Results of the Australian federal election, 2004
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These are the Results of the Australian federal election, 2004.
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[edit] National summary
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Australian federal election, 2004 |
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| Registered Voters | 13,021,230 | |||||
| Votes Cast | 12,354,636 | Turnout | 94.69% | +0.41% | ||
| Informal Votes | 639,801 | Informal % | 5.18% | +0.36% | ||
| Party | Primary Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 4,741,458 | 40.47 | +3.39% | 74 | +5 | |
| National Party of Australia | 690,275 | 5.89 | +0.28% | 12 | -1 | |
| Country Liberal Party | 39,855 | 0.34 | +0.02% | 1 | none | |
| Total Coalition | 5,471,588 | 46.70 | +3.69% | 87 | +4 | |
| Australian Labor Party | 4,408,820 | 37.63 | -0.21% | 60 | -4 | |
| Australian Greens | 841,734 | 7.19 | +2.23% | 0 | -1 | |
| Australian Democrats | 144,832 | 1.24 | -4.17% | 0 | none | |
| One Nation Party | 139,956 | 1.19 | -3.15% | 0 | none | |
| Family First Party | 235,315 | 2.01 | +2.01% | 0 | none | |
| Other | 512,445 | 4.37 | 3 | none | ||
| Total | 11,714,835 | 150 | ||||
| LPA/NAT coalition | 52.74 | +1.79% | 87 | +5 | ||
| Australian Labor Party | 47.26 | -1.79% | 60 | -5 | ||
[edit] Projected two-party result
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Liberal-National Coalition | 6,062,376 | 52.60 | +2.10% | 87 | +4 | |
| Australian Labor Party | 5,433,618 | 47.40 | -2.10% | 60 | -4 | |
| Total | 11,495,994 | 147 | ||||
Votes cast in the three seats won by independents are not included.
[edit] New South Wales
| Registered Voters | 4,329,115 | |||||
| Votes Cast | 4,099,501 | Turnout | 94.7% | -0.7% | ||
| Informal Votes | 250,807 | Informal % | 6.1% | +0.7% | ||
| Party | Primary Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 1,391,509 | 36.2 | +2.6% | 21 | none | |
| National Party of Australia | 353,721 | 9.2 | 0% | 6 | -1 | |
| Total Coalition | 1,745,230 | 45.4 | +2.6% | 27 | -1 | |
| Australian Labor Party | 1,412,419 | 36.7 | +0.2% | 21 | +1 | |
| Australian Greens | 311,375 | 8.1 | +3.3% | 0 | none | |
| One Nation Party | 53,895 | 1.4 | -3.3% | 0 | none | |
| Christian Democrats | 47,132 | 1.2 | 0% | 0 | none | |
| Australian Democrats | 41,072 | 1.1 | -3.1% | 0 | none | |
| Family First Party | 29,619 | 0.8 | 0% | 0 | none | |
| Other | 208,026 | 5.4 | 2 | none | ||
| Total | 3,848,768 | 50 | ||||
Labor gained Parramatta from the Liberals and Richmond from the Nationals, but lost Greenway to the Liberals.
[edit] Victoria
| Registered Voters | 3,309,800 | |||||
| Votes Cast | 3,139,881 | Turnout | 94.9% | -0.7% | ||
| Informal Votes | 250,807 | Informal % | 4.1% | +0.1% | ||
| Party | Primary Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 1,302,038 | 43.3 | +4.2% | 16 | none | |
| National Party of Australia | 105,577 | 3.5 | +0.4% | 2 | none | |
| Total Coalition | 1,407,615 | 46.8 | +4.6% | 18 | none | |
| Australian Labor Party | 1,217,921 | 40.4 | -1.2% | 19 | none | |
| Australian Greens | 224,423 | 7.4 | +1.5% | 0 | none | |
| Family First Party | 71,735 | 2.4 | 0% | 0 | none | |
| Australian Democrats | 32,363 | 1.1 | -5.1% | 0 | none | |
| One Nation Party | 4,119 | 0.1 | -1.1% | 0 | none | |
| Other | 52,993 | 1.8 | 0 | none | ||
| Total | 3,011,069 | 37 | ||||
[edit] Queensland
| Registered Voters | 2,475,611 | |||||
| Votes Cast | 2,320,717 | Turnout | 93.7% | |||
| Informal Votes | 119,829 | Informal % | 5.2% | +0.3% | ||
| Party | Primary Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 867,289 | 39.4 | +2.9% | 17 | +1 | |
| National Party of Australia | 214,523 | 9.7 | +0.6% | 4 | none | |
| Total Coalition | 1,081,812 | 49.1 | +3.5% | 21 | +1 | |
| Australian Labor Party | 765,507 | 34.8 | -0.1% | 6 | -1 | |
| Australian Greens | 111,315 | 5.1 | +1.6% | 0 | none | |
| Family First Party | 80,820 | 3.7 | 0% | 0 | none | |
| One Nation Party | 43,619 | 2.0 | -5.1% | 0 | none | |
| Australian Democrats | 30,257 | 1.4 | -2.9% | 0 | none | |
| Other | 87,562 | 4.0 | 1 | none | ||
| Total | 2,200,892 | 28 | ||||
The Liberals won Bonner from Labor.
[edit] Western Australia
Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Party of Australia 528,016 48.1 +06.7 10 +2 National Party of Australia 6,208 00.6 -00.4 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total coalition 502,294 48.8 +06.4 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 381,298 34.7 -02.4 5 -2 Australian Greens 84,100 07.7 +01.7 - One Nation 27,652 02.5 -03.8 - Christian Democrats 24,650 02.2 +01.1 - Australian Democrats 16,298 01.5 -03.2 - Family First 2,619 00.2 - Others 58,271 05.3 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,097,183 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Liberals won Hasluck and Stirling from Labor.
[edit] South Australia
Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Party of Australia 446,376 47.4 +01.5 8 National Party of Australia 9,611 01.0 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total coalition 455,987 48.4 +02.5 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 346,073 36.7 +03.0 3 Australian Greens 51,200 05.4 +01.7 - Family First 40,546 04.3 - Australian Democrats 17,684 01.9 -08.6 - One Nation 10,687 01.1 -03.6 - Others 19,473 02.1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 941,650 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Labor won Adelaide and Hindmarsh from the Liberals, and the Liberals won Wakefield and Kingston from Labor.
[edit] Tasmania
Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 140,918 44.6 -02.3 3 -2 Liberal Party of Australia 132,724 42.0 +04.9 2 +2 Australian Greens 31,242 09.9 +02.1 - Family First 8,973 02.8 - Others 2,266 00.7 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 316,123 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Liberals won Bass and Braddon from Labor.
[edit] Australian Capital Territory
Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 104,836 50.2 +03.3 2 Liberal Party of Australia 73,508 35.2 +02.8 - Australian Greens 22,440 10.8 +03.7 - Australian Democrats 5,010 02.4 -05.6 - Others 2,832 01.4 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 208,626 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[edit] Northern Territory
Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 40,246 44.3 +01.4 1 Liberal Party of Australia 39,855 43.8 +03.3 1 Australian Greens 5,646 06.2 +02.2 - Australian Democrats 2,152 02.4 -02.8 - Family First 1,000 01.1 - Others 2,016 02.1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 90,915 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[edit] Senate
[edit] National summary
Party Votes % Change Seats 2001 Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal National coalition 5,384,494 45.0 +03.2 21 + 18 = 39 +4 Australian Labor Party 4,185,154 35.0 +00.8 16 + 12 = 28 -1 Australian Greens 916,161 07.7 +02.8 2 + 2 = 4 +2 Australian Democrats 251,041 02.1 -05.1 - + 4 = 4 -4 Family First 210,661 01.8 1 + - = 1 +1 One Nation 207,184 01.7 -03.7 - - - -1 Christian Democrats 140,597 01.2 - - - Others 659,141 05.5 - - - -1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,954,433 40 + 36 = 76 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- This table shows the number of seats won by each party at this election, plus the seats won in 2001, to give the total number of seats held by each party in the new Senate.
[edit] New South Wales
Party Votes % Change Quotas Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal-National 1,444,943 43.9 +02.1 3.0708 3 +1 Australian Labor Party 1,216,749 36.9 +03.8 2.5858 3 Australian Greens 234,418 07.1 +02.8 0.4981 - Christian Democratic Party 85,970 02.6 +00.7 0.1827 - Australian Democrats 67,175 02.1 -04.1 0.1488 - -1 One Nation 58,360 01.8 -03.7 0.1293 - Family First 17,164 00.5 0.0380 - Others 169,399 05.1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,294,178 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators elected: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Bill Heffernan (Lib) * Steve Hutchins (ALP) * Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) Hon John Faulkner (ALP) * Fiona Nash (National) Michael Forshaw (ALP) * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Senators Aden Ridgeway (Democrats) and John Tierney (Liberal) were defeated.
[edit] Victoria
Party Votes % Change Quotas Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal-National 1,099,482 44.2 +04.6 3.0965 3 Australian Labor Party 907,796 36.5 -00.2 2.5566 2 -1 Australian Greens 222,660 08.5 +02.5 0.5961 - Family First 46,909 01.9 0.1321 1 +1 Australian Democrats 46,510 01.9 -05.9 0.1310 - One Nation 16,095 00.7 -01.8 0.0471 - Christian Democratic Party 7,952 00.3 +00.3 0.0247 - Others 138,124 05.5 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,485,528 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators elected: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Michael Ronaldson (Lib) Kim Carr (ALP) * Julian McGauran (National) * Stephen Conroy (ALP) * Hon Judith Troeth (Lib) * Steve Fielding (Family First) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Senator Jacinta Collins (ALP) was defeated.
[edit] Queensland
Party Votes % Change Quotas Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Party 725,386 38.5 +03.6 2.6974 3 +1 Australian Labor Party 599,442 31.8 +00.1 2.2291 2 National Party 122,806 06.5 -02.6 0.4567 1 +1 Australian Greens 99,662 05.3 +02.0 0.3706 - Family First 64,612 03.4 +03.4 0.2403 - One Nation 59,408 03.2 -06.9 0.2209 - -1 Australian Democrats 40,993 02.2 -04.5 0.1524 - -1 Others 170,114 09.0 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,882,423 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators elected: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brett Mason (Lib) * Jan McLucas (ALP) * George Brandis (Lib) * Joe Ludwig (ALP) * Barnaby Joyce (National) Russell Trood (Lib) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Senators John Cherry (Democrats) and Len Harris (One Nation) were defeated.
[edit] Western Australia
Party Votes % Change Quotas Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Party 454,261 49.3 +09.1 3.4542 3 Australian Labor Party 306,080 33.2 -00.9 2.3274 2 Australian Greens 71,314 07.7 +01.9 0.5423 1 +1 One Nation 21,762 02.3 -04.7 0.1655 - Australian Democrats 18,084 02.0 -03.9 0.1375 - -1 Christian Democratic Party 17,459 01.9 +00.7 0.1328 - National Party 6,966 00.8 -01.6 0.0530 - Family First 7,415 00.8 0.0564 - Others 17,221 01.9 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 920,562 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators elected: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Chris Ellison (Lib) * Chris Evans (ALP) * Hon Ian Campbell (Lib) * Glenn Sterle (ALP) Judith Adams (Lib) Rachel Siewert (Green) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Senator Brian Greig (Democrat) was defeated.
[edit] South Australia
Party Votes % Change Quotas Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Party 371,210 47.3 +01.7 3.3133 3 Australian Labor Party 283,131 36.1 +02.9 2.5271 3 +1 Australian Greens 49,209 06.3 +02.9 0.4392 - Family First 31,535 04.0 +04.0 0.2815 - Australian Democrats 18,231 02.3 -10.3 0.1620 - -1 One Nation 8,767 01.1 -03.5 0.0783 - National Party 3,290 00.4 0.0294 - Others 22,148 02.8 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 784,261 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators elected: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Nick Minchin (Lib) * Anne McEwen (ALP) Hon Amanda Vanstone (Lib) * Annette Hurley (ALP) Alan Ferguson (Lib) * Dana Wortley (ALP) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Senator Meg Lees (Ind) was defeated. Lees was elected as a Democrat in 1998.
[edit] Tasmania
Party Votes % Change Quotas Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Party 133,637 46.7 +07.9 3.2696 3 +1 Australian Labor Party 96,559 33.7 -03.2 2.3624 2 -1 Australian Greens 36,318 12.7 -01.1 0.8886 1 +1 Family First 6,613 02.3 +02.3 0.1618 - Australian Democrats 2,242 00.8 -03.8 0.0549 - Christian Democratic Party 1,809 00.6 +00.6 0.0443 - Others 8,928 03.1 - -1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 286,106 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators elected: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Eric Abetz (Lib) * Kerry O'Brien (ALP) * Guy Barnett (Lib) * Helen Polley (ALP) Stephen Parry (Lib) Christine Milne (Green) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Senator Shayne Murphy (Ind) was defeated. Murphy was elected for the ALP in 1998.
[edit] Australian Capital Territory
Party Votes % Change Quotas Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 74,642 41.6 -00.4 1.2481 1 Liberal Party 68,795 38.3 +04.0 1.1503 1 Australian Greens 28,593 15.9 +08.7 0.4781 - Australian Democrats 3,574 02.0 -08.8 0.0598 - Christian Democratic Party 2,734 01.5 +01.5 0.0457 - Others 1,079 00.6 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 179,417 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators elected: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kate Lundy (ALP) * Gary Humphries (Lib) * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[edit] Northern Territory
Party Votes % Change Quotas Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country Liberal Party 35,224 46.2 +02.2 1.3868 1 Australian Labor Party 31,152 40.9 +01.6 1.2265 1 Australian Greens 5,758 07.7 +03.5 0.2313 - Australian Democrats 3,397 04.5 -02.8 0.1337 - Others 665 00.9 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 76,196 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators elected: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Scullion (CLP) * Trish Crossin (ALP) * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[edit] Abbreviations
- ALP - Australian Labor Party
- Lib - Liberal Party of Australia
- National - National Party of Australia
- CLP - Country Liberal Party
- Family First - Family First Party
- Green - Australian Greens
