# Results of the 1947 Northern Territory general election

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1947 general election for the Northern Territory Legislative Council in Australia.

## Results by electoral district
### Alice Springs

1947 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent Labor | Richard Ward | 233 | 40.4 | n/a |
| | Labor | Frank Johnson | 207 | 36.9 | n/a |
| | Independent | Olive Donnellan | 88 | 15.3 | n/a |
| | Independent | Walter Chalmers | 49 | 8.5 | n/a |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 577 | 97.5 | n/a |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 15 | 2.5 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 592 | 80.5 | n/a |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Independent Labor | Richard Ward | 289 | 50.1 | n/a |
| | Labor | Frank Johnson | 288 | 49.1 | n/a |
| | Independent win | Independent win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |

### Batchelor

1947 Northern Territory general election: Batchelor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | William Fulton | 201 | 44.2 | n/a |
| | Independent | Frank Kent | 158 | 34.7 | n/a |
| | Independent | James Newman | 96 | 21.1 | n/a |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 455 | 99.3 | n/a |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3 | 0.7 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 458 | 50.1 | n/a |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | William Fulton | 241 | 53.0 | n/a |
| | Independent | Frank Kent | 214 | 47.0 | n/a |
| | Labor win | Labor win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |

### Darwin

1947 Northern Territory general election: Darwin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Frank Hopkins | 566 | 40.5 | n/a |
| | Independent Labor | Matthew Luke | 240 | 17.2 | n/a |
| | Labor | John Meaney | 204 | 14.6 | n/a |
| | Independent | Patrick McDonald | 160 | 11.4 | n/a |
| | Labor | John Coleman | 142 | 10.2 | n/a |
| | Independent | William Seery | 160 | 11.4 | n/a |
| | Independent | James Kelly | 40 | 2.9 | n/a |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,398 | 95.9 | n/a |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 60 | 4.1 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,458 | 70.1 | n/a |
| After first distribution of preferences ||||||
| | Independent | Frank Hopkins | 930 | 66.5 | n/a |
| After second distribution of preferences ||||||
| | Independent Labor | Matthew Luke | 764 | 54.6 | n/a |
| | Independent win | Independent win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |

### Stuart

1947 Northern Territory general election: Stuart :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Jock Nelson | 157 | 62.3 | n/a |
| | Independent | John Driver | 72 | 28.6 | n/a |
| | Independent | Creed Lovegrove | 23 | 9.1 | n/a |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 252 | 99.2 | n/a |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2 | 0.8 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 254 | 61.5 | n/a |
| | Labor win | Labor win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |

### Tennant Creek

1947 Northern Territory general election: Tennant Creek :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Victor Webster | 149 | 57.1 | n/a |
| | Labor | Owen Rowe | 112 | 42.9 | n/a |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 261 | 98.1 | n/a |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5 | 1.9 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 266 | 88.7 | n/a |
| | Independent win | Independent win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |