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Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election

Election of 24 November 2007

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General election for the House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Australia
Date of election
24 November 2007

Government in office and parliamentary support before and after the election

Government in office at election

Prime Minister in office at date of election. (check notes to see if change of Prime Minister since previous election)
John Winston Howard
Prime Minister's party affiliation
Liberal Party
House of Representatives support for government at election
Coalition
If coalition, coalition partner(s)
National Party

Government in office after election

Prime Minister in office after election.
Kevin Rudd
Prime Minister's party affiliation
Australian Labor Party
House of Representatives support for government after election
Majority
If coalition, coalition partner(s)

Enrolment and voting

Total number of voters on the roll
13,646,539
Number of House of Representatives seats
150
Number of uncontested seats
0
If uncontested seats, number of voters on the roll in uncontested seats
Number of voters on the roll in contested seats
13,646,539
Total ballots cast (may differ from number of votes in multiple voting systems)
12,930,814
Turnout (rate of voting in contested seats)
94.76%
Total valid votes
12,419,992
Rate of informal (invalid) voting
3.95%
Informal (invalid) ballots in multiple voting system
Not applicable
Electoral system
Adult franchise at 18 years (from 1974); single member districts, preferential voting (AV); compulsory preferences; compulsory voting

House of Representatives votes and seats won, national summary

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Election held on 24 November 2007
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 n Uncontested seats held n Seat share %
Australian Labor Party  5,388,184  43.38  +5.75  83  0  55.33 
Liberal Party  4,506,302  36.28  -4.19  55  0  36.67 
Australian Greens  967,789  7.79  +0.61  0     
National Party  682,424  5.49  -0.40  10  0  6.67 
Independents  276,370  2.23  -0.27  2  0  1.33 
Family First  246,798  1.99  -0.02  0     
Australian Democrats  89,813  0.72  -0.51  0     
Country Liberal Party (NT)  40,298  0.32  -0.02  0     
Votes for other than listed parties 222,014 1.79 +0.25       
Totals 12,419,992  100.00    150  0  100.00 

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Notes

Independents and non-affiliated: The vote shown for Independents at this election is the sum of votes cast for all candidates registered as Independents (275,136 votes) and those candidates who ran for office without any registered party name (1,234 votes). The two Independents reelected were Bob Katter in Queensland (electoral district of Kennedy), and Tony Windsor in New South Wales (electoral district of New England).

Votes for other than listed parties: Eleven parties did not meet any of the criteria to be listed parties in the national summary for this House of Representatives election, although some met the criteria for listing in state and territory summaries for this election. For details of the vote shares of these parties, see the Australian Electoral Commission website ('Sources', below).

References For a survey of this election (2007) and its context, see Bennett and Barber in 'Sources', below.

Sources

Scott Bennett and Stephen Barber, Commonwealth Election 2007 -- Reissue, (Canberra: Parliamentary Library Research Paper No. 5, Parliament of Australia,10 September 2009, 2009–10, ISSN 1834-9854), online at:
https://bit.ly/2uGw2pS [accessed 18 August 2010]

Australian Electoral Commission website, Virtual Tally Room, 2007 Election, House of Representatives, 'First preferences by party':
https://bit.ly/2uToB1G [accessed 17 July 2010]


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