2007 Australian federal election

Australian federal election, 2007

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All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives 76 seats were required for a majority in the House 40 (of the 76) seats in the Australian Senate
Registered	12,931,460
Turnout	94.8%
First party Second party   Leader Kevin Rudd John Howard Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Leader since 4 December 2006 (2006-12-04) 30 January 1995 (1995-01-30) Leader's seat Griffith Bennelong (lost seat) Last election 60 seats 87 seats Seats won 83 seats 65 seats Seat change 23 22 Popular vote 6,545,814 5,874,178 Percentage 52.70% 47.30% Swing 5.44 5.44
Prime Minister before election John Howard Liberal/National coalition Subsequent Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Labor

John Howard
Liberal/National coalition

Kevin Rudd
Labor

The Federal election for the 42nd Parliament of Australia was held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 39-day campaign, in which 13.6 million Australians were enrolled to vote. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 of the seats in the 76-member Senate were contested in the election.

The centre-left Australian Labor Party opposition, led by Kevin Rudd and deputy leader Julia Gillard, defeated by landslide the incumbent centre-right Coalition government, led by Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister, John Howard, and Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile. The Coalition had been in power since the 1996 election.

Independents: Tony Windsor, Bob Katter

At 8.00 pm, the first personality to call the election was former Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke on Sky News. At 10.29 pm AEST, approximately two hours after the last polls in Western Australia closed, Liberal deputy leader Peter Costello conceded that the Coalition had lost government. At 10.36 pm, John Howard delivered a speech at the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel in Sydney to concede defeat. At 11.05 pm, Kevin Rudd delivered his victory speech.

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