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

1977 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Rod Oliver	929	51.1	−21.1
	Labor	Rosalie McDonald	644	35.4	+14.8
	Progress	Brian Evans	245	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			1,818	96.9	+2.4
Informal votes			59	3.1	−2.4
Turnout			1,877	73.0	−2.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−21.1

• Preferences were not distributed.

Arnhem

1977 Northern Territory general election: Arnhem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Collins	812	63.4	+30.3
	Country Liberal	Rupert Kentish	370	28.9	−38.0
	Progress	Phillip Brain	98	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			1,280	94.3	+4.2
Informal votes			77	5.7	−4.2
Turnout			1,357	66.1	+10.6
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+30.3

• Preferences were not distributed.

Barkly

1977 Northern Territory general election: Barkly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Ian Tuxworth	603	44.5	−8.0
	Labor	Jean Havnen	365	26.9	−20.1
	Progress	Neville Andrews	233	17.2	+17.2
	Independent	Margaret Conway Billy Foster	154	11.4	+11.4
Total formal votes			1,355	94.8	+0.3
Informal votes			74	5.2	−0.3
Turnout			1,429	68.2	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Ian Tuxworth	816	60.2	+7.2
	Labor	Jean Havnen	539	39.8	−7.2
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+7.2

• The number of votes each independent candidate received is unknown.

Casuarina

1977 Northern Territory general election: Casuarina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dennis Bree	941	46.7	+11.8
	Country Liberal	Nick Dondas	927	46.0	+4.1
	Progress	Robert Hoey	149	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			2,017	98.2	+1.7
Informal votes			38	1.8	−1.7
Turnout			2,055	84.2	−4.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Nick Dondas	1,022	50.7	−2.8
	Labor	Dennis Bree	995	49.3	+2.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8

Elsey

1977 Northern Territory general election: Elsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Les MacFarlane	617	44.2	−19.3
	Independent	Davis Daniels Patricia Davies	696	49.8	+49.8
	Progress	Deidre Killen	84	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			1,397	98.2	+2.7
Informal votes			26	1.8	−2.7
Turnout			1,423	69.0	−1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Les MacFarlane	726	52.0	−11.5
	Independent		671	48.0	+48.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−11.5

• The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
• The independent candidate that came second on preferences is unknown.

Fannie Bay

1977 Northern Territory general election: Fannie Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pam O'Neil	752	42.2	+10.6
	Country Liberal	Grant Tambling	622	34.9	−11.6
	Independent	William Fisher	318	17.8	+17.8
	Progress	Edward Osgood	92	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			1,784	97.9	+2.3
Informal votes			38	2.1	−2.3
Turnout			1,822	82.4	+3.9
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

1977 Northern Territory general election: Gillen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Jim Robertson	1,035	49.9	−15.8
	Labor	John Thomas	808	39.0	+4.7
	Progress	Peter Johncock	231	11.1	+11.1
Total formal votes			2,074	97.6	+7.4
Informal votes			50	2.4	−7.4
Turnout			2,124	79.9	−2.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Jim Robertson	1,216	58.6	−7.1
	Labor	John Thomas	858	41.4	+7.1
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−7.1

Jingili

1977 Northern Territory general election: Jingili

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Diana Rickard	662	36.4	−11.8
	Country Liberal	Paul Everingham	639	35.1	−16.7
	Progress	David Cooper	338	18.6	+18.6
	Independent	John McCormack George Tarasidis	182	10.0	+10.0
Total formal votes			1,821	97.2	+3.1
Informal votes			52	2.8	−3.1
Turnout			1,873	83.8	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Paul Everingham	972	53.4	+1.6
	Labor	Diana Rickard	849	46.6	−1.6
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Ludmilla

1977 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Roger Steele	889	46.9	+10.5
	Labor	Christopher Draffin	745	39.3	+10.5
	Progress	Terry Johnson	262	13.8	+13.8
Total formal votes			1,896	97.7	+2.5
Informal votes			45	2.3	−2.5
Turnout			1,941	79.1	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Roger Steele	1,053	55.5	−1.8
	Labor	Christopher Draffin	843	44.5	+1.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−1.8

MacDonnell

1977 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neville Perkins	886	60.8	+21.4
	Country Liberal	Dave Pollock	485	33.3	−20.1
	Progress	Mark Fidler	86	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			1,457	95.7	+3.0
Informal votes			65	4.3	−3.0
Turnout			1,522	61.2	−4.0
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+21.4

• Preferences were not distributed.

Millner

1977 Northern Territory general election: Millner

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jon Isaacs	951	57.6	+12.2
	Country Liberal	Roger Ryan	548	33.2	−30.5
	Progress	Elva Pearce	151	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			1,650	98.0	−2.7
Informal votes			34	2.0	+2.7
Turnout			1,684	81.6	+2.6
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+12.2

• Preferences were not distributed.

Nhulunbuy

1977 Northern Territory general election: Nhulunbuy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Milton Ballantyne	874	56.1	+7.8
	Labor	Denise Fincham	642	41.2	−0.1
	Progress	Jacob De Vries	43	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			1,559	97.4	+1.0
Informal votes			41	2.6	−1.0
Turnout			1,600	75.4	+0.6
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+0.8

• Preferences were not distributed.

Nightcliff

1977 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dawn Lawrie	1,110	61.9	+19.8
	Country Liberal	Ronald Nobbs	455	25.4	−12.1
	Progress	Uldis Blums	228	12.7	+12.7
Total formal votes			1,793	98.0	+1.1
Informal votes			37	2.0	−1.1
Turnout			1,830	80.5	+1.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+4.2

• Preferences were not distributed.

Port Darwin

1977 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Tom Harris	535	32.8	+2.8
	Labor	Michael Scott	448	27.5	−2.2
	Independent	Ron Withnall	440	27.3	−7.4
	Progress	Ian Smith	146	9.0	+9.0
	Communist	Brian Manning	61	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			1,610	97.7	+1.0
Informal votes			38	2.3	−1.0
Turnout			1,648	74.7	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Tom Harris	984	60.5	+13.8
	Labor	Michael Scott	626	38.4	+38.4
	Country Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+13.8

Sanderson

1977 Northern Territory general election: Sanderson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	June D'Rozario	984	45.6	+11.1
	Country Liberal	Liz Andrew	565	26.1	−15.4
	Independent	Kitty Fischer Herbert Sinclair	428	19.8	+19.8
	Progress	Geoffrey Bennett	182	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			2,159	98.5	−1.9
Informal votes			32	1.5	+1.9
Turnout			2,191	92.4	+7.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	June D'Rozario	1,258	58.3	+14.8
	Country Liberal	Liz Andrew	901	41.7	−14.8
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+14.8

• The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.

Stuart

1977 Northern Territory general election: Stuart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Roger Vale	1,042	52.1	+4.4
	Labor	Trevor Cutter	849	42.4	−13.6
	Progress	Kenneth Kitto	111	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			2,002	96.7	+1.8
Informal votes			69	3.3	−1.8
Turnout			2,071	70.9	−0.2
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+12.7

• Preferences were not distributed.

Stuart Park

1977 Northern Territory general election: Stuart Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Marshall Perron	652	40.7	−7.7
	Labor	Judith Muras	491	30.7	+1.9
	Independent	Ernest Chin	267	16.7	+16.7
	Progress	Kenneth Day	191	11.9	+11.9
Total formal votes			1,601	97.8	+2.3
Informal votes			36	2.2	−2.3
Turnout			1,637	73.9	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Marshall Perron	902	56.3	+6.1
	Labor	Judith Muras	699	43.7	+43.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+6.1

Tiwi

1977 Northern Territory general election: Tiwi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Maschke Bernard Tipiloura	495	42.5	+26.9
	Country Liberal	Noel Padgham-Purich Cyril Rioli	393	33.7	−9.7
	Independent	Terrence O'Brien Strider	143	12.3	+12.3
	Progress	George Ryan	134	11.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			1,165	89.1	−5.2
Informal votes			142	10.9	+5.2
Turnout			1,307	77.5	−9.9
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

1977 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Doolan	690	50.0	+50.0
	Country Liberal	Goff Letts	589	42.7	−27.0
	Progress	Frank Favaro	100	7.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			1,379	95.8	+1.4
Informal votes			61	4.2	−1.4
Turnout			1,440	67.7	+5.1
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+50.0

• Preferences were not distributed.

See also

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