2004 Australian Senate election

2004 Australian Senate elections
9 October 2004
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

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election. Senators total 37 coalition (33 Liberal, 3 coalition National, 1 CLP), 28 Labor, 4 Green, 1 Family First, 2 non-coalition National and 4 Democrats. 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.

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