Northern Territory general election, 1980

Northern Territory general election, 1980

1977 ← 7 June 1980 (1980-06-07) → 1983

All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly   First party Second party   Leader Paul Everingham Jon Isaacs Party Country Liberal Party Labor Leader since 13 August 1977 21 September 1977 Leader's seat Jingili Millner Last election 12 seats 6 seats Seats won 11 seats 7 seats Seat change 1 1 Percentage 45.0% 36.0% Swing 9.8 1.2

Chief Minister before election Paul Everingham Country Liberal Party Elected Chief Minister Paul Everingham Country Liberal Party

A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday June 7, 1980, and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Paul Everingham.

Although the CLP's share of the vote increased by almost 10 percentage points, it lost one seat.

The only independent member of the Legislative Assembly, Dawn Lawrie, retained her seat of Nightcliff.