Results of the 1980 Northern Territory general election

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Northern Territory general election, 7 June 1980[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 53,218
Votes cast 41,484 Turnout 78.0% +2.1%
Informal votes 1,328 Informal 3.2% 0.0%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Country Liberal 28,637 50.0% +9.9% 11 – 1
  Labor 15,818 39.4% +1.2% 7 + 1
  Independent 3,251 8.1% –3.6% 1 ± 0
  Democrats 352 0.9% +0.9% 0 ± 0
  Marijuana 272 0.7% +0.7% 0 ± 0
  Progress 210 0.5% –9.3% 0 ± 0
  Christian Democrat 188 0.5% +0.5% 0 ± 0
Total 40,156     19  

This is a list of electoral division results for the Northern Territory 1980 General Election in Australia.

Results by electoral division[edit]

Alice Springs[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Denis Collins 999 43.8 -7.3
Independent Rod Oliver 620 27.1 +27.1
Labor Ted Hampton 505 22.1 -13.3
Independent Dave Pollock 158 7.1 +7.1
Total formal votes 2,282 97.4 −0.5
Informal votes 60 2.6 +0.5
Turnout 2,342 78.0 +5.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Liberal Denis Collins 1,170 51.3 +0.2
Independent Rod Oliver 1,112 48.7 +48.7
Country Liberal hold Swing +0.2

Arnhem[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Arnhem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Collins 1,346 78.4 +15.0
Country Liberal Gatjil Djerrkura 299 17.4 -11.5
Marijuana Mark McAlear 72 4.2 +4.2
Total formal votes 1,717 93.1
Informal votes 128 6.9
Turnout 1,845 66.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Barkly[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Barkly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Ian Tuxworth 1,018 54.8 +10.3
Labor William Thomson 631 33.9 +7.0
Progress Neville Andrews 210 11.3 -5.9
Total formal votes 1,859 93.0
Informal votes 140 7.0
Turnout 1,999 71.1
Country Liberal hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Casuarina[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Casuarina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Nick Dondas 1,696 56.2 +10.2
Labor Dennis Bree 1,167 38.7 -8.0
Democrats Klaus Roth 156 5.2 +5.2
Total formal votes 3,019 98.4
Informal votes 48 1.6
Turnout 3,067 81.8
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elsey[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Elsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Les MacFarlane 879 45.0 +0.8
Labor Maged Aboutaleb 580 29.7 +29.7
Independent James Forscutt 188 9.6 +9.6
Independent Patricia Davies 174 8.9
Independent Laurence Hughes 93 4.8 +4.8
Independent R.T. Reilly 38 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 1,952 96.4
Informal votes 73 3.6
Turnout 2,025 74.6
After distribution of preferences
Country Liberal Les MacFarlane 1,014 51.9
Labor Maged Aboutaleb 655 33.6
Independent James Forscutt 283 14.5
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Fannie Bay[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Fannie Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pam O'Neil 896 51.0 +8.8
Country Liberal Ella Stack 861 49.0 +14.0
Total formal votes 1,757 97.9
Informal votes 37 2.1
Turnout 1,794 88.3
Labor hold Swing

Gillen[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Gillen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,539 68.7 +18.8
Labor Rosalie McDonald 701 31.3 -7.7
Total formal votes 2,240 96.2
Informal votes 88 3.8
Turnout 2,328 81.3
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A

Jingili[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Jingili
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Paul Everingham 1,555 60.7 +25.6
Labor Peter Hansen 858 33.5 -7.7
Democrats Peter Read 151 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 2,564 98.2
Informal votes 47 1.8
Turnout 2,611 82.2
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Ludmilla[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Roger Steele 1,284 58.5 +11.6
Labor Kay Spurr 739 33.7 -5.6
Independent Roy Barden 173 7.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 2,196 97.8
Informal votes 50 2.2
Turnout 2,246 82.4
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

MacDonnell[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neville Perkins 817 57.6 -3.2
Country Liberal Rosalie Kunoth-Monks 601 42.4 +9.1
Total formal votes 1,418 95.8
Informal votes 62 4.2
Turnout 1,480 61.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Millner[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Millner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jon Isaacs 1,020 51.8 -5.8
Country Liberal John Robinson 949 48.2 +15.0
Total formal votes 1,969 97.0
Informal votes 60 3.0
Turnout 2,029 84.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Nhulunbuy[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Nhulunbuy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Leo 809 43.2 +2.0
Country Liberal Milton Ballantyne 613 32.7 -23.4
Independent Michael O'Reilly 452 24.1 +24.1
Total formal votes 1,874 96.6
Informal votes 65 3.4
Turnout 1,939 77.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Leo 1,020 54.4
Country Liberal Milton Ballantyne 854 45.6
Labor gain from Country Liberal Swing N/A

Nightcliff[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dawn Lawrie 1,066 51.5 -10.4
Country Liberal Anne Amos 941 45.5 +20.1
Christian Democrats (NT) Charles Coombs 63 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 2,070 97.2
Informal votes 59 2.8
Turnout 2,129 79.3
Independent hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Port Darwin[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Tom Harris 885 57.3 +24.1
Labor Jack Haritos 541 35.0 +7.2
Marijuana Peter Taylor 73 4.7 +4.7
Democrats Len Myles 45 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 1,544 97.9
Informal votes 33 2.1
Turnout 1,577 80.5
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Sanderson[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Sanderson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor June D'Rozario 1,866 48.6 +3.0
Country Liberal Daryl Manzie 1,851 48.2 +22.1
Christian Democrats (NT) Ron Mann 125 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 3,842 98.2
Informal votes 70 1.8
Turnout 3,912 84.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor June D'Rozario 1,930 50.2 −8.1
Country Liberal Daryl Manzie 1,912 49.8 +8.1
Labor hold Swing −8.1

Stuart[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Stuart
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Roger Vale 1,564 59.9 +7.8
Labor John Thomas 1,047 40.1 -2.3
Total formal votes 2,611 98.0
Informal votes 54 2.0
Turnout 2,665 71.2
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A

Stuart Park[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Stuart Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Marshall Perron 952 56.1 +15.4
Labor Peter Cavanagh 610 36.0 +5.3
Independent Terry Wilson 79 4.7 +4.7
Marijuana John Duffy 55 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 1,696 97.9
Informal votes 36 2.1
Turnout 1,732 78.8
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Tiwi[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Tiwi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Noel Padgham-Purich 973 51.5 +17.8
Labor Harry Maschke 813 43.1 +0.6
Marijuana Jenny Smither 72 3.8 +3.8
Independent Len McAlear 30 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 1,888 93.7
Informal votes 127 6.3
Turnout 2,015 82.5
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Victoria River[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Doolan 872 52.6 +2.6
Country Liberal John Millhouse 606 36.6 -6.1
Independent Bronte Douglass 98 5.9 +5.9
Independent Jack McCarthy 82 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 1,658 94.8
Informal votes 91 5.2
Turnout 1,749 72.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. ISBN 0731520769.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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