2004 Australian federal election

2004 Australian federal election

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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority in the House 40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate
Registered	13,098,461 3.07%
Turnout	12,354,983 (94.32%) (0.53 pp)
First party Second party Third party   IND Leader John Howard Mark Latham N/A Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Independents Leader since 30 January 1995 (1995-01-30) 2 December 2003 (2003-12-02) N/A Leader's seat Bennelong (NSW) Werriwa (NSW) N/A Last election 82 seats 65 seats 3 seats Seats won 87 seats 60 seats 3 seats Seat change 5 5 First preference vote 5,471,588 4,408,820 292,036 Percentage 46.71% 37.63% 2.49% Swing 3.79% 0.21% –0.40 TPP 52.74% 47.26% TPP swing 1.79% 1.79%
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election John Howard Liberal/National coalition Subsequent Prime Minister John Howard Liberal/National coalition

2004 Australian federal election
Candidates
National results
House of Representatives Senate Post-election pendulum
State and territory results
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The 2004 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 9 October 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by John Anderson defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Mark Latham.

Until 2019, this was the most recent federal election in which the leader of the winning party would complete a full term of Parliament as Prime Minister. Also until, 2022 this was the most recent federal election in which both leaders are from the same city area. Future Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull entered Parliament in this election.