COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1977 two-party majority: CLP over ALP 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,160 +24.5 Votes cast: 45,403 82.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 2,231 04.9 +01.4 Formal votes: 43,172 95.1 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pamela Gardiner 1,129 02.6 Graham Gillian 486 01.1 John McElroy 272 00.6 Max Stewart AD 2,509 05.8 -01.3 Grant Tambling + CLP 18,805 43.6 -03.8 John Waters ALP 17,426 40.4 -02.2 Malcolm Womersley 130 00.3 Gallarwuy Yunupingu 2,415 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Womersley's 130 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardiner 13 10.0 1,142 02.6 Gillian 7 05.4 493 01.1 McElroy 6 04.6 278 00.6 Stewart 11 08.5 2,520 05.8 Tambling + 26 20.0 18,831 43.6 Waters 35 26.9 17,461 40.4 Yunupingu 32 24.6 2,447 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 130 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: McElroy's 278 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardiner 44 15.8 1,186 02.7 Gillian 75 27.0 568 01.3 Stewart 59 21.2 2,579 06.0 Tambling + 53 19.1 18,884 43.7 Waters 29 10.4 17,490 40.5 Yunupingu 18 06.5 2,465 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 278 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Gillian's 568 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardiner 188 33.1 1,374 03.2 Stewart 129 22.7 2,708 06.3 Tambling + 68 12.0 18,952 43.9 Waters 135 23.8 17,625 40.8 Yunupingu 48 08.5 2,513 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 568 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Gardiner's 1,374 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart 955 69.5 3,663 08.5 Tambling + 166 12.1 19,118 44.3 Waters 148 10.8 17,773 41.2 Yunupingu 105 07.6 2,618 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,374 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Yunupingu's 2,618 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart 505 19.3 4,168 09.7 Tambling + 676 25.8 19,794 45.8 Waters 1,437 54.9 19,210 44.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,618 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Stewart's 4,168 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TAMBLING + 2,296 55.1 22,090 51.2 Waters 1,872 44.9 21,082 48.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,168 43,172 01.2 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grant Ernest John Tambling (born 1943): Elected 1980 Born: 20 June 1943, Wondai, Queensland Career: Insurance and business consultant. Darwin City Council. Territory politics: NT MLA for Fanny Bay 1974-77. --------------------------------------------------------------------