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2001 Northern Territory general election

Field	Value
election_name	2001 Northern Territory general election
country	Northern Territory
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1997 Northern Territory general election
previous_year	1997
next_election	2005 Northern Territory general election
next_year	2005
seats_for_election	All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	13
election_date
turnout	80.56 ( 1.57 pp)
image1
leader1	Clare Martin
leader_since1	3 February 1999
party1	Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)
leaders_seat1	Fannie Bay
popular_vote1	33,038
percentage1	40.6%
last_election1	7 seats
seats1	13
seat_change1	6
swing1	2.1
image2
leader2	Denis Burke
leader_since2	8 February 1999
party2	Country Liberal Party
leaders_seat2	Brennan
popular_vote2	36,926
percentage2	45.4%
last_election2	18 seats
seats2	10
seat_change2	8
swing2	9.1
1blank	TPP
1data1	48.1%
1data2	51.9%
2blank	TPP
2data1	6.0
2data2	6.0
map_image	2001 Northern Territory Election.svg
map_size	300px
title	Chief Minister
before_election	Denis Burke
before_party	Country Liberal Party
after_election	Clare Martin
after_party	Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)

A general election was held in the Northern Territory, Australia, on 18 August 2001. The centre-left Labor Party (ALP), led by Clare Martin, won a surprising victory over the Country Liberal Party (CLP). Before this, the CLP had held 18 out the 25 seats in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly to the ALP's 7. After this election, the ALP held the majority with 13 seats to the CLP's 10, consigning the CLP to opposition for the first time since the Territory gained responsible government. Martin became Chief Minister, succeeding the CLP's Denis Burke.

While the CLP won a bare majority of the two-party vote, Labor picked up an unexpectedly large swing in the Darwin area. Labor took all but one seat in the capital, including all seven seats in the northern part of the city. Darwin's northern suburbs are somewhat more diverse than the rest of the city, and were on paper friendlier to Labor than the rest of the capital. In the process, Labor unseated four sitting MLAs; Labor had not ousted a sitting CLP member since 1980. The result was not known for several days, in part due to a very close race in Millner between CLP incumbent Phil Mitchell and Labor challenger Matthew Bonson. Ultimately, Bonson won by a margin of 82 votes, allowing Labor to win government by one seat.

Two independents won seats at this election. Former CLP member Loraine Braham won the seat of Braitling and Gerry Wood won the seat of Nelson.

Retiring MPs

ALP

Maggie Hickey MLA (Barkly)
Maurice Rioli MLA (Arafura)

CLP

Stephen Hatton MLA (Nightcliff)
Daryl Manzie MLA (Sanderson)
Terry McCarthy MLA (Goyder)
Eric Poole MLA (Araluen)

Results

Australian Labor Party}};"ALP	Ind	Country Liberal Party}};"CLP

Candidates

Sitting members are listed in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate	Held by	Labor	CLP	Other
Arafura	Labor		Marion Scrymgour	Marius Puruntatameri	John Christopherson (Ind)
Dorothy Fox (Ind)
Araluen	CLP	Michael Bowden		Jodeen Carney	John Bohning (Ind)
Meredith Campbell (Ind)
Arnhem	Labor		Jack Ah Kit	Cliff Thompson
Alan Wright	Lance Lawrence (Ind)
Barkly	Labor		Elliot McAdam	Bill Cross	Gavin Carpenter (Ind)
Blain	CLP	Peter Shew		Terry Mills	Joseph Mulqueeney (TAP)
Braitling	CLP	Peter Brooke	Peter Harvey		Loraine Braham (Ind)
Peter Jarvis (Ind)
Eddie Taylor (Ind)
Brennan	Labor	Simon Hall		Denis Burke	Duncan Dean (Ind)
Casuarina	CLP		Kon Vatskalis	Peter Adamson	Necmi Bayram (TAP)
Craig Seiler (Dem)
Daly	CLP	Rob Knight		Tim Baldwin	Wayne Norris (ON)
Frank Spry (Dem)
Drysdale	CLP	Inger Peirce		Stephen Dunham
Fannie Bay	Labor		Clare Martin	Mary Cunningham	Peter Johnston (SA)
Goyder	CLP	Alan Smith		Peter Maley	Diana Rickard (Ind)
Merv Stewart (ON)
Greatorex	CLP	Peter Kavanagh		Richard Lim	David Mortimer (Ind)
Johnston	CLP		Chris Burns	Steve Balch	Joanne Sangster (Dem)
Karama	CLP		Delia Lawrie	Mick Palmer
Katherine	CLP	Michael Peirce		Mike Reed	Tony Coutts (Ind)
John Donnellan (Ind)
Rob Phillips (ON)
Macdonnell	CLP	Harold Furber	Philip Alice
	John Elferink
Millner	CLP		Matthew Bonson	Phil Mitchell	Andrew Arthur (Ind)
Diane Baird (Ind)
Andrew Ivinson (TAP)
Nelson	CLP	Bob Hare	Chris Lugg	Tony Hardwick (ON)
	Gerry Wood (Ind)
Nhulunbuy	Labor		Syd Stirling	Peter Manning	Gordon Davey (ON)
David Mitchell (Ind)
Nightcliff	CLP		Jane Aagaard	Jason Hatton	Peter Ivinson (TAP)
Gary Meyerhoff (SA)
Port Darwin	CLP	Chris Bond		Sue Carter	Nick Dondas (Ind)
Sanderson	CLP		Len Kiely	Peter Poniris	Gary Haslett (Ind)
Susan Murdoch (TAP)
Stuart	Labor		Peter Toyne	Ken Lechleitner
Wanguri	Labor		Paul Henderson	Robyn Cahill	Meredith de Landelles (SA)

Seats changing hands

Seat	Post-2001	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Braitling	Country Liberal	Loraine Braham	15.0 (CLP)	N/A	5.5*	Loraine Braham	Independent
Casuarina	Country Liberal	Peter Adamson	5.6	9.1	3.5	Kon Vatskalis	Labor
Johnston	Country Liberal	Steve Balch	6.3	9.2	2.9	Chris Burns	Labor
Karama	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	2.6	6.4	3.7	Delia Lawrie	Labor
Macdonnell**	Country Liberal	John Elferink	−1.6	10.1	8.5	John Elferink	Country Liberal
Millner	Country Liberal	Phil Mitchell	8.7	9.9	1.2	Matthew Bonson	Labor
Nelson	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	14.7	17.4	2.7	Gerry Wood	Independent
Nightcliff	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	4.6	11.7	7.1	Jane Aagaard	Labor
Sanderson	Country Liberal	Daryl Manzie	9.9	12.9	3.0	Len Kiely	Labor
Wanguri***	Labor	Paul Henderson	−3.8	11.0	7.2	Paul Henderson	Labor

Members listed in italics did not contest their seats at this election.
*Braitling's second figure is CLP vs. Independent.
**Due to boundary changes, Macdonnell was notionally ALP at the time of this election.
***Due to boundary changes, Wanguri were notionally CLP at the time of this election.

Electoral pendulum

The following pendulum is known as the Mackerras pendulum, invented by psephologist Malcolm Mackerras. The pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in the Legislative Assembly according to the percentage point margin they are held by on a two-party-preferred basis. This is also known as the swing required for the seat to change hands. Given a uniform swing to the opposition or government parties, the number of seats that change hands can be predicted.

Pre-election pendulum

Incumbent members who have become and remained an independent since the 1997 election are indicated in grey.

Members listed in italics did not re-contest their seat at the election.

Brennan	Denis Burke	CLP	25.0

Nhulunbuy	Syd Stirling	ALP	22.1

Post-election pendulum

Stuart	Peter Toyne	ALP	21.3

Braitling	Loraine Braham	IND	5.5 v CLP

References

"Details of NT 2001 Election". ABC.
"Details of NT 2001 Election". ABC.

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