Results of the 1977 Northern Territory general election

Northern Territory general election, 13 August 1977 Legislative Assembly << 1974–1980 >>
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

This is a list of electoral division results for the Northern Territory 1977 General Election in Australia.

Results by electoral division

Alice Springs

Northern Territory general election, 1977: Alice Springs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: Arnhem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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 amount of votes each independent candidate received is unknown.

Casuarina

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: Elsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 amount of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
• The independent candidate that came second on preferences is unknown.

Fannie Bay

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: Port Darwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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 amount of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.

Stuart

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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 amount of votes each individual Independent, Labor and CLP candidate received is unknown.
• The Labor candidate that came second on preferences is unknown.

Victoria River

Northern Territory general election, 1977: 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.

See also

• Northern Territory general election, 1977
• Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 1977–1980