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		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			577	97.5	n/a
Informal votes			15	2.5	n/a
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		(new seat)

Batchelor

1947 Northern Territory general election: Batchelor

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			455	99.3	n/a
Informal votes			3	0.7	n/a
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		(new seat)

Darwin

1947 Northern Territory general election: Darwin

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			1,398	95.9	n/a
Informal votes			60	4.1	n/a
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		(new seat)

Stuart

1947 Northern Territory general election: Stuart

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			252	99.2	n/a
Informal votes			2	0.8	n/a
Turnout			254	61.5	n/a
	Labor win		(new seat)

Tennant Creek

1947 Northern Territory general election: Tennant Creek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victor Webster	149	57.1	n/a
	Labor	Owen Rowe	112	42.9	n/a
Total formal votes			261	98.1	n/a
Informal votes			5	1.9	n/a
Turnout			266	88.7	n/a
	Independent win		(new seat)