2004 Australian Senate election

2004 Australian Senate elections

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40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Robert Hill John Faulkner Bob Brown Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor Greens Leader since 3 April 1990 19 March 1996 de facto Leader's seat South Australia New South Wales Tasmania Seats before 34 28 2 Seats after 39 28 4 Seat change 5 2 Popular vote 5,390,084 4,186,715 916,431 Percentage 45.09% 35.02% 7.67% Swing 3.26% 0.70% 2.73%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Andrew Bartlett Steve Fielding Party Democrats Family First Leader since 5 October 2002 Leader's seat Queensland Victoria Seats before 8 1 Seats won 4 1 Seats after 4 1 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 250,373 210,567 Percentage 2.09% 1.76% Swing 5.16% 1.76%
Senators elected in the 2004 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election Robert Hill Liberal/National coalition Elected Leader of the Senate Robert Hill Liberal/National coalition

2004 Australian federal election
Candidates
National results
House of Representatives Senate Post-election pendulum
State and territory results
New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory
Elected House of Representative members Elected Senate members
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The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election. Senators total 37 coalition (33 Liberal, three coalition National, one CLP), 28 Labor, four Green, one Family First, two non-coalition National and four Democrats.^[1][2] Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 2005, except the territories who took their seats immediately. This is the most recent time a Government has had a majority in the senate.