New Ingerland general election, 1984

New Ingerland general election, 1984

3 March 1984
All 128 seats in the House of Assembly 38 (of the 68) seats in the Senate
First party Second party   Leader Phillip Corbett Antonia Davidson Party National Party Democratic Party Leader since 1980 1975 Leader's seat Williamsdene South Emmaville Last election 45 seats 60 seats Seats won 58 50 Seat change 13 10 Popular vote 552,433 534,135 Percentage 33.21% 32.11%
Composition of the House of Assembly chamber after the election. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results
Prime Minister before election Antonia Davidson Democratic Party Elected Prime Minister Phillip Corbett National Party

A general election for the House of Assembly was held across New Ingerland on Saturday, 3 March 1984. The Democratic Party under Antonia Davidson was defeated by a coalition led by Phillip Corbett of the National Party.

Key dates

Date	Event
25 January 1984	Writs were issued by the Sovereign to proceed with an election.
8 February 1984	Close of nominations.
3 March 1984	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
19 March 1984	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
24 April 1984	49th Parliament assembled.
25 April 1984	State Opening of Parliament

Results

House of Assembly

New Ingerland general election, 3 March 1984 House of Assembly << 1981 – 1988 >>
Enrolled Voters		1,938,216
Votes Cast		1,744,394		Turnout	86.60%	-3.4%
Informal Votes		69,007		Informal	4.08%	-0.56%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	National Party	552,433	33.21%	+2.73%	58	+13
	Democratic Party	534,135	32.11%	-1.51%	50	-10
	Workers Party	199,781	12.01%	+0.65%	9	+3
	Christian Democrats	107,126	6.44%	+1.44%	6	+5
	Labour Party	103,301	6.21%	+1.17%	3	+1
	Others	42,568	2.56%	-0.05%	0	±0
	Independent	114,612	6.89%	-0.36%	1	±0
	Speaker	9,565	0.59%	+0.04%	1	+1
Total		1,663,454			128