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Australian Federal Election, 2007

Australian federal election, 2007
Australia
2004 ←
24 November 2007 → 2010

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
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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 Increase23 Decrease22
Popular vote 6,545,814 5,874,178
Percentage 52.70% 47.30%
Swing Increase5.44 Decrease5.44

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Prime Minister before election

John Howard
Liberal/National coalition

Subsequent Prime Minister

Kevin Rudd
Labor


2007 AUS Federal Election results.svg

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


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