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Commonwealth Parliament, Senate election

Election of 9 October 2004

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General election for the Senate
Commonwealth of Australia
Date of election
9 October 2004
Type of Senate election
Half Senate with House of Representatives

Government in office at Senate election

Prime Minister in office at date of Senate election. (check notes to Senate national summary table to see if change of Prime Minister since previous election)
John Winston Howard
Prime Minister's party affiliation
Liberal Party
Government majority in Senate at date of election
No
Change of government
No
Government majority in new Senate
Yes
If coalition, coalition partner(s)
National Party

Senate enrolment and voting

Total number of voters on the roll
13,098,461
Total ballots cast (may differ from number of votes in multiple voting systems)
12,420,019
Turnout (rate of voting in contested seats)
94.82%
Total valid votes
11,953,649
Rate of informal (invalid) voting
3.75%

Electoral composition of the Senate for this election

Total number of seats in the Senate
76
Total number of seats for each state
12
Number of seats for each territory
2
Seats to be filled at this Senate election
40
Casual vacancies/additional seats included in seats to be filled
0
Electoral System
Adult franchise at 18 years (from 1974); multimember districts; proportional representation by the single transferable vote method (STV); compulsory preferences; above the line (group ticket) voting permitted; compulsory voting

Senate votes and seats won, and seats held, national summary

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Election held on 9 October 2004
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'

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Party Name First preference vote n First preference vote share % Change from previous election % Seats won by ticket n Seats won by ticket % Seats won by party n Seats won by party % Seats held by party n Seats held by party %
Australian Labor Party   4,186,715  35.02  +0.70  16  40.00  16  40.00  28  36.84 
Liberal Party - National Party (joint ticket)  3,074,952  25.72  +1.85  6  15.00         
Liberal Party  2,109,978  17.65  +1.96  13  32.50  17  42.50  33  43.42 
Australian Greens  916,431  7.67  +2.73  2  5.00  2  5.00  4  5.26 
Australian Democrats  250,373  2.09  -5.16  0        4  5.26 
Family First  210,567  1.76  *  1  2.50  1  2.50  1  1.32 
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party  206,455  1.73  -3.81  0           
National Party  163,261  1.37  -0.55  1  2.50  3  7.50  5  6.58 
Country Liberal Party (NT)  41,923  0.35  0.00  1  2.50  1  2.50  1  1.32 
Votes for other than listed parties 792,994 6.63 +0.52             
Totals 11,953,649  100.00    40  100.00  40  100.00  76  100.00 

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* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.

Notes

In the table above, see the Glossary distinctions between Seats won by ticket and Seats won by party, and between Seats won by party and Seats held by party.

Family First: The Family First party was founded in 2002 in South Australia and has policies which support traditional family values. It ran candidates in all states at the 2004 federal election and was successful in winning a Senate seat in Victoria (Steve Fielding).

Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party and One Nation: This party, which had endorsed candidates at the previous (2001) Senate election under the name 'Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party', was reorganized and changed its name in some states to 'One Nation'. The original party name has been maintained in this database to permit easy comparison over time and between states.

Sources

The Australian Electoral Commission website, 'Senate Results by Group' [accessed 26 December 2006]:
https://bit.ly/2uG3JaN


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