liberal Party Labor Leader since 26 May 1995 16 April 1996 Leader's seat Port Darwin Barkly Last election 16 seats 7 seats Seats won 18 seats 6 seats Seat change 2 1 Percentage 54.7% 38.5% Swing 2.8 2.9

Chief Minister before election Shane Stone Country Liberal Party Elected Chief Minister Shane Stone Country Liberal Party

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

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 from Independent Noel Padgham-Purich.