Given the question: Information: - A general election was held in the Northern Territory , Australia , on 18 August 2001 . The centre - left Australian 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 a significant swing in the Darwin area . Labor took all but one seat in the capital , including all seven seats in the more diverse northern part of the city . In the process , Labor unseated four sitting MLAs . 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 knife - edge margin of 82 votes , giving Labor a bare majority . 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 . - Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest urban area is Sydney. - The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory is the unicameral legislature of the Northern Territory in Australia. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members each elected for single-member electorates. The voting method changed in February 2016 from full-preferential voting to optional preferential voting. The term of the Legislative Assembly is four years, and elections are on the fourth Saturday in August of the fourth year after the previous election, but can be earlier in the event of a no confidence vote in the Government. The last election for the Legislative Assembly was the 2016 election held on 27 August 2016. Persons who are qualified under the "Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918" to vote for a member for the Northern Territory in the House of Representatives, are qualified to vote at an election for the Legislative Assembly. Voting is compulsory for all those over 18 years of age. Since 2004, elections have been conducted by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission, which also organises regular electoral redistributions. - William Richard "Bill" Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia, in his capacity as Leader of the Australian Labor Party, after being elected party leader at the 2013 Labor leadership ballot. Shorten led Labor at the 2016 federal election at which the Liberal/National Coalition retained majority government. - Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world's largest natural harbour, and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west. Residents of Sydney are known as "Sydneysiders". Sydney is the second official seat and second official residence of the Governor-General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia and many federal ministries maintain substantial presences in Sydney. - Clare Majella Martin (born 15 June 1952) is a former Australian journalist and politician. She was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in a shock by-election win in 1995. She was appointed Opposition Leader in 1999, and won a surprise victory at the 2001 territory election, becoming the first Australian Labor Party (ALP) and first female Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. At the 2005 election, she led Territory Labor to the second-largest majority government in the history of the Territory, before resigning as Chief Minister on 26November 2007. - The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory. The office is the equivalent of a State Premier. When the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was created in 1974, the head of government was officially known as Majority Leader. This title was used in the first parliament (19741977) and the first eighteen months of the second. When self-government was granted the Northern Territory in 1978, the title of the head of government became Chief Minister. - The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia. The party has been in opposition at federal level since the 2013 election. Bill Shorten has been the party's federal parliamentary leader since 13 October 2013. The party is a federal party with branches in each state and territory. Labor is in government in the states of Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. The party competes against the Liberal/National Coalition for political office at the federal and state (and sometimes local) levels. What is the relationship between 'northern territory general election' and 'chief minister of the northern territory'?
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