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The 2004 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 9 October 2004 and it was the Howard government's opportunity to secure its fourth term of government. The Government consisting of the conservative coalition Liberal Party and National Party headed by John Howard and John Anderson respectively were opposed by Mark Latham and the Labor Party.
The Howard government would be returned for its fourth term, seeing major gains nationwide. It was able to increase its majority by 10 seats, from 14 to 24, and a secured an increased margin in seats it already held.[1] The Coalition finished the election with 87 seats, to Labor's 60. The remaining seats were held by independents.
The election post-mortem would reveal that there had been a large miscalculation by the Australian Labor Party, pollsters, and media alike. What was predicted to be a close election, possibly even a Labor win by many, resulted in a win for the Coalition and a decline in the primary vote for the Labor Party.[2]
The following table shows results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 2004 federal election, Coalition 87, Australian Labor Party 60, with three independents.
- ^ Bennett, Scott; Kopras, Andrew; Newman, Gerrard (2005). "Commonwealth Election 2004" (PDF). Research Brief 13. Parliamentary Library. ISSN 1832-2883.
- ^ Wanna, John (January 2005). "The Australian federal election 2004: Howard's scare campaign prompted labor's train‐wreck'". Representation. 41 (4): 291–299. doi:10.1080/00344890508523324. ISSN 0034-4893. S2CID 153711938.