Results of the Northern Territory general election, 1977
This is a list of electoral division results for the Northern Territory 1977 General Election in Australia.
Northern Territory general election, 13 August 1977[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 43,284 | |||||
Votes cast | 32,861 | Turnout | 75.9% | +0.5% | ||
Informal votes | 1,044 | Informal | 3.2% | –1.9% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Country Liberal | 12,769 | 40.1% | –8.9% | 12 | – 5 | |
Labor | 12,165 | 38.2% | +7.7% | 6 | + 6 | |
Independent | 3,718 | 11.7% | –8.8% | 1 | – 1 | |
Progress | 3,104 | 9.8% | +9.8% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Communist | 61 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 31,817 | 19 | ||||
Results by electoral division
Alice Springs
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Country Liberal | Rod Oliver | 929 | 51.1 | ||
Labor | Rosalie McDonald | 644 | 35.4 | ||
Progress | Brian Evans | 245 | 13.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,818 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 59 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,877 | 73.0 | |||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Arnhem
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Bob Collins | 812 | 63.4 | ||
Country Liberal | Rupert Kentish | 370 | 28.9 | ||
Progress | Phillip Brain | 98 | 7.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,280 | 94.3 | |||
Informal votes | 77 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,357 | 66.1 | |||
Labor gain from Country Liberal | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Barkly
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Ian Tuxworth | 603 | 44.5 | ||
Labor | Jean Havnen | 365 | 26.9 | ||
Progress | Neville Andrews | 233 | 17.2 | ||
Independent | Margaret Conway Billy Foster |
154 | 11.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,355 | 94.8 | |||
Informal votes | 74 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,429 | 68.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Ian Tuxworth | 816 | 60.2 | ||
Labor | Jean Havnen | 539 | 39.8 | ||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
- The number of votes each independent candidate received is unknown.
Casuarina
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dennis Bree | 941 | 46.7 | ||
Country Liberal | Nick Dondas | 927 | 46.0 | ||
Progress | Robert Hoey | 149 | 7.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,017 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,055 | 84.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Nick Dondas | 1,022 | 50.7 | ||
Labor | Dennis Bree | 995 | 49.3 | ||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elsey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Country Liberal | Les MacFarlane | 617 | 44.2 | ||
Independent | Davis Daniels Patricia Davies |
696 | 49.8 | ||
Progress | Deidre Killen | 84 | 6.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,397 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 26 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,423 | 69.0 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Les MacFarlane | 726 | 52.0 | ||
Independent | 671 | 48.0 | |||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
- The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
- The independent candidate that came second on preferences is unknown.
Fannie Bay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pam O'Neil | 752 | 42.2 | ||
Country Liberal | Grant Tambling | 622 | 34.9 | ||
Independent | William Fisher | 318 | 17.8 | ||
Progress | Edward Osgood | 92 | 5.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,784 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,822 | 82.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Pam O'Neil | 912 | 51.1 | ||
Country Liberal | Grant Tambling | 872 | 48.9 | ||
Labor gain from Country Liberal | Swing |
Gillen
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Jim Robertson | 1,035 | 49.9 | ||
Labor | John Thomas | 808 | 39.0 | ||
Progress | Peter Johncock | 231 | 11.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,074 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 50 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,124 | 79.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Jim Robertson | 1,216 | 58.6 | ||
Labor | John Thomas | 858 | 41.4 | ||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Jingili
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Diana Rickard | 662 | 36.4 | ||
Country Liberal | Paul Everingham | 639 | 35.1 | ||
Progress | David Cooper | 338 | 18.6 | ||
Independent | John McCormack George Tarasidis |
182 | 10.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,821 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 52 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,873 | 83.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Paul Everingham | 972 | 53.4 | ||
Labor | Diana Rickard | 849 | 46.6 | ||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Ludmilla
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Roger Steele | 889 | 46.9 | ||
Labor | Christopher Draffin | 745 | 39.3 | ||
Progress | Terry Johnson | 262 | 13.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,896 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 45 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,941 | 79.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Roger Steele | 1,053 | 55.5 | ||
Labor | Christopher Draffin | 843 | 44.5 | ||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
MacDonnell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Neville Perkins | 886 | 60.8 | ||
Country Liberal | Dave Pollock | 485 | 33.3 | ||
Progress | Mark Fidler | 86 | 5.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,457 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 65 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,522 | 61.2 | |||
Labor gain from Country Liberal | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Millner
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jon Isaacs | 951 | 57.6 | ||
Country Liberal | Roger Ryan | 548 | 33.2 | ||
Progress | Elva Pearce | 151 | 9.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,650 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 34 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,684 | 81.6 | |||
Labor gain from Country Liberal | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Nhulunbuy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Milton Ballantyne | 874 | 56.1 | ||
Labor | Denise Fincham | 642 | 41.2 | ||
Progress | Jacob De Vries | 43 | 2.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,559 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 41 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,600 | 75.4 | |||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Nightcliff
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dawn Lawrie | 1,110 | 61.9 | ||
Country Liberal | Ronald Nobbs | 455 | 25.4 | ||
Progress | Uldis Blums | 228 | 12.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,793 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 37 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,830 | 80.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Port Darwin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Country Liberal | Tom Harris | 535 | 32.8 | ||
Labor | Michael Scott | 448 | 27.5 | ||
Independent | Ron Withnall | 440 | 27.3 | ||
Progress | Ian Smith | 146 | 9.0 | ||
Communist | Brian Manning | 61 | 3.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,610 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,648 | 74.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Tom Harris | 984 | 60.5 | ||
Labor | Michael Scott | 626 | 38.4 | ||
Country Liberal gain from Independent | Swing |
Sanderson
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | June D'Rozario | 984 | 45.6 | ||
Country Liberal | Liz Andrew | 565 | 26.1 | ||
Independent | Kitty Fischer Herbert Sinclair |
428 | 19.8 | ||
Progress | Geoffrey Bennett | 182 | 8.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,159 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 32 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,191 | 92.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | June D'Rozario | 1,258 | 58.3 | ||
Country Liberal | Liz Andrew | 901 | 41.7 | ||
Labor gain from Country Liberal | Swing |
- The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
Stuart
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Roger Vale | 1,042 | 52.1 | ||
Labor | Trevor Cutter | 849 | 42.4 | ||
Progress | Kenneth Kitto | 111 | 5.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,002 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 69 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,071 | 70.9 | |||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Stuart Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Marshall Perron | 652 | 40.7 | ||
Labor | Judith Muras | 491 | 30.7 | ||
Independent | Ernest Chin | 267 | 16.7 | ||
Progress | Kenneth Day | 191 | 11.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,601 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 36 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,637 | 73.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Marshall Perron | 902 | 56.3 | ||
Labor | Judith Muras | 699 | 43.7 | ||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Tiwi
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harry Maschke Bernard Tipiloura |
495 | 42.5 | ||
Country Liberal | Noel Padgham-Purich Cyril Rioli |
393 | 33.7 | ||
Independent | Terrence O'Brien Strider |
143 | 12.3 | ||
Progress | George Ryan | 134 | 11.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,165 | 89.1 | |||
Informal votes | 142 | 10.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,307 | 77.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Noel Padgham-Purich | 612 | 52.5 | ||
Labor | 553 | 47.5 | |||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
- The number of votes each individual Independent, Labor and CLP candidate received is unknown.
- The Labor candidate that came second on preferences is unknown.
Victoria River
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Doolan | 690 | 50.0 | ||
Country Liberal | Goff Letts | 589 | 42.7 | ||
Progress | Frank Favaro | 100 | 7.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,379 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 61 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,440 | 67.7 | |||
Labor gain from Country Liberal | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
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See also
References
- 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.
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