# 1994 Northern Territory general election

A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 4 June 1994, and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP). Marshall Perron continued as Chief Minister.
Independent Noel Padgham-Purich retained her seat of Nelson while Independent Denis Collins lost his seat of Greatorex to the CLP.

## Retiring MPs
### Country Liberal

* Nick Dondas MLA (Casuarina)
* Roger Vale MLA (Braitling)

## Results

| 17 | 1 | 7 |
| CLP | Ind | Labor |
Summary of the results of the 1994 Northern Territory general election, Legislative Assembly :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
| | Country Liberal | 38,266 | 51.91 | 3.08 | 17 | +3 |
| | Labor | 30,507 | 41.38 | 4.74 | 7 | -2 |
| | Independents | 4,338 | 5.88 | 0.90 | 1 | -1 |
| | Greens | 552 | 0.75 | 2.30 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democrats | 58 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Total | Total | 73,721 | 100.00 | – | 25 | – |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 73,721 | 96.19 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,917 | 3.81 | +0.7 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 76,638 | 100.00 | – | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 95,007 | 80.67 | -0.9 | | |
| | Country Liberal | 41,485 | 56.27 |
| | Labor | 32,236 | 43.73 |
| Total | Total | 73,721 | 100.00 |
Popular vote
Country Liberal
51.91%
Labor
41.38%
Others
0.83%
Independents
5.88% :
Two-party-preferred vote
Country Liberal
56.30%
Labor
43.70% :
Seats
Country Liberal
68.00%
Labor
28.00%
Independents
4.00% :

## Candidates

Sitting members are listed in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | CLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Arafura | Labor | Maurice Rioli | Lothar Siebert | Colin Newton (Ind) |
| Araluen | CLP | Mescal Yates | Eric Poole | |
| Arnhem | Labor | Wes Lanhupuy | Veronica Januschka | |
| Barkly | Labor | Maggie Hickey | Paul Ruger | Geoffrey Freeman (Ind) |
| Braitling | CLP | Charles Carter | Loraine Braham | |
| Brennan | CLP | Geoffrey Carter | Denis Burke | Max Ortmann (Ind) |
| Casuarina | CLP | Clare Martin | Peter Adamson | |
| Fannie Bay | CLP | Sue Bradley | Marshall Perron | |
| Goyder | CLP | Jamie Johnson | Terry McCarthy | Gerry Wood (Ind) |
| Greatorex | Independent | Kerrie Nelson | Richard Lim | Denis Collins (Ind) |
| Jingili | CLP | Ted Warren | Rick Setter | |
| Karama | CLP | John Tobin | Mick Palmer | Christopher Inskip (Ind) Goncalo Pinto (Dem) |
| Katherine | CLP | Gabriela Maynard | Mike Reed | |
| Leanyer | CLP | Cossimo Russo | Fred Finch | |
| MacDonnell | Labor | Neil Bell | Pamela Waudby | |
| Millner | Labor | Ken Parish | Phil Mitchell | Ilana Eldridge (Grn) |
| Nelson | Independent | Wayne Connop | Chris Lugg | Noel Padgham-Purich (Ind) |
| Nhulunbuy | Labor | Syd Stirling | Michael O'Shea | |
| Nightcliff | CLP | Paul Henderson | Stephen Hatton | Robert Adams (Dem) |
| Palmerston | CLP | Kevin Diflo | Barry Coulter | David Elliott (Ind) |
| Port Darwin | CLP | Rodney Haritos | Shane Stone | Andrea Jones (Grn) |
| Sanderson | CLP | Denise Horvath | Daryl Manzie | |
| Stuart | Labor | Brian Ede | John Bohning | |
| Victoria River | Labor | Gary Cartwright | Tim Baldwin | John Noble (Ind) |
| Wanguri | Labor | John Bailey | Steve Balch | |

## Seats changing hands

| Seat | Pre-1994 | Pre-1994 | Pre-1994 | Pre-1994 | Swing | Post-1994 | Post-1994 | Post-1994 | Post-1994 |
| Seat | Party | Party | Member | Margin | Swing | Margin | Member | Party | Party |
| Greatorex | | Independent | Denis Collins | 2.5 | 14.8 | 12.3 | Richard Lim | Country Liberal | |
| Millner | | Labor | Ken Parish | 6.7 | 7.9 | 1.2 | Phil Mitchell | Country Liberal | |
| Victoria River | | Labor | Gary Cartwright | 1.5 | 5.9 | 4.4 | Tim Baldwin | Country Liberal | |

## Post-election 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.