Northern Territory general election, 1983

1980 ←

3 December 1983 (1983-12-03)

→ 1987

All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

	First party	Second party

Leader	Paul Everingham	Bob Collins
Party	Country Liberal Party	Labor
Leader since	13 August 1977	2 November 1981
Leader's seat	Jingili	Arafura
Last election	11 seats	7 seats
Seats won	19 seats	6 seats
Seat change	8	1
Percentage	58.2%	35.6%
Swing	8.3	3.8

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 state of Australia on Saturday December 3, 1983. The result was a landslide victory for the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Paul Everingham.

For this election, the size of the assembly was increased from 19 to 25.

The only independent of the Legislative Assembly, Dawn Lawrie, lost her seat of Nightcliff at this election to the CLP.

Elections and referendums in the Northern Territory

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Referendums	1998